🎧 New #podcast: As everyone talks about the speed of AI, what if the bigger story is that productivity and innovation are slowing down? Mark Leonard speaks with @carlbfrey.bsky.social of How Progress Ends, about why technological progress is neither inevitable nor guaranteed. https://bit.ly/3QCMi9F

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Mark Leonard speaks to Carl Benedikt Frey about the global productivity slowdown, the limits of AI and why the greatest economic risk may be the end of progress

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#AI #Work & the #Future of #Global #Competitiveness @ox.ac.uk Future of Work Director Dr. @carlbfrey.bsky.social @bloomberg.com Stephanie Flanders @linkedin.com Chief Global Affairs & Legal Officer Blake Lawit and Chief Economic Adviser to UK PM Baroness Minouche Shafik @chathamhouse.org

Good provocation from @carlbfrey.bsky.social here - how much will AI mean people move to greater self service? As was shown by eg consumers scanning their own groceries, this phenomenon is hard for economic statistics to capture www.ft.com/content/47f4...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “We have been told that A.I. will take people’s jobs. What no one mentions is that many of those jobs are landing on us,” Carl Frey writes.

Opinion | A.I. Claims to Make Our Lives Easier. Does It?

The A.I. revolution involves a massive transfer of labor — not from worker to machine, but from worker to you.

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For many knowledge workers in Europe and the US, the effect of AI can resemble automation—but the underlying mechanism is AI-enabled offshoring, notes @carlbfrey.bsky.social. bit.ly/47BAkT2

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “When there’s no incentive for energy-efficient innovation, technology risks settling on the wrong track,” Carl Benedikt Frey writes in a guest essay.

Opinion | Don’t Fear the A.I. Bubble Bursting

Generative A.I. needs a course correction for the sake of energy efficiency and for its own advancement.

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Adrian Wooldridge calls How Progress Ends ‘compelling’ in his review in @opinion.bloomberg.com of @carlbfrey.bsky.social’s new book that is shortlisted for the Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the Year Award!

This Year’s Economics Nobel Holds a Warning for the US

The Trump administration has been fixated, predictably enough, on the Nobel Peace Prize. But his more far-sighted officials would be wise to pay some attention to the Economics Prize, which was…

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To outcompete China, the United States should “spur integration with allies such as Mexico and South Korea,” argues @carlbfrey.bsky.social. “Historically, the United States prospered by wiring itself into global networks and turning them to its advantage.”

How America Outcompeted Japan

And why that matters for the U.S. rivalry with China.

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Tomorrow (Oct 15th) at 5:00 pm BST, please join @oxmartinschool.bsky.social in welcoming @carlbfrey.bsky.social for a discussion of his book, How Progress Ends, followed by a book sale and reception! The in-person event has sold out, but you can tune in via livestream! Learn more: buff.ly/dwJfpfJ

Next week, Oct 21 at 6:30 pm BST, hear @carlbfrey.bsky.social discuss his book, How Progress Ends, and why some societies flourish and others fail in the wake of rapid technological change at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Register for this hybrid event: buff.ly/ltLyTKP

It’s National Bookshop Day in the UK! We are forever grateful for the booksellers and shops that host our books and authors. #BookshopDay 📚 @booksaremybag.bsky.social @carlbfrey.bsky.social @davidedmonds100.bsky.social @blackwelloxford.bsky.social @thecommonpress.bsky.social

Nearly finished this by @carlbfrey.bsky.social As academic books go, it’s very practical and hugely relevant to our current state of affairs. Too many examples to isolate. Just read it

ICYMI: Thoughtful review of Prof @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @oxmartinschool.bsky.social's new book, 'How Progress Ends' by @wsj.com. More here: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

‘How Progress Ends’ Review: States and Circumstances

The path to growth can depend on the state of technological advance, as countries shift between centralization and decentralization.

