Center on Capitalism and Society

"It is not so much the economics of new technologies that should worry us, but rather the politics and ethics." Read Edmund Phelps on "The Robot Question" in Project Syndicate: https://prosyn.org/rllsXk1?referral=d461cf,

Edmund Phelps, Center director, and Juan Vicente Sola, Center member, published "What's the Matter with South America?" in Project Syndicate today: https://www.project-syndicate.org//south-american-corporat

Edmund Phelps in BA Times: "Trump has shown signs of being desperate. We can hope for a change of government, but there will be a tremendous amount of reconstruction that will have to be needed. Just as I think Argentina needs to think about changing social values, its individual values, the US has a tremendous way to go. We have to go back to celebrating creativity, initiative and not being so wrapped up in money." https://www.batimes.com.ar//edmund-phelps-its-important-to

Center Director Edmund Phelps's new book, "Dynamism The Values That Drive Innovation, Job Satisfaction, and Economic Growth," coauthored with members Raicho Bojilov, Hian Teck Hoon and Gylfi Zoega, was published today by Harvard University press. For more information, or to order, click here: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php

A new piece by Roman Frydman and Edmund Phelps appeared in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal last night. They argue that directing businesses to fight the pandemic would help workers more than an infrastructure splurge. Click here to read the piece: https://www.wsj.com//beating-the-coronavirus-is-the-best-s