Digital Transformation, Opportunity and Social Sustainability

INET at the Trento Economics Festival 3: A dialogue between Michael Spence and Robert Johnson

The governance of technology is a new challenge. The Recovery Plans is encouraging the digital transformation of our economies. An acceleration of technological change is bound to deeply affect labor markets and income distribution. While labor-market adaptation is likely to stave off permanent high unemployment, it cannot be counted on to prevent a sharp rise in inequality.