@carlbfrey.bsky.social
Prof. Oxford University
Adrian Wooldridge calls How Progress Ends ‘compelling’ in his review in @opinion.bloomberg.com of @carlbfrey.bsky.social’s new book that is shortlisted for the Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the Year Award!
30.10.2025 09:02 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
To outcompete China, the United States should “spur integration with allies such as Mexico and South Korea,” argues @carlbfrey.bsky.social. “Historically, the United States prospered by wiring itself into global networks and turning them to its advantage.”
22.10.2025 22:14 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1
How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations by Carl Benedikt Frey
Carl Benedikt Frey
Tomorrow (Oct 15th) at 5:00 pm BST, please join @oxmartinschool.bsky.social in welcoming @carlbfrey.bsky.social for a discussion of his book, How Progress Ends, followed by a book sale and reception!
The in-person event has sold out, but you can tune in via livestream! Learn more: buff.ly/dwJfpfJ
How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations by Carl Benedikt Frey
Carl Benedikt Frey
Next week, Oct 21 at 6:30 pm BST, hear @carlbfrey.bsky.social discuss his book, How Progress Ends, and why some societies flourish and others fail in the wake of rapid technological change at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Register for this hybrid event: buff.ly/ltLyTKP
Alice T. Friedman with her book, Queer Moderns: Max Ewing's Jazz Age New York
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Carl Benedikt Frey with his book, How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations
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Nearly finished this by @carlbfrey.bsky.social
As academic books go, it’s very practical and hugely relevant to our current state of affairs. Too many examples to isolate. Just read it
ICYMI: Thoughtful review of Prof @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @oxmartinschool.bsky.social's new book, 'How Progress Ends' by @wsj.com. More here: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
29.09.2025 14:30 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Happy #SmartThinkingSaturday!
@carlbfrey.bsky.social, author of How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations recommends an excellent set of books!
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#bookrecommendations #booksky #smartthinkingbooks #nonfiction
Very excited to be working on this fabulous & now shortlisted book for @financialtimes.com & @schroders.bsky.social #BBYA25. Congratulations to our terrific author @carlbfrey.bsky.social for his fabulous book How Progress Ends published by @princetonupress.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8b2a...
24.09.2025 14:25 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations by Carl Benedikt Frey
How Progress Ends by @carlbfrey.bsky.social is reviewed in @wsj.com, noting his “historical analysis has more than a little relevance to today.” www.wsj.com/arts-culture....
29.09.2025 20:16 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“Self-sufficiency is a mirage,” writes @carlbfrey.bsky.social. Instead of relying on fortress economics and protectionist policies to blunt China’s leverage, the United States should pursue “diversified interdependence.”
01.10.2025 23:51 — 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
In advance of its global publication on 16 September, How Progress Ends by @carlbfrey.bsky.social has been reviewed in @financialtimes.com by Tej Parikh, who says, “The present moment underscores the relevance of Frey’s writing… How Progress Ends is, therefore, 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐫𝐚.”
12.09.2025 12:59 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The underperformance of investments isn’t proof that AI is hype, explains @carlbfrey.bsky.social in a new PS Say More. It’s evidence that investments have preceded resilience. Read more at the link. bit.ly/4m69A1b
09.09.2025 15:30 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
According to the OII's @carlbfrey.bsky.social, a shift toward centralization and concentration could snuff out technology’s productive potential.
Read his full piece for the IMF here:
www.imf.org/en/Publicati...
Front covers of the books named in the Business Book of the Year by the FT and Schroders long list.
Book news! Great to see Professor @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @oxmartinschool.bsky.social's upcoming book #HowProgressEnds named in the @financialtimes.com and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 long list. 1/2
18.08.2025 09:53 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations by Carl Benedikt Frey. Longlisted - 2025 Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award.
Congratulations to @carlbfrey.bsky.social, whose forthcoming book, How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations (Sept. 16), has been longlisted for the 2025 Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award! Read more: press.princeton.edu/news/ft-schr...
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"A deeply researched effort to come to grips with one of the most interesting questions in economic history: What drove innovation and economic growth in the past, and can it be sustained?" - Joel Mokyr
Through a rich narrative that weaves together history, economics, technology, How Progress Ends reveals that managing the future requires us to draw the right lessons from the past.
This important book is out 16 September: press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/... @carlbfrey.bsky.social
"A.I. is still imperfect... but it does not have to replace workers entirely to have a big effect; it only has to drive down wages or make knowledge work easier and cheaper somewhere else," writes @carlbfrey.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
"A fascinating account of the way culture and institutions interact with new technologies." -Diane Coyle, author of The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters
A remarkable & fascinating journey across the globe, spanning the past 1,000 years, to explain why some societies flourish & others fail in the wake of rapid technological change.
How Progress Ends by @carlbfrey.bsky.social arrives 16 September! Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/...
We are delighted to share Publishers Weekly's review of Carl Frey's forthcoming How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations.
“incisive and stimulating” - Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com/9780691233079
@publisherswkly.bsky.social @carlbfrey.bsky.social
Every third car in Norway is now an electric car.
26.07.2025 14:23 — 👍 146 🔁 36 💬 6 📌 0
Great early review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social
"His broad yet deep survey of technology ranges across many nations and centuries, and pokes insightfully into myriad subjects, from Carolingian feudalism to patent law. The result is an incisive and stimulating consideration of a critical issue."
Arrived in the post today. Holding it in your hands for the first time is always very special. Thank you @princetonupress.bsky.social !
19.07.2025 10:54 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
How 1,000 years of global history show why technological and economic progress is often followed by stagnation and even collapse
Through a rich narrative that weaves together history, economics, & technology, How Progress Ends reveals that managing the future requires us to draw the right lessons from the past.
This important book is out September 16. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/... @carlbfrey.bsky.social
We're about to examine 🤖 AI and 🏡 home working with:
- Prof Efpraxia Zamani @efpraxiaz.bsky.social, Durham University Business School
- Prof Carl Frey @carlbfrey.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk Internet Institute
Watch LIVE: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Happening today! Hear from Prof @carlbfrey.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk, @oxmartinschool.bsky.social speaking about the impact of AI on remote working with the Home-based Working Committee, Monday 30 June, 14.15 BST.
Watch the session here: Parliamentlive.tv - Home-based Working Committee
You don't think a sewing machine is a productivity tool?
27.06.2025 21:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"A bold answer to one of history's--and humanity's--most essential questions: What drives technology and innovation?" - Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI
How 1,000 years of global history show why technological and economic progress is often followed by stagnation and even collapse.
How Progress Ends by @carlbfrey.bsky.social publishes September 16!
Preorder your copy of this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/... #econsky
My latest in the @financialtimes.com
18.06.2025 14:04 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
