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Daniel Susskind: AI’s Transformation of Labor

Daniel Susskind November 30, 2023

There’s no question that Artificial Intelligence will increase productivity- but at what cost? What happens when systems out-perform not only factory workers but society’s most esteemed professions? Daniel Susskind is a research professor at King's College London and a senior research associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University. In this podcast, he speaks with journalist Rhoda Metcalfe about how encouraging technologies that complement rather than substitute human work would place fewer livelihoods at risk.

F&D Magazine / Migrant labor

Dilip Ratha on the Power of Remittances

Dilip Ratha October 19, 2023

Millions of families around the world- even some countries, rely on workers living abroad to keep their economies afloat. In fact, global remittances reached a record $647 billion in 2022—three times that of official development assistance. Dilip Ratha is lead economist for migration and remittances at the World Bank. In this podcast, Ratha says remittances are timely, large, stable, and best of all, they are countercyclical.

F&D Magazine / Trade policy

Noah Kaufman on Green Trade Tensions

NOAH KAUFMAN June 15, 2023

The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States unleashed its largest investment in climate and energy ever. But it also left many countries questioning some of its protectionist provisions, accusing the US of bending, if not breaking international trade rules under the WTO. So how do we move forward on climate without going backward on trade?

F&D Magazine / Trade policy

Michele Ruta on Discriminatory Regionalism

MICHELE RUTA June 1, 2023

As rising geopolitical tensions chip away at globalization, will a more fragmented world mean stronger regional pacts? Economist Michele Ruta says the trend toward strengthening ties with friends and loosening them with non-friends is making regional trade less about integration and more about discrimination.

F&D Magazine

Ruchir Agarwal on Industrial Policy

RUCHIR AGARWAL May 22, 2023

Industrial policy refers to a set of policies that governments use to bolster national industries or companies deemed strategically important for economic competitiveness, social outcomes, or national security. In this podcast, Agarwal says while the practice of choosing national champions fell out of favor in the 1980s, rising geopolitical tensions of late have sparked a renewed interest in industrial policy, which is often a guise for protectionism.

F&D Magazine / Globalization

Harold James: In Defense of Globalization

HAROLD JAMES February 23, 2023

The longtime critics of globalization are having another moment, claiming supply chain shortages, high inflation, and increasing migration are products of an overly globalized world.

F&D Magazine / Education

Ruchir Agarwal and Miles Kimball on Electronic Money and Inflation

MILES KIMBALL April 13, 2022

Most people and virtually all businesses now use electronic money for their transactions, yet central banks are still dealing with....

F&D Magazine / Inflation

Ruchir Agarwal and Miles Kimball on Negative Interest Rates and Inflation

MILES KIMBALL, RUCHIR AGARWAL April 8, 2022

Everyone feels the pinch when inflation is on the rise and so the pressure on central banks to manage inflation rates has grown exponentially in recent weeks.

F&D Magazine / Education

Yamini Aiyar on the Education Pandemic

Yamini Aiyar March 31, 2022

The pandemic has sparked an enormous upheaval in education around the world. But in India and many other low-income countries where remote learning is often not an option, children's education's have simply fallen off the rails.

F&D Magazine

Daniel Susskind: AI’s Transformation of Labor

Dilip Ratha on the Power of Remittances

Noah Kaufman on Green Trade Tensions

Michele Ruta on Discriminatory Regionalism

Ruchir Agarwal on Industrial Policy

Harold James: In Defense of Globalization

Eric Hanushek on the Basic Skills Gap

Patricia Clavin on Turbulence and Lessons from History

Shipping Costs and Inflation with Yan Carrière-Swallow

Ruchir Agarwal and Miles Kimball on Electronic Money and Inflation

Ruchir Agarwal and Miles Kimball on Negative Interest Rates and Inflation

Yamini Aiyar on the Education Pandemic

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