Demographics are Not Japan’s Problem
…and never were. It has become conventional wisdom among economists that demographics are Japan’s underlying problem. Demographics are blamed for everything from slow growth to zero interest rates to deflation. But demographics are not and never were Japan’s problem. Japan may represent “the future”, but are we drawing the right lessons? The demographics hypothesis does […]
“Effective Altruism” Network Infiltrates Congress, Federal Agencies to Create Silicon Valley Favoring AI Policies
Politico recently ran an important story on how the AI policy sausage-making is being done that does not appear to be getting the attention it warrants. That may be because the piece, How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington, tried doing too many things at once. It presents the main nodes in […]
