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"Once in a while, technology comes along that is so powerful and so broadly applicable it accelerates the normal march of economic progress."

"Globalization and offshoring of advanced industrial capacity has made ensuring a nation's security and prosperity increasingly problematic."

"Our research shows that democracies achieve faster economic growth than do autocratic regimes, and they do so by investing in people."

“The pathways to net zero involve significant electrification,” says Catherine Wolfram. “We would be expecting [electricity use] to increase.”

"The natural resources that should be Africa's golden ticket to economic prosperity have in many instances just been used by despotic leaders."

"Democracies need to show that they deliver in terms of economic growth, shared prosperity, control of corruption, and people's needs and wishes.

"For such a large, economically important commodity, we have surprisingly low visibility into the prices that are paid."

“Our study on automation with AI systems shows that many tasks wouldn’t be economically attractive to automate for years or even decades."

"Historical processes really shape economic relations, and we cannot understand the economy today without understanding where we’re coming from."

On May 10, the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program hosted a book talk with author Professor of the Practice Zeynep Ton.