Artificial Intelligence Could Mean Large Increases in Prosperity—But Only for a Privileged Few
Labor-saving advances in artificial intelligence may undo the gains from globalization and pose new challenges for economic development
Read more...Labor-saving advances in artificial intelligence may undo the gains from globalization and pose new challenges for economic development
Read more...Thomas Frank and Paul Jay discuss censorship by tech monopolies and changes in the political landscape of Kansas.
Read more...A discussion of election outcomes, using the Spanish flu as a case study.
Read more...The usual suspects, like Kathryn Wylde, try to defend why the top wealthy, who’ve made out like bandits under Covid, should not be made to share.
Read more...James Galbraith slams an “unreliable” CBO report claiming that raising the minimum wage would reduce jobs.
Read more...Why you should be very, very worried when our supposed betters start talking up the newest neoliberal Trojan horse, global governance.
Read more...Why and how much the working from home trend is likely to be unwound post Covid (assuming a post Covid).
Read more...Varoufakis believes Biden Administration fecklessness and love of austerity will strengthen the Trump faction.
Read more...A “put foot in mouth and chew” episode from Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane.
Read more...While the chip shortage will sort itself out in the next six months, the US can’t remedy its dependence on foreigners for critical supplies.
Read more...Biden is proposing some significant changes to labor law. Does the legislation live up to its billing?
Read more...Some of the economic forecasts underlying the bullish oil price views are so sunny I’m gonna need shades.
Read more...A favorite topic: the downside of fetishinzing metrics.
Read more...Monetary policy does not lift boats in at all the same way.
Read more...Collapsed revenues, astronomical losses, red-hot cash-burn, hellish new debt. Meanwhile, amid craziest markets ever, airline shares soared.
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