The Next Economic Shift Has Just Begun

Can AI boost living standards like the Industrial Revolution did—or will it be humanity’s last invention? Andrew Leigh is an economist, Australian MP and author of ‘The Shortest History of Economics’ (https://amzn.eu/d/1mW1Zrl).

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Chapters:

00:00 - From 58 hours of work to 2 seconds
04:41 - How tariffs stunt growth
09:40 - Living standards don’t always grow
13:07 - Vanta ad
14:26 - Is AI the last human invention?
22:08 - Will AI end education?
25:44 - Tide ad
27:15 - Why inequality is increasing
31:26 - How luck built nations
35:28 - Is China back on top?
42:26 - Has Australia sorted pensions?
48:20 - Money actually does buy happiness