Technology & Innovation
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Hijacked and Paying the Price - Why Ransomware Gangs Should be Designated as Terrorists
May 13, 2021
Ransomware gangs have been causing extensive damage. It’s time that the government takes them more seriously.
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How Lifting Intellectual Property Restrictions Could Help World Vaccinate 60% of Population by 2022
Apr 29, 2021
As new coronavirus cases surge across India, calls are growing louder for wealthy countries to loosen intellectual property restrictions
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Wikipedia’s Deep Ties to Big Tech
Apr 5, 2021
Contrary to its image as a cash-strapped, transparent public service, Wikipedia is a wealthy NGO with close ties to big tech companies that it tries to obscure
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Google’s Dominance of Online Ads is a Big Deal. Here’s How to Fix It.
Feb 19, 2021
Legal scholar Dina Srinivasan talks to INET’s Lynn Parramore about restoring fairness to a regulatory Wild West.
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Artificial Intelligence Could Mean Large Increases in Prosperity—But Only for a Privileged Few
Feb 18, 2021
Labor-saving advances in AI may undo the gains from globalization and pose new challenges for economic development
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Working Paper Series
Artificial Intelligence, Globalization, and Strategies for Economic Development
Feb 2021
Labor-saving advances in AI may undo the gains from globalization and pose new challenges for economic development
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The Future of Work | Economic and Social Policies for the Digital Era
Webinarmoderated by Steve Clemons with Dani Rodrik, Pavlina Tcherneva and Laura Tyson
Jan 26, 2021
Given the mounting need to create good jobs, effect structural change, and transform the economy, what should policy priorities be in the digital era? Is there a role for industrial policy? What new policy options do we need to achieve inclusive prosperity?
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The Future of Work | Are Redistribution Policies Enough?
WebinarModerated by Rana Foroohar with Gordon Hanson and Laura Tyson
Jan 12, 2021
Traditional welfare systems have emphasized the need for redistribution post-production. Are these policies sufficient in the future?
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Antitrust Spring
Dec 18, 2020
After years of amassing power, the tide is turning against the tech monopolies
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Google Monopolizes Ad Markets Through Conduct Lawmakers Prohibit in Other Electronic Trading Markets
Dec 7, 2020
A look inside the byzantine world of online ads
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The Future of Work | Meaningful Integration or Jobless Future?
Webinarwith Daron Acemoglu and William Janeway
Dec 2, 2020
The central challenge confronting us in the future of work is this: can we create a future where work exists for all who need one with fair rewards, or will we end up on the path of increasing displacement, leaving workers vulnerable, dispensable, and miserable?
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The Future of Work | Who’s Not Afraid of Robots? A Comparison of National Models
Webinarmoderated by Gillian Tett with Richard Baldwin, Leif Pagrotsky
Nov 10, 2020
Some nations have embraced new technologies, while others seem ill-prepared. What accounts for this difference?
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YSI 2020 Plenary: New Economic Questions
Young Scholars Initiative Virtual Plenary
YSI
PlenaryNov 6–15, 2020
What are the 100 most pertinent economic questions facing our global societ?
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The Future of Work | The Work of Future: How Will Work Be Different?
Webinarmoderated by Steve Clemons with Erik Brynjolfsson, Nancy Folbre and Kai-Fu Lee
Oct 27, 2020
In the future, how will work be different, what jobs are most at risk, what jobs are likely to grow?
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Is This Time Different? Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Robots
Oct 14, 2020
A summary of INET’s latest Future of Work episode