How Emerging Technologies are Reshaping U.S. Productivity, Labor, and Competition
February
24
2026
(Tuesday)
Time
10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
Duration: 60 Minutes
36 Days Left To REGISTER
Id: 211472
Duration: 60 Minutes
36 Days Left To REGISTER
Id: 211472
Instructor
Seth Benzell
Seth Benzell
Overview
A survey of how automation, AI, and platform technologies are changing the US economy, focusing on empirical evidence and economic theory.
Areas Covered in the Session
- How Has Productivity Actually Evolved?
- AI’s near-term firm + job impacts
- The most important measure of the level of automation, and how it has changed
- Background lessons from previous technological revolutions
- Power-law outcomes: why a few firms and creators capture most gains
Who Will Benefit
- All
Speaker Profile
Seth Benzell Assistant Professor, Chapman University (Argyros College of Business and Economics). Research on automation, social networks, antitrust, and social welfare; affiliations with MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and Stanford Digital Economy Lab; co-host of the “Justified Posteriors” podcast; published in top general science, economics and law venues; advises firms and public agencies on AI and platform strategy.
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