Educational scarring
Jósef Sigurdsson examines the impact of a tax reform in Iceland that cut taxes to zero for one year and finds that the rise in the opportunity cost of schooling led to a substantial losses in lifetime earnings
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Employment
Future tax challenges in an AI-driven economy
Artificial intelligence and automation have implications for tax policy. Spencer Bastani and Daniel Waldenström discuss how the economic impact of new technologies is relevant to the taxation of labour and capital
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Why are organisational cover-ups so common?
Why do we keep seeing cover-ups in organisations and institutions? Anthony Montgomery argues that in a corporate environment, protecting the institution feels like the right thing to do
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Bridging the innovation gap
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Zhuoying You show how artificial intelligence and robotics present a potential solution to the innovation gap problem for cities in China
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AI to rescue the lost generation
The UK has nearly 9 million people who are economically inactive. Jonathan Sharp discusses how AI technology can play a pivotal role in providing innovative solutions to help get people back into the workplace
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Heat stress at work
There are significant consequences of climate change for public health. Aude Cefaliello argues that intense heat is not just a hot topic but a political emergency and we must rethink how work is organised
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Should AI stay or should AI go?
There is considerable disagreement about the growth potential of AI. Francesco Filippucci, Peter Gal, Cecilia Jona-Lasinio, Alvaro Leandro and Giuseppe Nicoletti argue that the promises and perils of AI-related economic growth is dependent on domestic and global governance issues
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China’s doom loop
Jose Caballero examines China’s demographic trends and argues that a dramatically smaller (and older) population could create a devastating global slowdown
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The 56-billion-dollar question
Some worry about the concentration of power accumulated by some charismatic leaders. Sverre Spoelstra asks how valuable is Elon Musk’s ‘charismatic’ leadership?
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Asbestos: a time bomb that needs to be defused
Asbestos is responsible for 90,000 deaths annually in Europe. Tony Musu presents a clear case for why it is time for the EU to defuse the asbestos time bomb once and for all
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