30/30 Vision
The Group of Thirty presents 30/30 Vision – a podcast taking a 3D-perspective on the global economic outlook, financial risks, and opportunities, and more. G30 Members and colleagues – including top economists, central bankers, and financial sector leaders – answer the hard economic questions facing us today. Hosted by Stuart Mackintosh, Executive Director of the Group of Thirty and produced by Maria Cueto Velez.
30/30 Vision
Episode 4: Daron Acemoglu on Innovation and Inequality
Today's guest, Daron Acemoglu, is an Institute Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of six books, including the recently released Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (with Simon Johnson). His research covers a wide range of areas within economics, including political economy, economic development and growth, human capital theory, growth theory, innovation, search theory, network economics and learning.
[00:00] - Introduction
[01:25] - Power and Progress
[04:10] - Innovation & Technology
[07:05] - Progress versus Inequality
[12:00] - The Role for Policy in Technology
[20:40] - Antitrust, Regulation, and Consumer Protection
[25:45] - Innovation in Green Industrialization
[29:50] - The Future of Work
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