Ryan Avent

Ryan Avent is senior editor and economics columnist at The Economist. He is author of The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century Twitter: @ryanavent

How Low-Paying Jobs and Weak Safety Nets Reduce Innovation and Productivity

Given the structure of our social safety net, automation tends to increase poverty and inequality rather than unemployment

By Ryan Avent People are worried about robots taking jobs. Driverless cars are around the corner. Restaurants and shops increasingly carry the option to order by touchscreen. Google’s clever algorithms provide instant translations that are remarkably […]

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You Might Have Earned It, But Don’t Forget That Your Wealth Came from Society

To be human is to earn the right to share in the wealth generated by productive social institutions

Editor’s Note: In an effort to center New Economic Thinking in the discussion of the COVID-19 crisis, we’ve curated a list of Evonomics articles relevant to this moment—including this one. Check out the full list here. […]

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