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Is creative destruction too disruptive and destructive? Given our standard of living, does America still need innovation? Arthur Diamond appeared on the Political Economy podcast to discuss how innovative dynamism improves our lives. Arthur is ....
OK, so we are still in the Push Money Out The Door phase of this recovery. At least another trillion bucks, it looks like. More help to individuals and businesses. Which is fine for today. ....
It’s no surprise that America is intently focused on daily COVID case and fatality counts, whether various curves are bending or flattening, and every bit of info about the latest vaccine trials. Every news cycle ....
Pick whatever letter or corporate logo you want when describing the current economic rebound. But the situation would certainly be brighter if coronavirus cases and deaths were declining rather than increasing. Many bullish Wall Street ....
Can the US boost its productivity and tackle our greatest challenges, like climate change, through innovation? What role should federal R&D spending play in furthering our scientific and technological advancement? And can we engage in ....
GPT-3 is an AI tool — machine learning, specifically — trained on an extremely large data set that can generate some pretty amazing text when prompted, everything from creative fiction to computer code. It’s also ....
Why has productivity slowed in the past half-century? How can we kick-start innovation in the economy? Could we be on the cusp of a fourth industrial revolution powered by artificial intelligence? Nicholas Crafts joins Political ....
It is one thing to argue that technological progress has diminished or slowed, quite another to argue that such stagnation is permanent. Recently, I ran across a 2005 analysis by physicist Jonathan Huebner, then working ....
Just before Independence Day, the Congressional Budget Office released its updated 10-year economic forecast. Basically, it shows a 5 percent bump in real GDP next year before settling into 2 percent growth mode for the ....
Why is factory productivity growth slowing in the US, and how can we reverse this trend? What does public R&D spending accomplish that private spending doesn’t? And how close should we come to an “industrial ....