The Globotics Upheaval
Globalisation, Robotics and the Future of Work
$65.27
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2020
Summary
‘A manifesto for future-proofing our jobs and prosperity’ THE SUNDAY TIMES
We stand on the edge of a new era that will bring change to our world on a par with the Industrial Revolution. Automation, artificial intelligence and robotics are changing our lives quickly - but digital disruption goes much further than we realize. Richard Baldwin, one of the world’s leading globalization experts, argues that the inhuman speed of this transformation threatens to overwhelm our capacity to…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474609036 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474609031 |
| Author: | Richard Baldwin |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 265g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Engaging and informative … distils complex ideas into measured and understandable language that readers with no prior understanding of artificial intelligence and economics will be able to digest - THE TIMES
A manifesto for future-proofing our jobs and prosperity … It might just save your life - and your children’s lives - THE SUNDAY TIMESAn important book that delivers a timely warning to the world’s business elite … confirms [Baldwin’s] place as one of the most important thinkers in this era of global disruption - FINANCIAL TIMESThe first book I’ve come across that ties together the two main forces shaping our world - globalisation and technological change - in an accessible way - THE BUSINESS POSTAbout The Author
Richard Baldwin
RICHARD BALDWIN is a Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, President of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London, and Founder of the economic policy portal VoxEU.org. In addition to his research and teaching, he advises governments and international organisations around the world on globalisation and trade policy issues. In 1990-91 he served as a Senior Staff Economist for US President George Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors, having completed his PhD in economics at MIT with Paul Krugman (with whom he has published a half dozen articles). He is the author of THE GREAT CONVERGENCE and THE GLOBOTICS UPHEAVAL.
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