How Emerging Technologies are Reshaping U.S. Productivity, Labor, and Competition
Date:
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Time:
10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
Duration:
60 Minutes
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Product Id : 508246
Price Details
Live: One Dial-in One Attendee
Corporate Live: Any number of participants
Recorded: Access recorded version, only for one participant unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Corporate Recorded: Access recorded version, Any number of participants unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
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:
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.
