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Daniel Susskind

Daniel Susskind is a British economist and writer whose work examines technology, labor markets, public policy, and economic growth. He is the author of A World Without Work and Growth: A Reckoning, and co-author of The Future of the Professions. His books have helped frame debates about automation and the future of work.

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Daniel Susskind trained as an economist at Balliol College, Oxford, where he completed his BA, MPhil, and DPhil, and later studied at Harvard as a Kennedy Scholar. Before he became widely known as a writer, he worked inside the British government, serving in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, the Policy Unit in 10 Downing Street, and the Cabinet Office. That combination of academic training and policy experience shaped the character of his later work: analytically rigorous, but always directed toward public questions about work, expertise, and social change. ((https://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/balliol_college_floreat_domus_2017_low-res.pdf))

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These technologies tend to displace people from tasks – what I call task encroachment
-Automation of jobs is one of the greatest questions of our time
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There are two possible futures for the professions. Both of these rest on technology
-The Future of the Professions
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The inability of human beings to articulate their thinking processes is no longer a constraint
-Re-thinking the Capabilities of Technology in Economics
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It is often said that work is not only a source of income but also of meaning
-Work and Meaning in the Age of AI
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Until now, the most useful question for thinking about the impact of technology on paid work has been ‘what machines can and cannot do.’
-What Will Remain for People to Do?
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Before the 1950s, no politicians, no policy makers, no economists really were talking about the idea of economic growth
-On Point: An economist's vision of economic growth — with less destruction

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