The CLS pupil President of the Economics Society, introduced Dr. Yueh, to an audience of CLS and CLSG pupils, and the session was followed by a wide range of questions from the audience.
Dr. Linda Yueh CBE is a Fellow in Economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, and an Adjunct Professor of Economics at London Business School. She is also an Associate Fellow of the US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House and a member of the UK Soft Power Council. Previously, Dr. Yueh served as the BBC’s Chief Business Correspondent and Bloomberg TV’s Economics Editor. Her latest book, “The Great Crashes: Lessons from Global Crashes and How to Prevent Them,” was selected as one of the Best New Economics Books by the Financial Times. Her earlier book, “The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today,” was recognized as The Times’s Best Business Book of the Year and as one of Newsweek magazine’s Best Books of the Year.
During her talk, she drew parallels between the current excitement surrounding AI and the dot-com bubble of 1999-2000. She also highlighted key differences that make it challenging to determine whether and when the AI bubble might burst. Her discussion of substantial investments in AI and the structural risks to the global economy sparked meaningful conversations among the pupils and left a strong impression on everyone present.
