RICHARD BALDWIN is a Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, President of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London, and Founder of the economic policy portal VoxEU.org. In addition to his research and teaching, he advises governments and international organisations around the world on globalisation and trade policy issues. In 1990-91 he served as a Senior Staff Economist for US President George Bush's Council of Economic Advisors, having completed his PhD in economics at MIT with Paul Krugman (with whom he has published a half dozen articles). He is the author of THE GREAT CONVERGENCE and THE GLOBOTICS UPHEAVAL.
Engaging and informative . . . distils complex ideas into measured and understandable language that readers with no prior understanding of artificial intelligence and economics will be able to digest - THE TIMES A manifesto for future-proofing our jobs and prosperity . . . It might just save your life - and your children's lives - THE SUNDAY TIMES An important book that delivers a timely warning to the world's business elite . . . confirms [Baldwin's] place as one of the most important thinkers in this era of global disruption - FINANCIAL TIMES The first book I've come across that ties together the two main forces shaping our world - globalisation and technological change - in an accessible way - THE BUSINESS POST