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Technological advances, rapid demographic change and a warming climate are among the many major challenges facing us. A clearer understanding of what this means for our economies can help governments and business make better decisions on a range of issues, from encouraging innovation, tackling inequality, to responding to climate change.
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Long Read: Robot-Proof
To dismiss the threat of automation is to get the history wrong
When it comes to debates around the future of work, there’s a distinct dichotomy. We’ve all heard tell of nightmarish scenarios where huge swathes of workers will be rendered redundant by ‘the march of the machines’. But there are also those who point to the past, to periods of hugely disruptive technological change – revolution, even – which societies have managed to survive, and dismiss the notion of a jobs apocalypse.
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View allEric Beinhocker
Professor of Public Policy Practice
Stefan Dercon
Professor of Economic Policy
Cheryl Doss
Senior Lecturer in Development Economics
Doyne Farmer
Professor of Mathematics
Cameron Hepburn
Professor of Environmental Economics
Penny Mealy
Research Associate in Complex Systems Economic Modelling