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Happy #SmartThinkingSaturday! @carlbfrey.bsky.social, author of How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations recommends an excellent set of books! smartthinkingbooks.com/smart-thinki... #bookrecommendations #booksky #smartthinkingbooks #nonfiction

Carl Benedikt Frey Interview - Smart Thinking Books - Books To Fuel Your Mind!

Interview with Carl Benedikt Frey, author of How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations recommends some of the best smart thinking books.

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Very excited to be working on this fabulous & now shortlisted book for @financialtimes.com & @schroders.bsky.social #BBYA25. Congratulations to our terrific author @carlbfrey.bsky.social for his fabulous book How Progress Ends published by @princetonupress.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8b2a...

FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 — the shortlist

Six finalists analyse important business issues from economic warfare to AI

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How Progress Ends by @carlbfrey.bsky.social is reviewed in @wsj.com, noting his “historical analysis has more than a little relevance to today.” www.wsj.com/arts-culture....

“Self-sufficiency is a mirage,” writes @carlbfrey.bsky.social. Instead of relying on fortress economics and protectionist policies to blunt China’s leverage, the United States should pursue “diversified interdependence.”

How America Outcompeted Japan

And why that matters for the U.S. rivalry with China.

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In advance of its global publication on 16 September, How Progress Ends by @carlbfrey.bsky.social has been reviewed in @financialtimes.com by Tej Parikh, who says, “The present moment underscores the relevance of Frey’s writing… How Progress Ends is, therefore, 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐫𝐚.”

How Progress Ends — what drives and stalls innovation

A compelling study of the role of the state and free markets throughout history is a timely warning on industrial policy today

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The underperformance of investments isn’t proof that AI is hype, explains @carlbfrey.bsky.social in a new PS Say More. It’s evidence that investments have preceded resilience. Read more at the link. bit.ly/4m69A1b

According to the OII's @carlbfrey.bsky.social, a shift toward centralization and concentration could snuff out technology’s productive potential. Read his full piece for the IMF here: www.imf.org/en/Publicati...

How the Battle for Control Could Crush AI’s Promise

A shift toward centralization and concentration could snuff out technology’s productive potential

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Book news! Great to see Professor @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @oxmartinschool.bsky.social's upcoming book #HowProgressEnds named in the @financialtimes.com and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 long list. 1/2

Congratulations to @carlbfrey.bsky.social, whose forthcoming book, How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations (Sept. 16), has been longlisted for the 2025 Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award! Read more: press.princeton.edu/news/ft-schr... #BBYA25

Through a rich narrative that weaves together history, economics, technology, How Progress Ends reveals that managing the future requires us to draw the right lessons from the past. This important book is out 16 September: press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/... @carlbfrey.bsky.social

"A.I. is still imperfect... but it does not have to replace workers entirely to have a big effect; it only has to drive down wages or make knowledge work easier and cheaper somewhere else," writes @carlbfrey.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com. Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...

Opinion | The 1970s Gave Us Industrial Decline. A.I. Could Bring Something Worse.

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A remarkable & fascinating journey across the globe, spanning the past 1,000 years, to explain why some societies flourish & others fail in the wake of rapid technological change. How Progress Ends by @carlbfrey.bsky.social arrives 16 September! Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/...

We are delighted to share Publishers Weekly's review of Carl Frey's forthcoming How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations. “incisive and stimulating” - Publishers Weekly www.publishersweekly.com/9780691233079 @publisherswkly.bsky.social @carlbfrey.bsky.social

How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations by Carl Benedikt Frey

Technological advancement stagnates when met with bureaucratic sclerosis and corporate monopoly, according to this probing study...

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Every third car in Norway is now an electric car.

Great early review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social "His broad yet deep survey of technology ranges across many nations and centuries, and pokes insightfully into myriad subjects, from Carolingian feudalism to patent law. The result is an incisive and stimulating consideration of a critical issue."

Arrived in the post today. Holding it in your hands for the first time is always very special. Thank you @princetonupress.bsky.social !