Economist & Author
Selected press coverage and interviews on AI economics, personalized pricing, ad blocking, and technology.
Brandeis economics professor Benjamin Shiller says the stranger you are, the more employable you'll be. Just look at self-driving cars and kangaroos.
Read ArticleUniform prices for online music are no way to maximise profit.
Read ArticleBig Data number-crunching makes it tempting — and a lot easier — for companies to engage in price discrimination.
Read ArticleWill you pay more for those shoes before 7 p.m.? Would the price tag be different if you lived in the suburbs? Standard prices and simple discounts are giving way to far more exotic strategies, designed to extract every last dollar from the consumer.
Read ArticleUnprotected consumer data will allow price personalization by companies who know how much you need something and how much you can manage to pay.
Read ArticleAd blockers hurt smaller publishers by giving them an initial traffic spike which then falls away.
Read ArticleA conversation about how artificial intelligence is reshaping labor markets, the economics of ideas, and what it all means for the future of work.
Listen to EpisodeA discussion on the past, present, and potential future effects of technology and AI on labor, covering topics from the book AI Economics.
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