Tag Archives: automation

DigiPension: Building Capital in the Digital Age

The new European Commission needs a new idea to make the idea of “social Europe” a reality. DigiPension is a great way to achieve that goal.

Read more »

Employee Savings in a Digital World

A new way of overcoming the old division between capital and labor is needed — at least to secure one’s old age.

Read more »

Minimum Wage Clauses in Trade Agreements: Barking Up the Wrong Tree

It can feel very rewarding emotionally to blame Mexicans (and other foreigners) for one’s economic plight. It is far less satisfying to yell at robots.

Read more »

The End of Work As We Know It?

When we think about the future of work, we are blindsided.

Read more »

Will Trump’s Tax Victory Lead to Historic Defeat?

The U.S. government already spends less on education and science than at almost any other time in history. Trump’s tax plan will cut those investments even lower.

Read more »

Robots Are Not the Problem

Less “rise of the machines” — and more “rise of the incomes.”

Read more »

What Happens When the Robots Take Over?

A reflection on human ingenuity and production.

Read more »

New Approaches to Inequality

Thinking beyond traditional economics perspectives to address inequality.

Read more »