Benjamin Moll
Economist, London School of Economics
Signed the letter · Academia · United Kingdom
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Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, where he holds the Sir John Hicks Chair, and a co-editor of the American Economic Review. PhD from the University of Chicago; previously on the faculty of Princeton University. Author of work on inequality and macroeconomics, including 'Uneven Growth: Automation's Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality' and 'Monetary Policy According to HANK'. Recipient of the 2017 Bernacer Prize and the 2024 Calvo-Armengol International Prize. Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter.
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15 works in the co-authorship map · 4,413 citations across them
Sources
- Benjamin Moll — homepage
- Benjamin Moll — Wikipedia
- Uneven Growth: Automation's Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality
- Monetary Policy According to HANK
- “Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter” — source
In the network
5 co-authors on the map · PageRank #26 of 400 · bridge #32 of 400 · 3 steps from Erik Brynjolfsson · cluster: Inequality in macroeconomics.
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Documented positions
Will AI actually boost productivity and growth? unknown
No documented evidence reviewed yet.
Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates? unknown
No documented evidence reviewed yet.
Will AI widen inequality? agrees
Co-authored theory and evidence that automation increases income and wealth inequality by raising returns to wealth, so its benefits accrue disproportionately to owners of capital.
Should governments act on AI now? unknown
No documented evidence reviewed yet.
How fast will the impact arrive? unknown
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Selected work
- Uneven Growth: Automation's Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality
- Monetary Policy According to HANK
- Income and Wealth Distribution in Macroeconomics: A Continuous-Time Approach
Writes with
Jean‐Michel Lasry (4), Greg Kaplan (3), Pierre-Louis Lions (3), Oleg Itskhoki (1), Pascual Restrepo (1)
Co-authors on the map, by papers written together (5 of 5 shown).
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