Explain economic impact of policies to the public.

“Explain economic impact of policies to the public.” is a core task performed by Economists. Among the occupation's 13 rated tasks, workers place it 10th by importance (#4 most important). About 96% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Explain regulations, policies, or procedures. in Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
• Provide information or assistance to the public. in Communicating with People Outside the Organization

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Study economic and statistical data in area of specialization, such as finance, labor, or agriculture. · importance 4.6
• Compile, analyze, and report data to explain economic phenomena and forecast market trends, applying mathematical models and statistical techniques. · importance 4.3
• Study the socioeconomic impacts of new public policies, such as proposed legislation, taxes, services, and regulations. · importance 4.2
• Provide advice and consultation on economic relationships to businesses, public and private agencies, and other employers. · importance 4.0
• Formulate recommendations, policies, or plans to solve economic problems or to interpret markets. · importance 3.9
• Conduct research on economic issues, and disseminate research findings through technical reports or scientific articles in journals. · importance 3.8
• Supervise research projects and students' study projects. · importance 3.8
• Develop economic guidelines and standards, and prepare points of view used in forecasting trends and formulating economic policy. · importance 3.8
• Teach theories, principles, and methods of economics. · importance 3.5
• Testify at regulatory or legislative hearings concerning the estimated effects of changes in legislation or public policy, and present recommendations based on cost-benefit analyses. · importance 3.3
• Provide litigation support, such as writing reports for expert testimony or testifying as an expert witness. · importance 3.2
• Forecast production and consumption of renewable resources and supply, consumption, and depletion of non-renewable resources. · importance 2.8

See all tasks on the Economists page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-21106,
  title  = {Explain economic impact of policies to the public.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-21106}
}