Innovation
& Technology

Michael R. Strain points out that the technology will help to address many of the risks it creates.

J. Bradford DeLong worries that the first mover in electric vehicles is increasingly running on bucket-shop hype.

Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng urge the Chinese government to follow the island's lead by embracing the financialization of innovation.

Mariana Mazzucato & David Eaves explain why policymakers should become more involved in shaping or creating digital-payments infrastructure.

Peter G. Kirchschläger calls for the creation of a watchdog – similar to the IAEA – that employs a human rights-based approach.

Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson find policy lessons for the 2020s in the work of the early-nineteenth-century economist David Ricardo.

Amar Bhidé points out that the technology has long been following a typically diffuse and halting pattern of development.

Daron Acemoglu proposes three principles to ensure that the benefits of the next wave of disruptive innovation outweigh the costs.

Antara Haldar offers a conceptual framework for navigating current debates about regulation and governance.