{"podcast":{"title":"Economist Podcasts","slug":"economist-podcasts-921330","podcast_index_feed_id":921330,"rss_url":"https://access.acast.com/rss/ec380acc-fe13-46a0-991f-a1e508d126f8","website_url":"https://play.acast.com/s/theeconomistmoneytalks/money-talks-three-economies","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62e28cad7ca7a10012e46a32/economist-show-cover.png","author":"The Economist","episode_count":2021,"summary":"The economies of America, Britain and Ukraine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T22:18:49.260571+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330"},"episode":{"title":"Fired alarm: AI hype versus labour-market history","slug":"fired-alarm-ai-hype-versus-labour-market-history","published_at":"2026-05-14T09:54:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330/fired-alarm-ai-hype-versus-labour-market-history","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330","url":"https://shows.acast.com/theintelligencepodcast/episodes/fired-alarm-ai-hype-versus-labour-market-history","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/a/theeconomistallaudio/e/6a0599bf3eb64523566973c3/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=0bYAnRgJPP-FHhzc1iZd_oGfa_LF-zp-J-IFDM8J1uw","summary":"Perhaps the AI “boomers” are right about a sweeping labour-market revolution. But a careful look at history shows just how unprecedented their bullish scenarios would be. Africa’s bounty of minerals has drawn tremendous recent interest; will the continent see the benefits this time around? And our World Cup profile series continues with a look at Japan’s squad. Guests and host: Callum Williams, senior economics writer John McDermott, chief Africa correspondent Jon Fasman, senior culture correspondent Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence” Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered:  AI, labour market, economics, history  Africa, critical minerals, investment, development World Cup, Japan Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+ . For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Perhaps the AI “boomers” are right about a sweeping labour-market revolution. But a careful look at history shows just how unprecedented their bullish sce…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1293,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/economist-podcasts-921330/episodes/fired-alarm-ai-hype-versus-labour-market-history/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/economist-podcasts-921330/fired-alarm-ai-hype-versus-labour-market-history.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}