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Q&A with Paul Krugman: AI's impact on college graduates

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Q&A with Paul Krugman: AI's impact on college graduates

In this session, Paul Krugman will take questions from Ryan Herzog and Aisling Winston on the economic impact of AI and what it might mean for college graduates. Some early indications suggest that it will have a leveling effect — narrowing differences between star performers and the rest. On the other hand, there is some reason to believe it might reduce the demand for college graduates in general. Participants can submit questions beforehand and there will be a live Q&A included. 

Speakers

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

Professor , City University of New York

Paul Krugman received the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and taught at Princeton University for 14 years. In 2015, he joined the faculty of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, associated with the Luxembourg Income Study, which tracks and analyzes income inequality around the world. He received his BA from Yale and his Ph.D. from MIT. Before Princeton, he taught at Yale, Stanford, and MIT. He also spent a year on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers in 1982–1983. His research has included trailblazing work on international trade, economic geography, and currency crises. In 1991, Krugman received the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark medal. In addition to his teaching and academic research, Krugman writes extensively for nontechnical audiences. He is a regular op-ed columnist for the New York Times. His best-selling trade books include End This Depression Now!, The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008, and The Conscience of a Liberal. His earlier books, Peddling Prosperity and The Age of Diminished Expectations, have become modern classics.

Ryan Herzog

Ryan Herzog

Associate Professor , Gonzaga University

Professor Herzog's academic interest range from topics related to international finance, macroeconomics, and regional business cycles. He loves advising students on graduate school options or helping them on their internship/career paths. In the classroom he diverges from the traditional lecture style through interactive assignments and in class problem sets. He encourages student participation during lecture and keeps students active in the classroom through the use of technology and economic experiments.

Aisling Winston

Aisling Winston

Clincal Assistant Professor , University at Buffalo

Aisling Winston, PhD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo.  Her primary field of interest is International Political Economy, with a focus on questions of trade and security, particularly between developed and developing economies.  Her teaching experience includes Introductory Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Theory, International Trade, History of Economic Thought, Money and Banking, Environmental Economics, and Current Economic Issues. She received her PhD in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018.