14 AI, Economic Growth, and Inequality

Lecture

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Reading

Acemoglu, D., & Restrepo, P. (2022). Tasks, automation, and the rise in U.S. wage inequality. Econometrica, 90(5), 1973–2016. Required. Presentation by Katia R. O.

Acemoglu, D., & Johnson, S. (2023). Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity. PublicAffairs. Read Ch. 8: “Digital Damage” and Ch. 9: “Artificial Struggle.” Required. Presentation by Santiago S. M.

Autor, D. H. (2015). Why are there still so many jobs? The history and future of workplace automation. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 29(3), 3–30. Recommended. Presentation by Ranferi T.

Brynjolfsson, E., Li, D., & Raymond, L. R. (2023). Generative AI at Work (NBER Working Paper No. 31161). National Bureau of Economic Research. Recommended. Presentation by Ignacio V. R.