Erik Brynjolfsson's Top Book Recommendations

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The Economics of Artificial Intelligence

An Agenda

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) highlight the potential of this technology to affect productivity, growth, inequality, market power, innovation, and employment. This volume seeks to set the agenda for economic research on the impact of AI. It covers four broad themes: AI as a general purpose technology; the relationships between AI, growth, jobs, and inequality; regulatory responses to changes brought on by AI; and the effects of AI on the way economic research is conducted. It explores the economic influence of machine learning, the branch of computational statistics that has driven... more
Recommended by Erik Brynjolfsson, and 1 others.

Erik BrynjolfssonI just got my copy of @nberpubs book "The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda", edited by @professor_ajay, @joshgans and @avicgoldfarb. So much great material in there! #AI #2MA @danielrock @ChadSyverson https://t.co/wYvcH4l4jH (Source)

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The Worldly Philosophers

The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a new theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. The theme is the common focus of their highly varied ideas—namely, the search to understand how a capitalist society works. It is a focus never more needed than in this age of confusing economic headlines.
In a bold new concluding chapter entitled “The End of the Worldly Philosophy?” Heilbroner reminds us that the word “end”...
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Erik Brynjolfsson@AndrewWLo @DianeCoyle1859 Great book. I read it in high school and it kind of turned into an economist (Source)

Heidi N. Moore@VarickBoyd @JeSuisBHL Ah well, I thought you were a veteran of this world, my error. Enjoy the book! It's fantastic. (Source)

Andrew W LoThis book really opened my eyes to the fact that there’s some very deep and beautiful logic underlying the economy, and financial markets and institutions especially. (Source)

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