Trumponomics

Why AI Isn't Actually Boosting Productivity

August 5, 2026·28 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Why aren't we seeing the productivity boom the artificial intelligence industry has promised? Stephanie Flanders is joined by Oxford University professor and How Progress Ends author Carl Benedikt Frey to explore why rapid advances in AI haven't yet translated into stronger economic growth. Together they examine the productivity struggle, the race between the US and China for AI leadership and what history teaches us about technological revolutions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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