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Carl Benedikt Frey, Associate Professor of AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute and Director of the Future of Work Program at the Oxford Martin School, is the author of The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation (Princeton University Press, 2019).

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  1. Weighing Up AI’s Climate Costs
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    Weighing Up AI’s Climate Costs

    Aug 8, 2024 Azeem Azhar & Carl Benedikt Frey consider whether the technology's carbon footprint will be as large as many fear.

  2. Creative Destruction at Work
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    Creative Destruction at Work

    Jul 15, 2014 Carl Benedikt Frey assesses how technological change is transforming the structure of employment.

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    Reducing Men’s Cancer Burden

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor outlines a holistic approach that combines personal responsibility with community and government action.
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    The Trump Shock Is the Democrats’ Fault

    Daron Acemoglu

    While the Democrats have won some recent elections with support from Silicon Valley, minorities, trade unions, and professionals in large cities, this coalition was never sustainable. The party has become culturally disconnected from, and disdainful of, precisely the voters it needs to win.

     thinks Kamala Harris lost because her party has ceased to be the political home of American workers.
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    Trouble Lurks Beneath the Surface of Ocean Conservation

    César Gaviria & Patti Harris warn that current marine protected areas come nowhere close to what is needed to preserve sea life.
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    What Donald Trump’s Return Means for the World

    Ian Bremmer explains why a second “America First” presidency could play out much differently than the first.
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    Britain vs. the Bond Vigilantes

    Gene Frieda explains why Labour’s economic proposals have failed to reassure foreign investors.
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    Climate Action Must Rise Above Politics

    Nadia Calviño

    This year’s many elections, not least the heated US presidential race, have drawn attention away from the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku. But global leaders must continue to focus on combating the climate crisis and accelerating the green transition both in developed and developing economies.

     foresees multilateral development banks continuing to play a critical role in financing the green transition.
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    Could Trump Be Good for Europe?

    Sławomir Sierakowski thinks the coming change in US leadership could be the shock that the European Union needs.
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    The Battle Over Russia’s Central Bank Heats Up

    Anders Åslund highlights rising political tension over the country’s rapidly deteriorating economic conditions.
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    There Is No Alternative to Multilateral Climate Action

    Mukhtar Babayev urges world leaders at COP29 to reaffirm their commitment to achieving the targets set by the Paris agreement.

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