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Economic growth | September 2024
The pursuit of economic growth is one of our most treasured ideas, but it’s also one of the most dangerous
DANIEL SUSSKIND
Inclusive growth | Podcast
Economic growth is often seen as the core ingredient to social development, but it’s a relatively new idea. So what did pre-growth society look like and how much growth can modern society sustain? In this podcast, Daniel Susskind argues that economic policy should consider the costs of growth more carefully and realign the drivers to better fit with the challenges of our time.
Labor | Podcast
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.
Political economy | June 2020
Six prominent thinkers reflect on how the pandemic has changed the world
James Manyika
Jean Saldanha
Sharan Burrow
Sergio Rebelo
Ian Bremmer
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