Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Mark Buchanan, Author at ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
Select Page
How Technology Might Get Out of Control

How Technology Might Get Out of Control

by | Aug 17, 2017 | Opinion

Humanity has a method for trying to prevent new technologies from getting out of hand: explore the possible negative consequences, involving all parties affected, and come to some agreement on ways to mitigate them. New research, though, suggests that the accelerating...
Economists Are Cheating Their Profession

Economists Are Cheating Their Profession

by | Aug 10, 2017 | Opinion

Many economists genuinely want to make their field more scientific — grounded in empirical evidence rather than in theory or, worse, ideology. Yet a recent article by four prominent academics demonstrates the extent to which ideology remains a problem. My...