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Sami Mahroum

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Sami Mahroum, a professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, is an adviser at the FARI-AI for the Common Good Institute, a fellow at the Knowledge Centre for Data & Society at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and the author of Black Swan Start-ups: Understanding the Rise of Successful Technology Business in Unlikely Places (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).

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  1. Why Isn't E-Commerce Benefiting the Arab World?
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    Why Isn't E-Commerce Benefiting the Arab World?

    Feb 23, 2022 Sami Mahroum explains what is behind foreign firms' growing share of digitally mediated markets in the region.

  2. Agents of Automation
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    Agents of Automation

    Mar 26, 2021 Sami Mahroum pushes back on the emerging consensus that whatever new technologies can do they inevitably will do.

  3. An Interview with Sami Mahroum
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    An Interview with Sami Mahroum

    Jul 14, 2020 Sami Mahroum says why Americans have failed the COVID-19 lockdown test, cautions against rushing AI-based medical solutions, and proposes mechanisms for holding governments accountable for their public-health failures.

  4. Automation and Human Agency
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    Automation and Human Agency

    May 12, 2020 Sami Mahroum advocates a new approach to technological innovation that would strengthen resilience to shocks like COVID-19.

  5. How to Design a Lockdown
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    How to Design a Lockdown

    Apr 2, 2020 Sami Mahroum says governments must consider the psychological impact of COVID-19 containment measures.

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    A New Deal for Developing Countries

    William Ruto explains what climate-vulnerable Africa will need to strengthen their resilience and sustain economic growth.
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    Good Growth Requires Getting Public-Private Partnerships Right

    Mariana Mazzucato worries that a recently unveiled industrial strategy is not structured properly.
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    American Idiots

    J. Bradford DeLong considers the implications of Donald Trump and friends' effort to orchestrate an unnecessary government shutdown.
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    Putin’s Setbacks Are Cold Comfort for Europe

    Joschka Fischer considers the implications of Russia's loss in Syria and Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House.
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    Gender Apartheid Is a Crime Against Humanity

    Gordon Brown urges global policymakers to address the Afghan regime’s egregious violations of women and girls' rights.
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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork

    The Norwegian finance ministry recently revealed just how much the country has benefited from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, estimating its windfall natural-gas revenues for 2022-23 to be around $111 billion. Yet rather than transferring these gains to those on the front line, the government is hoarding them.

     argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.

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