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This chapter delves into the pivotal role of AI and automation in enhancing productivity, a pressing topic for economists today. The guest reflects on their transition from engineering to economics, sharing insights on how their experiences shape their understanding of productivity's complexities.

Leading economist Chad Syverson speculates about the ingredients in productivity’s secret sauce.

In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward thinking podcast, co-host Janet Bush talks with Chad Syverson. Syverson is George C. Tiao Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His work focuses on the interactions between firm structure, market structure, and productivity.

In this podcast, he covers topics including the following:

Why productivity is important
How the world economy is doing on productivity
What major themes of our age, from the path to net zero to trade fragmentation and aging, could impact productivity
The potential role of AI to change the game for productivity
How productivity growth is diffused

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