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What policy questions will be created by driverless cars?

16 January 2020
Economic Theory

What policy questions will be created by driverless cars?

Dr Andrew Lilico
16 January 2020
The 2020s will see the introduction of one of the most profoundly transformative technologies for decades: the driverless car. In … Continue reading “What policy questions will be created by driverless cars?”

Fear and economic fallacies

11 May 2018
Economic Theory

Fear and economic fallacies

Don Boudreaux
11 May 2018
Nearly every popular economic fallacy reflects fear of the future. Although unjustified, such fear is understandable. We’re familiar with, and … Continue reading “Fear and economic fallacies”

No – automation will not make Marx ‘relevant again’

26 April 2018
Economic Theory

No – automation will not make Marx ‘relevant again’

Philip Booth
26 April 2018
The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently hit the headlines for his predictions of what might happen … Continue reading “No – automation will not make Marx ‘relevant again’”

Artificial Intelligence, automation and the labour market (Part 2)

13 February 2017
Economic Theory

Artificial Intelligence, automation and the labour market (Part 2)

Ryan Khurana
13 February 2017
Continued from Part 1   The great 20th century economist Joseph Schumpeter noted that it is not our technological capabilities … Continue reading “Artificial Intelligence, automation and the labour market (Part 2)”

Artificial Intelligence, automation and the labour market (Part 1)

8 February 2017
Economic Theory

Artificial Intelligence, automation and the labour market (Part 1)

Ryan Khurana
8 February 2017
Artificial Intelligence (AI), the pipe dream of cognitive scientists and engineers in the 1950s, has until recently been the domain … Continue reading “Artificial Intelligence, automation and the labour market (Part 1)”

Will robots and Artificial Intelligence ‘steal’ our jobs?

20 September 2016
Economic Theory

Will robots and Artificial Intelligence ‘steal’ our jobs?

Allie Sadler
20 September 2016
With labour productivity rising only slowly, and computing power doubling, roughly, every two years, it is easy to see why … Continue reading “Will robots and Artificial Intelligence ‘steal’ our jobs?”

Still lovin’ it? McDonald’s shows why a minimum wage hike is no free lunch

28 October 2014
Labour Market

Still lovin’ it? McDonald’s shows why a minimum wage hike is no free lunch

Ryan Bourne
28 October 2014
McDonald’s has been a major target for US protestors advocating a significant minimum wage hike. A multi-billion dollar company with … Continue reading “Still lovin’ it? McDonald’s shows why a minimum wage hike is no free lunch”

McDonald’s and the minimum wage

30 September 2013

McDonald’s and the minimum wage

John H. Cochrane
30 September 2013
Recently, on a long car trip returning from a glider contest, I did something unusual among our liberal elite: I … Continue reading “McDonald’s and the minimum wage”

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