The Future of Human Mobility

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In the era of Zoom and fantastic technology, is it not possible to do it using technological means or do you have to be in the same country as that other person? Well, that's a fascinating question. I think that the boring answer is like, you know, we still need more research to figure out exactly how that trade could work. But I can tell you that I do think that human mobility, physical mobility, is going to continue to be a thing.

Co-host Janet Bush talks with economist Dany Bahar. He is an associate professor of practice of international and public affairs at Brown University’s Watson Institute and a senior fellow of the Growth Lab at the Harvard Center for International Development. He’s also a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Center for Global Development. Two themes stand out in his work: the diffusion of technology and knowledge, and migration. In this podcast, Bahar covers topics including the following: