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Closed Captions | The Economics of Everyday Things</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/axVmFxYzcEY/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/axVmFxYzcEY/</guid><description>Explores how AI reshapes transcription work and the economics behind everyday media tools.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Boom Or Bust: Can Taiwan Secure The Energy Supplies It Needs To Meet Its High-Tech Aspirations?</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/wBGy-iwtzVI/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/wBGy-iwtzVI/</guid><description>Explains how AI-driven chip growth strains Taiwan’s energy transition amid looming security pressures.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>GenAI in the Workplace | Economics, Applied | Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/84AXfA_LccE/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/84AXfA_LccE/</guid><description>Evidence on how generative AI affects workplace productivity and why market experimentation matters.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How Should the US Economy Adapt to the AI Boom? | Challenges Facing The US Economy</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/__DInZ7STb8/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/__DInZ7STb8/</guid><description>Examines how AI reshapes jobs, productivity, and US fiscal priorities with evidence-based policy debate.</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Productivity, Innovation, and the New American Golden Age with Joe Lonsdale</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/ccfWCYcTemI/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/ccfWCYcTemI/</guid><description>Connects AI-driven innovation and productivity with venture capital and regulation—practical views from a tech investor.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>AI, Tech, Industrial Policy and Baby Equities with Brad Gerstner (Altimeter Capital Founder and CEO)</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/vEgTEf6lWdM/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/vEgTEf6lWdM/</guid><description>A tech-investor perspective on AI, industrial policy like CHIPS, and how to invest in early-stage equity.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>65. Stock Photos | The Economics of Everyday Things</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/SYvcRahmLZM/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/SYvcRahmLZM/</guid><description>Explores how AI reshapes incentives, pricing, and competition in the stock photo business.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>208. Can A.I. Companions Replace Human Connection? | No Stupid Questions</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/AqtgT8vYWok/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/AqtgT8vYWok/</guid><description>Explores how empathetic AI may reshape relationships, therapy, and authorship choices.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>128. Are Our Tools Becoming Part of Us? | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/yB0v4ZX7Mi4/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/yB0v4ZX7Mi4/</guid><description>A practical, curiosity-driven look at how AI tools reshape creators and society.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>From the Shelf with Curator Arnold Kling: James Cham 1/30/24</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/mIYYNmql-j8/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/mIYYNmql-j8/</guid><description>Discusses AI-driven innovation and productivity through the lens of a recent economics book.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>118. “My God, This Is a Transformative Power” | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/RiFNFFfXtj8/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/RiFNFFfXtj8/</guid><description>A research-to-impact conversation on how AI breakthroughs can reshape economies and society.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>David Simon Is On Strike. 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