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Carl Benedikt Frey
Carl Benedikt Frey is a Swedish-German economist and economic historian. He is the Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute and a Fellow of Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He is also Director of the Future of Work Programme and Oxford Martin Citi Fellow at the Oxford Martin School. He is the author of ''The Technology Trap'' (2019), a widely discussed book comparing historical and modern technological revolutions and Frey is also known for a 2013 study estimating that 47% of U.S. jobs were susceptible to computerization. His next book is ''How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations,'' published by Princeton University Press in 2025. Career Frey was born in Sweden. He studied economics, history and management at Lund University. Developing a strong interest in economic history and technological change, Frey completed his PhD in 2011 at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Benedikt
Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of television series ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' * An informal nickname for a student or alum of Carleton College CARL may refer to: *Canadian Association of Research Libraries *Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries See also *Carle (other) *Charles *Carle, a surname *Karl (other) *Karle (other) Karle may refer to: Places * Karle (Svitavy District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic * Karli, India, a town in Maharashtra, India ** Karla Caves, a complex of Buddhist cave shrines * Karle, Belgaum, a settlement in Belgaum ... {{disambig ja:カール zh:卡尔 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and later worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, Obama enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the ''Harvard Law Review''. He became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. In 1996, Obama was elected to represent the 13th district in the Illinois Senate, a position he held until 2004, when he successfully ran for the U.S. Senate. In the 2008 pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RePEc
Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in many countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, preprints, journal articles, and software components. The project started in 1997. Its precursor NetEc dates back to 1993. Overview RePEc provides links to over 4,400,000 full-text articles, working papers, books, book chapters and software components. Most contributions are freely downloadable, but copyright remains with the author or copyright holder. It is among the largest internet repositories of academic material in the world. the collected data is leveraged by several services, the main ones being the websites IDEAS and EconPapers for exploration of the bibliographic data, and the RePEc Author Service for author profiles and authority control. Many bibliographic providers also use all or part of the data. Materials to RePEc can be added th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of River Avon, Warwickshire, Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including William Shakespeare's collaborations, collaborations, consist of some Shakespeare's plays, 39 plays, Shakespeare's sonnets, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays List of translations of works by William Shakespeare, have been translated into every major modern language, living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Economist
''The Economist'' is a British newspaper published weekly in printed magazine format and daily on Electronic publishing, digital platforms. It publishes stories on topics that include economics, business, geopolitics, technology and culture. Mostly written and edited in London, it has other editorial offices in the United States and in major cities in continental Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The newspaper has a prominent focus on data journalism and interpretive analysis over News media, original reporting, to both criticism and acclaim. Founded in 1843, ''The Economist'' was first circulated by Scottish economist James Wilson (businessman), James Wilson to muster support for abolishing the British Corn Laws (1815–1846), a system of import tariffs. Over time, the newspaper's coverage expanded further into political economy and eventually began running articles on current events, finance, commerce, and British politics. Throughout the mid-to-late 20th century, it greatl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Wolf
Martin Harry Wolf (born 16 August 1946 in London) is a British journalist who focuses on economics. He is the chief economics commentator at the ''Financial Times''. He also writes a weekly column for the French newspaper ''Le Monde''. Early life and education Wolf was born in London, in 1946. His father Edmund was an Austrian Jews, Austrian Jewish playwright who migrated from Vienna to England before World War II. In London, Edmund met Wolf's mother, a Dutch Jew who had lost nearly thirty close relatives in the Holocaust. Wolf recalls that his background left him wary of political extremes and encouraged his interest in economics, as he felt economic policy mistakes were one of the Causes of World War II, root causes of World War II. He was an active supporter of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party until the early 1970s. Wolf was privately educated at University College School, a day school for boys in Hampstead in north west London, and the University of Oxford where in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Ford (author)
