The “Burn-to-Earn” Index: The Global Digital Economy’s Economic and Environmental Impact and Tradeoffs

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The Emerging Geography of AI: Introducing the Top-Ranked AI Nations (TRAIN) Scorecard

The Emerging Geography of AI: Introducing the Top-Ranked AI Nations (TRAIN) Scorecard

As the Global AI race intensifies, we mapped emerging AI leadership across data, rules, capital, and innovation.

Glass Ceilings, Broken Rungs, and Gummy Floors: Part 2

Glass Ceilings, Broken Rungs, and Gummy Floors: Part 2

Women remain under-represented in high-paying technical and decision-making roles in STEM professions – a scenario that exposes the Achilles’ heel of the entire technology industry.

Global Digital Inclusion: Progress to Parity Scorecard 2022

Global Digital Inclusion: Progress to Parity Scorecard 2022

The under-representation of women in high-paying STEM roles is a vexing issue that exposes a systemic inertia across the industry.

Digital Evolution
Index 2025

From the COVID Shock to the AI Surge: How 125 Digital Economies around the World are Evolving and Changing.

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Trump’s AI Action Plan Is at War With Itself

Trump’s AI Action Plan Is at War With Itself

A self-contradictory mix of U.S. policies may already be stimulating Chinese AI.

Trump’s tariffs, Nobel Peace Prize, and India

Trump’s tariffs, Nobel Peace Prize, and India

Trump’s 25% tariff on Indian exports and penalties over Russia ties spark debate on trade, diplomacy, and shifting India-US relations in Hindol Sengupta’s talk with Dr. Bhaskar Chakravorti.

What Trump Doesn’t Get About AI Innovation

What Trump Doesn’t Get About AI Innovation

Tech giants are clamoring for more, not less, regulation because they know guardrails will facilitate innovation.

AI Personal Assistants Could Buy Your Groceries and Book Your Plane Tickets

AI Personal Assistants Could Buy Your Groceries and Book Your Plane Tickets

Advances in agentic artificial intelligence offer convenience but raise concerns about privacy and security.

Kenya’s ride-hailing drivers say their jobs offer dignity despite the challenges

Kenya’s ride-hailing drivers say their jobs offer dignity despite the challenges

Digital work can be experienced as more dignified than the available alternatives – if rules and pay are fair.

Can Trump 2.0 be taken seriously?: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

Can Trump 2.0 be taken seriously?: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

Dean Bhaskar Chakravorti unpacks Trump 2.0—its bold economic agenda, crisis responses, impact on US-India ties, and what these shifts signal for America’s future power.