New large language models will transform many jobs. Whether they will lead to widespread prosperity or not is up to us.
#tech #ai #money #economics #lifestyle #en
Maddyness présente 10 startups qui font bouger la seconde main en 2023, de l'électroménager à l'équipement de ski en passant par la mode.
#french #startup #economics #fr
La deuxième édition du « rapport sur les riches en France » de l’Observatoire des inégalités livre au débat des éléments saillants pour mieux cerner les riches français.
#wealth #economics #sociology #fr
Cinquante ans après sa publication, le rapport Meadows sur les limites à la croissance démontre chaque jour son actualité. Entretien avec l’un de ses co-auteurs, Jørgen Randers, aujourd’hui âgé de 76 ans.
#collapse #economics #climate #growth #fr
#tech #crypto #finance #economics #en
There are more than 800 unicorns—private startups with a valuation above $1 billion— globally. Here are the world’s biggest startups.
#startup #tech #fintech #future #economics #society #en
Western housing shortages do not just prevent many from ever affording their own home. They also drive inequality, climate change, low productivity growth, obesity, and even falling fertility rates.
#housing #politics #economics #en
Économiste et prêtre jésuite, ancien économiste en chef de l’Agence française de développement (AFD), Gaël Giraud a publié en avril dernier L’Économie à venir (Les Liens qui libèrent, 2021), co-écrit avec Felwine Sarr. Candidat à La Primaire populaire, il se confie ici longuement, entre autres, sur sa vision des communs et sa conception du libéralisme.
#economics #politics #fr
The mad schemes degrowthers advocate are a fantasy that distracts us from real efforts to save the planet
#economics #growth #slowlife #en
Par Frédéric Lordon (La pompe à phynance, Les blogs du Diplo, 7 avril 2021)
#lordon #society #economics #sociology #fr
Economic growth is closely linked to increases in production, consumption and resource use and has detrimental effects on the natural environment and human health. It is unlikely that a long-lasting, absolute decoupling of economic growth from environmental pressures and impacts can be achieved at the global scale; therefore, societies need to rethink what is meant by growth and progress and their meaning for global sustainability.
In her new book, Boston College professor Juliet Schor reports on the ways that the sharing economy has — and has not — lived up to its initial promise.
#gig #economics #lifestyle #en
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