Martin Ford is an American futurist and author focusing on artificial intelligence and robotics, and the impact of these technologies on the job market, economy and society. He has written four books on technology. His 2015 book, '' Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future'', was a ''New York Times'' bestseller and won the £30,000 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. In Ford's most recent book, ''Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything'' (2021), he argues that AI is a systemic, general-purpose technology that will ultimately compare to electricity in terms of its impact on the economy and society. Ford argues that AI will be one of humanity's most consequential technologies, transforming virtually every industry and aspect of civilization, and that it will be critical driver of increased innovation and creativity that will lead to future advances across a broad range of fields in science, engi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard David Precht
Richard David Precht (; born 8 December 1964) is a German philosopher and author of successful popular science books about philosophical issues. He hosts the TV show " Precht" on ZDF. He was an honorary professor of philosophy at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg from 2011 to October 2023 and is an honorary professor of philosophy and aesthetics at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin. Since the great success with '' Wer bin ich – und wenn ja, wie viele?'' (English title: ''Who am I – and if so, how many?''), Precht's books on philosophical or sociopolitical topics became bestsellers. Life Richard David Precht was born and raised in Solingen. His father, Hans-Jürgen Precht, was born in Hanover in 1933, and his mother in Neuhof bei Berlin in 1938. After higher secondary schooling Abitur at the Gymnasium Schwertstraße in Solingen, Precht did his alternative service as a parish worker. Later he studied philosophy, German studies and history of art at the Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai-Fu Lee
Kai-Fu Lee (; born December 3, 1961) is a Taiwanese businessman, computer scientist, investor, and writer. He is currently based in Beijing, China. Lee has worked as an executive, first at Apple, then SGI, Microsoft, and Google. He became the focus of a 2005 legal dispute between Google and Microsoft, his former employer, due to a one-year non-compete agreement that he signed with Microsoft in 2000 when he became its corporate vice president of interactive services. He works in the Chinese internet sector and was the founding director of Microsoft Research Asia, serving from 1998 to 2000; and president of Google China, serving from July 2005 through September 4, 2009. After resigning from his post, he founded Sinovation Ventures, a venture capital firm. He created a website, () dedicated to helping young Chinese people in their studies and careers and wrote "10 Letters to Chinese College Students". He is a micro-blogger in China, in particular on Sina Weibo, where he ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval Noah Harari ( ; born 1976) is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and popular science writer. He currently serves as professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His first bestselling book, '' Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'' (2011) is based on his lectures to an undergraduate world history class. His other works include the bestsellers '' Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'' (2016), '' 21 Lessons for the 21st Century'' (2018), and ''Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI'' (2024). His published work examines themes of free will, consciousness, intelligence, happiness, suffering and the role of storytelling in human evolution. In ''Sapiens'', Harari writes about a "cognitive revolution" that supposedly occurred roughly 70,000 years ago when ''Homo sapiens'' supplanted the rival Neanderthals and other species of the genus ''Homo'', developed language skills and structure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Oliver
John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British and American comedian who hosts ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'' on HBO. He started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom and came to wider attention for his work in the United States as the senior British correspondent on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' from 2006 to 2013. Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing for ''The Daily Show'' and became its guest host for an eight-week period in 2013. He also co-hosted the comedy podcast '' The Bugle'' with Andy Zaltzman, with whom Oliver had previously worked on the radio series '' Political Animal'' and ''The Department''. From 2010 to 2013, he hosted the stand-up series '' John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show'' on Comedy Central. His acting roles include Ian Duncan on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' and voice work in the animated films '' The Smurfs'' (2011), '' The Smurfs 2'' (2013), and ''The Lion King'' remake (2019). As the host of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'' (often abridged as ''Last Week Tonight'') is an American news satire late-night talk show hosted by comedian John Oliver. The half-hour-long show premiered in the end of April 2014 on HBO and currently has new episodes released simultaneously on the network and Max (streaming service), HBO Max. ''Last Week Tonight'' shares some similarities with Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show'' (where Oliver previously List of The Daily Show correspondents, served as a correspondent and fill-in host), as the show takes a satirical look at news, politics and current events, but on a weekly basis. The show has been repeatedly renewed, and is currently contracted for through the 2026 season. Production Oliver described his preparations for the show in an interview for ''The Atlantic#The Atlantic Wire, The Wire'': "... I basically have to watch everything. The only thing I kind of watch for pleasure is Fareed Zakaria GPS, Fareed Zakaria's show on Sundays .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
