I've reviewed @soumayakeynes.ft.com and @chadpbown.com's new book, How To Win A Trade War, for the Observer (link below).
If you like your economics explained via irreverent metaphor, this is the book for you. It's particularly good on the underlying causes of the tensions between the US & China.
Full review here: observer.co.uk/culture/book...
How to Win a Trade War puts an irreverent spin on the increasing financial tensions between superpowers
Over the last few weeks, multiple tech bros who had previously warned about apocalyptic job losses from AI have completely changed their tune.
My piece for this weekend’s Observer asks why that might be, and which jobs will be safe in the world of AI:
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
So, ballet looks safe. Software engineering? Less clear. Possibly fine, if AI augments their productivity, demand is highly elastic, and the market expands. Automating a task =/= automating a job. But it doesn’t look like the safe bet it did 6 years ago.
Which jobs will be safe in the world of AI?
I’ve written about this for today’s @observeruk.bsky.social (link below). While reading and thinking about it, I was reminded of the ad below, launched by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre in 2020.
