A CGD blog with Holly Shulman. Associate Professor of Political Science Yuen Yuen Ang on how to make your data more meaningful, the dangers of big data in cases of oppression, and whether political freedom is really a requirement for technological development.
Charles Kenny
Books, Papers and Articles
Charles Kenny writes about global development — what’s working, what isn’t, and how the world can do better. An economist who spent fifteen years at the World Bank, he is now a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC.
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Undocumented immigrants provide a lot of child care. If they aren’t around, it is harder for working mothers. For The Economist.
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Scare people that they may not be able to apply for citizenship later, they will apply for citizenship now. Me in the Economist.
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The U.S. shouldn’t get to pick the head of the World Bank. And not just because Trump is president. Me in Slate.
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For the Economist –gay marriage and more minorities in the workforce are good for the economy. Patriotic heterosexual white men should support equality.
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A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic we discuss the ethical responsibilities of technology firms in an age of algorithmic control, the weaponization of social media and the responsibilities of technology-using firms towards workers whose jobs evolve or disappear in the face of AI …
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You can't have equality in the workplace if you don't have it in parenting and childcare. Me in The Economist.
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Opioids and a lagging public health response. In The Economist.
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A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic, we discuss fears of job loss and inequality from advances in robotics and automation, as well as the regional impact of past technological change and what it might imply on a global scale.
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A CGD blog. Lant asserts that the main problem developing countries face isn’t a lack of access to new technologies or knowledge, but rather lack of the use of these technologies that have been around a while, which leads to a discussion of institutions and how deals are done.
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