{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/664394a442f6710013618119/6a6b8a6087f5f77b0247c969?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Will AI solve the productivity puzzle? With Nick Bloom","description":"<p>Productivity has been a problem for the past 15 years. In developed countries, weak demand, a lack of competition and a paucity of new ideas have all been blamed. Could AI finally reverse that trend? Soumaya speaks to Stanford economics professor Nick Bloom about why CFOs and CEOs expect AI to supercharge their businesses; how concentrated (or otherwise) the gains might be; and why working from home could be good for labour output… and fertility rates.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to Soumaya's show on <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-economics-show-with-soumaya-keynes/id1746352576\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple</a>, <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/64rPqCkSSBkuSJpkMLRe9i?si=70c1cb4221e54c9a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a>, <a href=\"https://pca.st/6ysdzw0j\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pocket Casts</a> or wherever you listen.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Further Reading</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/3fcda833-80d2-4e13-86f4-29b479b79adf?accessToken=zwAAAaBOiijtks8_zagzgNJOE9OG9Cm0ebea39OOmuekcglOLNOqNvOvd9bOHwE.MEQCIHws6rGe2frdfXKJ4X-xbVBpw_YgtP1nxyDHyOh-dCdVAiAZVoaxn0JM5dMUAZP4fs5DmPuxEeeJR9X_TznqCc76Og&amp;segmentId=85462057-4e57-56c2-164f-e4ce1f09e15f\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Is AI productivity growth in the room with us right now?</a></p><p><a href=\"How much value is AI really creating?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How much value is AI really creating?</a></p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by Soumaya Keynes. Produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval. Original music by Breen Turner. Sound design by Sean McGarrity. Andrew Georgiades is the broadcast engineer. Edwin Lane is the senior producer. Flo Phillips is the FT’s head of audio.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/17c39ad1-2f48-4eb9-aafb-7e0b6e9bb7e0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}