How to Measure the Returns to AI
The Economist online
August 20, 2026
“In the beginning there was AI, and bosses everywhere lost their minds and said you must all use this technology no matter whether it is useful and no matter how much it costs….And then a different question rang through the boardrooms, and this question was about returns, and it was harder to answer.”
The Transformative Power of AI: Uses & Applications of a New General-Purpose Technology
European Central Bank keynote speech
April 1, 2025
The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History
John Cassidy, The New Yorker
August 25, 2025
If AI doesn't kill your company, it will make it stronger, study shows
Reuters
April 1, 2025
How Businesses Are Actually Using Generative AI: Some Experiments With Chatbots Are More Useful Than Others
The Economist
February 29, 2024
AI Is Driving a Stock Market Rally. What if the Technology Falters?
Max Zahn
ABC News
March 5, 2024
There’s a Gap Between AI Talk and Businesses Actually Using It
Jasmine Cui
NBC News
December 23, 2023
‘A.I.’ Divide Across the U.S. Leaves Economists Concerned
Thomas Claburn
The Register
October 24, 2023
A.I. Adoption in American Business: Who is Doing What, and Where?
Rotman Management Magazine
Fall 2023
The Effects of A.I. on Workers and Firms
Scott Wallsten
Two Think Minimum Podcast, Technology Policy Institute
April 4, 2023
Why Older Workers Shouldn’t Let Technology Changes Run Them Out of a Job
Mark A. Stein
Seattle Times
April 5, 2021
Software’s Uneven Spoils: New Research by Kristina McElheran
Kevin Keystone
Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology & Society
December 15, 2020
Advanced Technologies Adoption and Use by U.S. Firms: Evidence from the Annual Business Survey
with Nikolas Zolas, Zachary Kroff, Erik Brynjolfsson, et. al.
National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute 2020
Working Paper
AI Is All the Rage. So Why Aren’t More Businesses Using It?
Will Knight
WIRED.com
July 30, 2020
(Illustration credit)
Measuring Technology Adoption in Enterprise-Level Surveys: The Annual Business Survey
with Nikolas Zolas, Zachary Kroff, Erik Brynjolfsson, et. al.
American Economic Association Annual Meeting 2020
San Diego, California
How Leaders Can Get Better at Using Data to Make Decisions
Roger Trapp
Forbes
September 24, 2018
Data Analytics: From Bias to Better Decisions
with Megan MacGarvie
Rotman Management Magazine
Fall 2018
Economic Measurement of A.I.
Presentation
NBER Economics of Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018
Toronto, Canada
Economic Measurement of A.I.
Discussion Paper
NBER Economics of Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018
Toronto, Canada