
Carl Benedikt Frey
@carlbfrey
Prof @oiioxford Director, Future of Work @oxmartinschool at Oxford University. Author of The Technology Trap (@PrincetonUPress, 2019)
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Here are my proposals for University of Austin (UATX). I can assure you no established university will do anything remotely like this. 4/5


Few people are at the forefront of AI development as well as thinking about its economic and social implications. Mustafa Suleyman is one of those rare individuals, so I am particularly grateful for this blazing endorsement. Makes writing the book feel worthwhile already. Thank



If Transformative AI is really around the corner, should we still worry about the budget deficit? Or maybe the costs of deficit spending are even greater? The ever-insightful Seth Benzell - the LA-atic Stranger does the analysis.

The Economics of Bicycles for the Mind. With Joshua Gans and Ajay Agrawal. A bicycle amplifies human locomotion. Computers and AI amplify human intelligence. We model such cognitive tools, showing when they affect productivity, inequality, & teams. nber.org/papers/w34034


Whether you're on the political left or right, we've all become stakeholder capitalists now. (Whether stakeholders' goals are nobler than shareholders', you can decide for yourself). Interesting piece on geoeconomics by Gillian Tett.


Congratulations to Davis Kedrosky & 𝗡𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮 on their "Brazilian gold influx impoverished 18th c Portugal through Dutch Disease & delayed industrialisation via a political-institutional resource curse" paper. But double congratulations to Davis for his first academic publication!




Arrived in the post today. Holding it in your hands for the first time is always very special. Thank you Princeton University Press!








Great early review in Publishers Weekly "His broad yet deep survey of technology ranges across many nations and centuries, and pokes insightfully into myriad subjects, from Carolingian feudalism to patent law. The result is an incisive and stimulating consideration of a critical


Thrilled to return to some excellent early coverage of #HowProgressEnds (now available for pre-order) in @BloombergOpinion. Thank you Lionel Laurent!