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What can steam trains teach us about progress in AI? (opens the original)
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Contrary to popular belief, Stephenson’s Rocket did not hail the dawn of the steam age. Likewise, AI has actually been in development for decades, but progress could now begin to move faster than steam trains ever could, says Paul Ormerod The economics Nobel Laureate Robert Solow famously stated in 1987: “you can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics”. Although 40 years ago seems more or less the Dark Ages now in terms of technology, in the years leading up to Solow’
Economists may have ignored the biggest reason for our productivity decline (opens the original)
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Productivity in the West has slowed dramatically since the late 2000s, but there is no consensus as to why. Could corporate culture be the missing piece, asks Paul Ormerod Since the financial crisis of the late 2000s, productivity growth not just in the UK but across the West as a whole has slowed dramatically. The United States is a partial exception, but the performance of the other major economies has been poor. Productivity growth is perhaps the most important economic factor of all. Produci
Burnham bounce? Business confidence tells a different story (opens the original)
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Labour may be improving in the polls under Andy Burnham, but overall support for the party is still very low. Economic confidence tells a similar story, says Paul Ormerod Both in the opinion polls and in local authority by-elections, there is clear evidence of a “Burnham bounce” for Labour. But in historical terms, support for the party is still very low. It is simply that it is better than it was under Starmer. Economic confidence tells a similar story. Last month, GfK’s Consumer Confidence Ind
The answer to regional inequality isn't public money, it's productivity (opens the original)
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Andy Burnham’s ambitions for Number 10 North are nothing new, but successive governments have failed to focus on the key reason for differing regional outcomes, says Paul Ormerod The creation of Number 10 North symbolises a key aspect of Andy Burnham’s policies. Namely, to revive the economies of the more deprived parts of the UK. The previous Conservative government came up with the slogan “Levelling Up” to describe such an aspiration. It may now be taboo in government circles. But the new phra
Josh Kerr took the mile record. But how much further can we go? (opens the original)
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Josh Kerr’s performance prompts the question as to how much further world records might be expected to improve, says Paul Ormerod As the end of summer finally begins to hover into sight, we can enjoy the fact that it has not been too bad a one for our sportsmen and women. True, the cricketers lost the series 2-1 to New Zealand, but the football team did after all make the semi-final of the World Cup, which cements us as one the world’s top sides. It is in athletics where our boys and girls have
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