Economy, Markets
How AI is driving economic growth and creating new markets.
Shared Wisdom: A Conversation with Sandy Pentland and Cade Metz
On December 2, 2025, the Lab is thrilled to host a conversation with Sandy Pentland, Stanford Digital Economy Lab Faculty Lead and Stanford HAI Center Fellow, about his new book, Shared Wisdom: Cultural Evolution in the Age of AI.
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On December 2, 2025, the Lab is thrilled to host a conversation with Sandy Pentland, Stanford Digital Economy Lab Faculty Lead and Stanford HAI Center Fellow, about his new book, Shared Wisdom: Cultural Evolution in the Age of AI.
It’s Jobs Friday Without a Jobs Number: Here’s Where to Look for Alternatives
Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford HAI Senior Fellow and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, speaks about research being done with ADP regarding the need for new, objective measurements of labor markets in the modern digital economy.
Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford HAI Senior Fellow and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, speaks about research being done with ADP regarding the need for new, objective measurements of labor markets in the modern digital economy.
AI will have a profound impact on work, business, and the economy. In this industry brief, we provide a sampling of key research both at HAI and more broadly at Stanford that can help inform the future of work. You will find researchers studying how AI can be used to help teams collaborate, improve workplace culture, promote employee well-being, assist humans in dangerous environments, and more.
AI will have a profound impact on work, business, and the economy. In this industry brief, we provide a sampling of key research both at HAI and more broadly at Stanford that can help inform the future of work. You will find researchers studying how AI can be used to help teams collaborate, improve workplace culture, promote employee well-being, assist humans in dangerous environments, and more.
Stanford scholars respond to a federal RFI regarding a study to advance a more productive tech economy, highlighting why productivity has not been sufficiently understood or measured, especially from AI.
Stanford scholars respond to a federal RFI regarding a study to advance a more productive tech economy, highlighting why productivity has not been sufficiently understood or measured, especially from AI.
Co-author Erik Brynjolfsson discusses the "largest scale, most real-time effort" to quantify AI's impact on labor markets so far.
Co-author Erik Brynjolfsson discusses the "largest scale, most real-time effort" to quantify AI's impact on labor markets so far.
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Erik Brynjolfsson, HAI Senior Fellow and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, speaks about AI's policymakers' roles in preparing for AI impacts on the labor markets.
Erik Brynjolfsson, HAI Senior Fellow and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, speaks about AI's policymakers' roles in preparing for AI impacts on the labor markets.
Policy Strategies for Harnessing Productivity Potential of AI in the U.S.
This brief outlines a set of policy recommendations that could increase productivity growth, make the U.S. more competitive, and reduce income inequality.
This brief outlines a set of policy recommendations that could increase productivity growth, make the U.S. more competitive, and reduce income inequality.
Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson, Senior Fellow of HAI and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, writes about how the AI ‘dividend’ may not be evident yet in estimates of gross domestic product but it’s making life better and more productive.
Erik Brynjolfsson, Senior Fellow of HAI and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, writes about how the AI ‘dividend’ may not be evident yet in estimates of gross domestic product but it’s making life better and more productive.
In this testimony to the House Committee on the Budget’s hearing on “Machines, Artificial Intelligence, & the Workforce,” Susan Athey highlights AI’s vast promise and calls for continuous worker reskilling to ensure the technology tackles looming economic and societal challenges.
In this testimony to the House Committee on the Budget’s hearing on “Machines, Artificial Intelligence, & the Workforce,” Susan Athey highlights AI’s vast promise and calls for continuous worker reskilling to ensure the technology tackles looming economic and societal challenges.
Different AI agents have wildly different negotiation skills. If we outsource these tasks to agents, we may need to bring the "best" AI agent to the digital table.
Different AI agents have wildly different negotiation skills. If we outsource these tasks to agents, we may need to bring the "best" AI agent to the digital table.
