Half of the prize goes to an economic historian, Professor Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University, whose research has focused on the centuries leading up to the industrial revolution. Until the second ...

Ahead of the Nobel Prize ceremony in Sweden, the Brown University economist discussed his research, its lessons for today, ...

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Projections indicate that the digital economy’s contribution to GDP could rise from 19% in 2025 to 21% by 2027, driven by ...

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The man at the helm of one of the world’s most powerful tech empires believes no one on the planet will walk away untouched if the AI hype bubble pops.

Jasper Kenter is Principal Investigator for the Global Assessment for a New Economics (GANE), Honorary Fellow of the University of York and former Lead Author for the Intergovernmental science-policy ...

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