Rising Authoritarianism, AI and the Future of Work, and More

November 12, 2019

In the final episode of “And Now the Hard Part,” a podcast series with Foreign Policy magazine, Brookings President John R. Allen sits down with host Jonathan Tepperman to discuss how the United States can strengthen democracy and reverse a global trend of rising authoritarianism.

“While the long arc of history has shown that, by and large, past technological change has us wealthier and more productive, it is important to consider both the needs of people potentially harmed in the interim and potential policy choices that can mitigate the harm.” Marcus Casey and Sarah Nuzu write about how AI will factor into the future of work.

“At the most fundamental level—the level of electoral math and cognitive bandwidth—primaries are an inherently flawed mechanism for registering voter preferences.” Jonathan Rauch and Ray La Raja write about the “bizarre” presidential primary nominating process used by American political parties today and argue for reform.

In her Big Idea for Policy 2020, Elaine Kamarck offers a solution on how to fix this problem: restoring “peer review” in the nominating system.

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