Productivity has been a problem for the past 15 years. In developed countries, weak demand, a lack of competition and a paucity of new ideas have all been blamed. Could AI finally reverse that trend? Soumaya speaks to Stanford economics professor Nick Bloom about why CFOs and CEOs expect AI to supercharge their businesses; how concentrated (or otherwise) the gains might be; and why working from home could be good for labour output... and fertility rates.

Nicholas Bloom and Soumaya Keynes

31 July 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes (podcast)

https://www.ft.com/content/129804fb-8f23-4b11-85ee-9a62b2237241?syn-25a6b1a6=1

This work is published under POID and the CEP's Growth programme.

This publication comes under the following CEP theme: Technology adoption and diffusion