Power Dynamics of Tech Entrepreneurship

Geopolitical alliances are changing rapidly. Technological innovation is reshaping our economies. These trends offer a cocktail of risk and reward for countries in the global south. They are also both topics that are familiar to Simon Johnson of MIT.

Simon speaks to Tim Phillips about how policy in developing countries should respond to President Trump’s deglobalization agenda, how artificial intelligence changes the future for all countries, and where growth and jobs will come from in the future.

And of course, what it was like to win the Nobel Prize.

Read the full show notes on VoxDev: https://voxdev.org/topic/macroeconomics-growth/geopolitics-ai-future-global-development-conversation-simon-johnson

Sahel and West Africa Club: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/directorates/sahel-and-west-africa-club.html

Power and progress: https://shapingwork.mit.edu/power-and-progress/