Brookings: Growth and Distribution in the Digital Era

Brookings is hosting a webcast on Growth and Distribution in the Digital Era on Thursday, January 20^th, from 7:45 AM to 10:00 AM.

Growth paradigms are shifting. Digital technologies and artificial intelligence are reshaping economic growth and distribution as they transform nearly every aspect of business and work. The new technologies hold great promise. But change also causes disruption, creates winners and losers, and produces social stress. Investors, business leaders, workers, and public officials face many questions. Is rising market concentration in industries inevitable with the new technologies or can their benefits be shared more widely across firms? How can the promise of digital innovations in finance be captured while managing risks? Should workers fear the new automation? Is technological change causing economic inequality to rise? What new challenges arise for public policy in areas such as competition, regulation, workforce development, social protection, and taxation?

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