Digitalization and the New Gilded Age
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Channel: IMF · 2018 · News & Politics
In a seminar at the current IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, panelists discussed the characteristics of the gilded age in the US (late 1800s)—railroads, economic growth, and prosperity accompanied by monopolies, income inequality, and poverty. Panelists tackled questions like: are we in a new gilded age? Is data the new railroad? Are the tech giants the new monopolies? Is it time to regulate the tech industry to ensure innovation is encouraged and that its gains are shared more equitably. Find details of the seminar here: http://www.imf.org/external/POS_Meetings/SeminarDetails.aspx?SeminarId=295 Moderator: Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director Panelists: Bridget van Kralingen, Senior Vice President, IBM Global Industries, Platforms and Blockchain Alec Ross, Author, former Senior Advisor for Innovation to US Department of State Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Singapore Richard White, Author and Stanford University Professor
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