Timely Economics Nobel – Creative Destruction and Genai
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The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Aghion, Howitt, and Mokyr for their work on sustained growth through technological progress and creative destruction, with the discussion highlighting the relevance of their work to current GenAI investment trends.
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The work by Aghion and Howitt is very timely, as it may help explain some of the rise in genAI investment spending.