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The Productivity Institute @productivity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today's keynote address came from @francoislafond.bsky.social who shared insights on innovation, technological change and the future direction of productivity research.

A picture of Francois giving his address, with a pull out quote reading "What is the impact of AI on industry level productivity? AI is falling in cost dramatically. Some research suggests that AI diffusion is happening much faster than previously thought."

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Which technologies are likely to make advances? Which ones might develop so fast that they pose risks to humanity? How quickly will new technologies to be deployed? I'm looking for answers with @francoislafond.bsky.social @maxroser.bsky.social in our new program on forecasting technological change

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J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Our introduction to a special issue in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization is now online Complex systems approaches to 21st century challenges: doi.org/10.1016/j.je... @jennabednar.bsky.social @maria-drc.bsky.social @francoislafond.bsky.social, Penny Mealy, Marco Pangallo, Anton Pichler

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Forthcoming in 'The Economy as an Evolving Complex System IV' from SFI Press - but you can have a sneak peak here first! Forecasting technological progress by @francoislafond.bsky.social francoislafond.info/wp-content/u...

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INET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

Just published in Corporate and Industrial Change: Measuring productivity dispersion: a parametric approach using the Lévy alpha-stable distribution - Jangho Yang, Torsten Heinrich, Julian Winkler, @francoislafond.bsky.social, Pantelis Koutroumpis, @doynefarmer.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/icc/...

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Measuring productivity dispersion: a parametric approach using the Lévy alpha-stable distribution

Abstract. It is well known that value added (VA) per worker is extremely heterogeneous among firms, but relatively little has been done to characterize thi

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Calling all complexity scientists whose work addresses 21C challenges, from climate change and net zero transition to polarization. Special issue of JEBO, proposals due Feb 15 2024 #econsky polisky www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...

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