“The most important lesson from history is that technological transitions have always been accompanied by social and political disruption—unless we invest in inclusive growth.”
Carl Benedikt Frey is the Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI and Work at the Oxford Internet Institute and the director of the Future of Work Programme at the Oxford Martin School. He is most famous for a 2013 study that found 47% of jobs were at risk of automation. The article was cited over 17,000 times and was used by the Bank of England, World Bank, and Obama's economic advisors. His broader academic work has been featured in over 100 publications and has been cited over 22,500 times.
Before his current role at Oxford, Carl was an Economics Associate of Nuffield College and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking. He was also a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council, as well as a member of the Bretton Woods Committee. He is the author of The Technology Trap which went on to win Princeton University's Richard A Lester Prize for the most significant contribution to labour economics. More recently he has authored How Progress Ends.
“Carl Benedikt Frey is one of the most important voices today in understanding how automation shapes labor markets—and what we can do about it.” — Martin Wolf
