All posts from: December 2017

Trust me, I’m an economist

Posted by: Richard Lewney
Publish date: December 13, 2017 | 9:55am13/12/2017
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How should economists operate in a politically charged climate? Is our role to put forward a ‘balanced’ view?
Richard Lewney, our Chairman, argues that by not putting forward an opinion we leave our job half-done.
Cambridge Econometrics recently attracted social media reactio…

Rise of the robots – and the fall of capitalism?

Posted by: Hector Pollitt
Publish date: December 6, 2017 | 2:47pm6/12/2017
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Could robots bring about the downfall of capitalism? Will some humans become totally redundant or will workers simply find jobs in other sectors?
Hector Pollitt explains why scenarios currently being assessed at Cambridge Econometrics are pretty pessimistic as far as jobs are con…