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Uncertainty and Artificial Intelligence

20 September 201814 December 2022
Raul Zambrano
Artificial Intelligence, Book review, Economics, Inequality, Innovation
In a world where perfect information supposedly rules across the board, uncertainty certainly challenges mainstream economists. While some of the tenets of such assumption have already been addressed – via the theory of information asymmetries and the development of the Read more

Towards a Philosophy of Technology

14 December 201621 March 2019
Raul Zambrano
Book review, Economics, ICTD
Written back in 1984, the content of Albert Borgmann’s book loudly resonates today. Borgmann argues that contemporary life is shaped by technology that stamps its imprint all over the place, and can even define its whole character. However, such a Read more

Blockchain and the Future of Society

24 October 201615 February 2021
Raul Zambrano
Blockchain, Book review, ICTD, Innovation
Alongside artificial intelligence and robotics, Blockchain technology is enjoying widespread popularity around the globe. The surrounding hype seems to increase by the minute. Pundits and supporters see a plethora of applications for the technology not limited just to the financial Read more

Theories of the Mobile Internet: Book Review

7 August 201621 March 2019
Raul Zambrano
Book review, ICTD, Social Innovation
There is indeed no scarcity when it comes to books and articles dealing with the so-called mobile revolution. While most present the now usual techno-utopian perspective, only a few offer an adequate analytical framework to try to explain the rapid Read more

Is Postcapitalism on its way?

6 June 201631 May 2017
Raul Zambrano
Book review, Economics, ICTD
For most people, including many well-known economists, the 2007 global economic crisis was a rude awakening: It seemed to have come out of nowhere, but it certainly managed to bring deep pain to billions of people – and pockets. Soon Read more

Saving Capitalism – or Democracy?

26 May 201631 May 2017
Raul Zambrano
Book review, Economics
Few will doubt both globalization and technology are putting many people under economic stress. Symptoms of this in the US and other industrialized countries include raising inequality, stagnant wages, less opportunities and decreased social mobility, and little to no improvement Read more

State Formation in Latin America

13 May 201611 March 2022
Raul Zambrano
Book review
Contrary to accepted views,  Latin American(LA) States are still comparatively incipient and have been so since independence in the 19th Century. But they have also managed to avoid large-scale and continuous wars between them, in sharp contrast with Western European Read more

Technology and Development in History

11 March 201621 March 2019
Raul Zambrano
Book review, Human Development, ICTD
Nowadays, the diffusion pace of technologies on a global scale is unprecedented. This is true for Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) best represented by the Internet (and all its newer platforms) and mobile technologies. Most will also agree that technologies somehow play Read more

Economics and Long Term Ideas

27 November 201521 March 2019
Raul Zambrano
Book review, Economics
No doubt economics has come a long way since the times of Adam Smith almost 250 years ago. If we were to summarize its dynamics of change, we could say that economics has moved from a broad political economy approach Read more

Innovation and Inequality in an Unequal World

9 September 201515 October 2021
Raul Zambrano
Book review, ICTD, Social Innovation
Innovation has taken the world by storm. More than a pure storm, it is now looking more like a stationary looping hurricane. No escape. Embrace or die. Only a few have opted for the latter. In any event, this is, Read more

Robotics and job creation: Is this time different?

22 August 201521 March 2019
Raul Zambrano
Book review, ICTD
Debates on the impact of automation on job creation are certainly not new. On the one side, we find those who argue that automation is the trigger for massive unemployment. On the other side are those who say automation can Read more

The future of automation and the automation of the future

26 June 201521 March 2019
Raul Zambrano
Book review, Economics, ICTD
Chaplin’s 1936 Modern Times, by now a classic of silent cinema, offers an inside glimpse of the automation of industrial production in the first part of the 20th Century. Our little tramp has somehow found a job in a factory, Read more
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