As Big Tech tightens its grip on governments and markets, the EU must ensure competition can flourish
Nobel-winning economist?Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral
Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson won a prize for applying economics to the very things economics is inherently bad at figuring out
Their work explores how institutions created in the distant past can still shape countries in the present
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson commended for advancing understanding of inequality
‘What we want is reliable information’
Consider its scale, scope and speed
The MIT professor on how AI can benefit the workers not ‘the takers’ — and seeing the world from Trump supporters’ point of view
Throughout history, technologists have set their own narrative about the benefits they bring — Silicon Valley is no different
Bosses with business degrees can be bad for workers and wages, three academics argue
The Biden administration wants to mitigate the impact of tech-driven change on vulnerable workers
Job satisfaction takes many forms but beware the demoralising effects of impersonal systems for evaluating employees
Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson ask: how do we balance protections with liberty?
Planned socialist alternatives to the market economy do not work
Service sector jobs that replaced those in manufacturing are in turn at risk from AI
The implications of a Trump presidency are likely to be dire for the Turkish economy
Inequality has intensified since the outbreak of the financial crisis
Politics is too often captive to procedures and principles
