Carl Benedikt Frey sees the lack of a strong welfare state to accommodate labor displacement as a major political risk.

What is big, ugly and has united Republicans and Democrats at a time when it has felt like nothing else could? A.I. data centers

Mark Leonard speaks to Carl Benedikt Frey about the global productivity slowdown, the limits of AI and why the greatest economic risk may be the end of progress

The A.I. revolution involves a massive transfer of labor — not from worker to machine, but from worker to you.

Generative A.I. needs a course correction for the sake of energy efficiency and for its own advancement.

The Trump administration has been fixated, predictably enough, on the Nobel Peace Prize. But his more far-sighted officials would be wise to pay some attention to the Economics Prize, which was…

And why that matters for the U.S. rivalry with China.

The path to growth can depend on the state of technological advance, as countries shift between centralization and decentralization.

Interview with Carl Benedikt Frey, author of How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations recommends some of the best smart thinking books.

Six finalists analyse important business issues from economic warfare to AI

And why that matters for the U.S. rivalry with China.

A compelling study of the role of the state and free markets throughout history is a timely warning on industrial policy today

A shift toward centralization and concentration could snuff out technology’s productive potential

Technological advancement stagnates when met with bureaucratic sclerosis and corporate monopoly, according to this probing study...

From factory floors to film scripts, AI’s impact on jobs is proving more complex than expected.

Significant time, cost and shortages of skilled staff represent barriers to rapid acceleration in automation

The lessons of the past are clear, argues the economic historian: in the long run, tariffs choke growth

Carl Benedikt Frey sees the current administration systematically dismantling the pillars of US innovation.

The lessons of the past are clear, argues the economic historian: in the long run, tariffs choke growth