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Innovation and Economic Growth

Researchers today are trying to understand how information technology affects innovation, productivity, and economic growth while studying the impact of political and legal ground rules. Academics featured here are looking at the potential to create jobs and keep policymakers aware of emerging trends in technology.

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Susan Athey Discusses Machine Learning and Its Impact on Economics

In the latest issue of The Toulouse School of Economics Magazine, Stanford economist Susan Athey discusses how machine learning is transforming economics.

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Privacy. Security. Risk. 2019

September 24, 2019, Las Vegas, NV

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Health Information Technology

“Health Information Technology” or Health IT encompasses a wide range of hardware and software products used by patients, doctors, pharmacies, hospitals, insurers or other participants in the healthcare ecosystem to process and store data and communications related to health care.

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The Real Reason for Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency

"Strong cryptography secures information about who is making those transactions at every step and offers powerful guarantees against tampering. If Facebook can establish Libra as a trusted way for users make their transactions, it will go a long way to rebuilding trust in Facebook itself." — Kevin Werbach, Professor of Business and Ethics, University of Pennsylvania

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June 20, 2019

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Featured Article

Prediction, Judgment, and Complexity: A Theory of Decision Making and Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) raises the possibility that machines will substitute for humans. AI improves the accuracy of predictions, but when a prediction cannot be made with absolute certainty, judgment is needed to choose the best course of action. Judgment can sometimes be automated.

By: Joshua Gans, Ajay Agrawal, Avi Goldfarb

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