Will AI bring a “jobpocalypse”? Maybe not.
James Bessen’s paper “Automation and Jobs: When Technology Boosts Employment,” was discussed in the Financial Times.
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Babysitting The AI Slop
Christian Catalini draws lessons about adapting to AI from Bessen’s work on the industrial revolution
Reskilling for AI Can Add Unlock High-Value Jobs
TPRI Executive Director James Bessen was the keynote speaker at the recent International Labour Organization webinar in its AI for Good series titled “What Will AI Do to Our Work?” Bessen challenged widespread fears that AI will cause mass unemployment. Instead he argued that AI has the potential to improve job quality, create new opportunities, […]
Experts Debate Whether IRA Provisions Stifle Pharma Innovation at Senate Hearing
Rena Conti, quoted in MedPage Today, September 18, 2024.
Google’s AdX takes center stage—again—as antitrust trial nears end of second week
Timothy Simcoe, TPRI Faculty Director’s, research cited in Marketing Brew, September 18, 2024.
Understanding the Tech Paradigm
James Bessen, TPRI Executive Director, interviewed in Value Investing with Legends podcast, PlayerFM, May 31, 2024.
An obscure drug discount program stifles use of federal lifeline by rural hospitals
Rena Conti, TPRI Faculty Director quoted in Stateline, May 28, 2024.
Podcast with Julien Mc Donald-Guimond interviewing TPRI’s Executive Director, James Bessen
Podcast with Julien Mc Donald-Guimond interviewing TPRI’s Executive Director, James Bessen, on why automation sometimes increases employment and decreases it at other time.
La planche à billets ASDEQ , May 8, 2024.
Sizing A Market Entry Reward for the Development of New Antibiotics
Eric J. Evans, Alexandre Meyer, Rena M. Conti’s paper “Sizing A Market Entry Reward for the Development of New Antibiotics” M-RCBG Associate Working Paper No. 232, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, Harvard Kennedy School, May 2024.
The US steel industry is going through a rough patch. How did it get there?
James Bessen, TPRI Executive Director, quoted in “The US steel industry is going through a rough patch. How did it get there?” Marketplace, March 14, 2024.