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Christopher Pissarides, a Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Institute for the Future of Work.

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  1. Should Workers Fear AI?
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    Should Workers Fear AI?

    Mar 11, 2024 Christopher Pissarides explains why common concerns about looming technological unemployment and displacement are overblown.

  2. Leveraging Data for the Public Good
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    Leveraging Data for the Public Good

    Oct 19, 2022 Christopher Pissarides, et al. explain why governments and businesses must collaborate on how best to use the universal currency of our era.

  3. Cracking the Job Code
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    Cracking the Job Code

    Aug 22, 2022 Christopher Pissarides & Anu Madgavkar present new research suggesting that many employers should revise their hiring and retention strategies.

  4. Lessons from the Economic-Epidemiological Frontier
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    Lessons from the Economic-Epidemiological Frontier

    Apr 29, 2020 Christopher Pissarides, et al. see two reasons why governments should enforce social distancing rather than aiming for rapid “herd immunity.”

  5. Why Worry About Automation?
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    Why Worry About Automation?

    Dec 2, 2019 Christopher Pissarides raises three questions about the impact of today's digital technologies on the labor market.

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    Carbon Farming Won't Save the Planet

    Sophie Scherger warns that soil-storage offsets may serve as a smokescreen for polluting industries.
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    Putin’s March of Folly

    Carl Bildt argues that Russia’s president has only his own poor decisions to blame for his country’s loss of status.
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    A Better Approach to Climate Finance

    Ricardo Hausmann

    By harnessing the capabilities of developing countries, we can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities. This approach would not only advance crucial climate goals but also ensure that a larger share of the world’s population can enjoy the fruits of the clean-energy transition.

     shows how developing countries can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities.
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    Trump’s Bad COP

    Jayati Ghosh says the Paris climate agreement’s future depends on how other countries respond to the new US administration.
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    Are Tariffs Worth It?

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg thinks the risks and costs for the US will far outweigh any potential political or geopolitical benefits.
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    Is the Loss and Damage Fund Becoming an Empty Promise?

    Liane Schalatek warns that rich countries are once again shirking their responsibility to provide adequate climate finance.
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    How Global Public Investment Should Work

    Mariana Mazzucato & Jonathan Glennie

    Addressing problems like climate change and biodiversity loss calls for new thinking about how to mobilize the huge volume of financing that will be needed. International cooperation must be re-framed as a collective endeavor in which all countries benefit, contribute, and make investment decisions together.

     propose a new model to unlock financing for action on climate change, biodiversity loss, and other issues.
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    COP29 Must Deliver the Goods

    Ana Palacio hopes that geopolitical uncertainty will not thwart ambitious, credible climate-finance commitments.
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    Interspecies Money Is Here

    Nils Gilman & Mutesi Rusagara look beyond the first ever payments to animals and see a new model for human-wildlife economic collaboration.

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