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S6 Ep10: Simon Johnson on geopolitics, AI, and the future of global development
Published: 12 March 2025 at 09:00 Europe/London
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Geopolitical alliances are changing rapidly. Technological innovation is reshaping our economies. These trends offer a cocktail of risk and reward for countries in the global south. They are also both topics that are familiar to Simon Johnson of MIT.
Simon speaks to Tim Phillips about how policy in developing countries should respond to President Trump’s deglobalization agenda, how artificial intelligence changes the future for all countries, and where growth and jobs will come from in the future.
And of course, what it was like to win the Nobel Prize.
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.91.5.1369
Power and progress: https://shapingwork.mit.edu/power-and-progress/
Sahel and West Africa Club: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/directorates/sahel-and-west-africa-club.html
Simon speaks to Tim Phillips about how policy in developing countries should respond to President Trump’s deglobalization agenda, how artificial intelligence changes the future for all countries, and where growth and jobs will come from in the future.
And of course, what it was like to win the Nobel Prize.
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.91.5.1369
Power and progress: https://shapingwork.mit.edu/power-and-progress/
Sahel and West Africa Club: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/directorates/sahel-and-west-africa-club.html
