James Bessen
@JamesBessen
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I write/research about technology & society, past, present & future. Latest book: The New Goliaths
Harpswell, Maine
Joined April 2013
Great article on my book in the New York Times https://t.co/yzHqXzuYE2
nytimes.com
A tech entrepreneur turned academic takes on the “disruption myth.” Big companies, he argues, have built software moats against rivals.
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"Do Salary History Bans Mitigate Discrimnatory Hiring Practices?" James Bessen, Erich Denk, Chen Meng, & Michael Meurer https://t.co/CnNWYKuGAa
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New paper: "Do Salary History Bans Mitigate Discrimnatory Hiring Practices?" 1/2
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We are very much looking forward to this webinar with James Bessen! The Rising Returns to R&D: Ideas Are not Getting Harder to Find (November 4, 16:00 – 17:00 Central European Time) REGISTRATION HERE: https://t.co/UlPg8smgK7 Productivity growth has slowed in many advanced
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Congratulations to #BULawProf @JamesBessen and co-authors Erich Denk and Chen Meng on receiving @ecineq's Atkinson Prize for their paper “Perpetuating wage inequality: evidence from salary history bans." Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/1sPsUVit1F
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@SarahEckha89223 and I had a lot of fun writing this. Bottom line: no matter what measure of AI exposure we use, and no matter what labor market measure we look at, we don't see evidence of AI disrupting the labor market. We don't see much in unemployment rates.
@InnovateEconomy @ngoldschlag @SarahEckha89223 Highly recommend the full paper, which goes on to look at five different measures of AI exposure. AI and Jobs: The Final Word (Until the Next One) https://t.co/TcBuB5p9p8
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Would Americans be better off without Costco? Zephyr Teachout says yes. I say no. https://t.co/mqr1q2QfVi
marginalrevolution.com
Zephyr Teachout’s NYTs op-ed on grocery store prices is poorly argued. The food system in the United States is rigged in favor of big retailers and suppliers in several ways. Big retailers often flex...
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The Rising Returns to R&D: This paper uses micro-data from the US Census Bureau to explore the relationship between R&D & productivity in the #manufacturing sector from 1976 to 2018. Read: https://t.co/8AvxlwcEBe Subscribe: https://t.co/ZMgOV7GtqL
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I'll be giving a keynote in Seville in September (also Mercedes Delgado) https://t.co/gMHC1U33cK
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New Paper: The Rising Returns to R&D: Ideas Are NOT Getting Harder to Find
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More #AI geography work: #AI emp declines rapidly with distance from AI #innovation hotspots See new paper from Jennifer Hunt, Iain Cockburn, and @JamesBessen
Distance from #innovation is a barrier to the adoption of artificial intelligence #AI Jennifer Hunt @RutgersU, Iain Cockburn & James Bessen @BU_Tweets
https://t.co/aAUyHZ6HVo
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TPRI’s April newsletter features latest research from TPRI’s Fellow Po-Hsuan Hsu, articles quoting @contirena1, information about the June 2025 Global Standards Leadership Conference and upcoming TPRI’s Works-in-Progress Seminars! https://t.co/HyZ0LZf6Ai
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TPRI’s March 2025 newsletter features new research from @JamesBessen and @f_poege plus information about the June 2025 Global Standards Leadership Conference and upcoming TPRI’s Works-in-Progress Seminars! https://t.co/5IF6e9XsiQ
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📩Call for papers for the research workshop that @RAKneller and I are organizing on 𝗜𝗣 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲. Send us your papers to join us on June 26 at the University of Nottingham. Keynote: @JamesBessen Bessen!
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I just wrote a piece on why I think the chatter about AI putting programmers out of work is wrong. Every time it gets easier to tell computers what we want them to do, it brings more people into the fold and unleashes a wave of creativity and creative destruction. That reads like
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📣 La educación y recapacitación para la #InteligenciaArtificial #IA podría generar empleos nuevos y mejores. Pero ¿cómo? Este tema se abordó en el último seminario de la serie "AI for good", con la participación de @JamesBessen. Mirá la charla en 👇 https://t.co/2BBcbf0kSb
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https://t.co/0tcwqlytiq How reskilling for AI could unlock new and better jobs
ilo.org
Education and reskilling are key if we are to ensure that artificial intelligence is beneficial to workers. This is according to experts who took part in a discussion moderated by the ILO as part of...
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