
Why Worry About Automation?
Dec 2, 2019 raises three questions about the impact of today's digital technologies on the labor market.
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Christopher Pissarides is a Nobel laureate economist and Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics.
Dec 2, 2019 raises three questions about the impact of today's digital technologies on the labor market.
Jul 31, 2019 & call for proactive measures both to guide new innovations and manage their effects on labor markets.
Jan 16, 2018 & outline five imperatives for businesses and policymakers as they confront the coming changes in labor markets.
The Arab world has witnessed at least one big Brexit-like event every decade since 1948 – and these political, economic, and social ruptures never seem to heal. The impact of these self-inflicted disasters is now painfully evident, and ongoing street protests in several countries suggest that a moment of reckoning may have arrived.
The old central-bank playbook of slashing interest rates to spur consumption, investment, and employment has become less effective since the 2008 financial crisis. Yet without effective tools and the public's confidence, central banks will be unable to rise to the occasion when the next recession arrives.
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