{"podcast":{"title":"The Economics Show","slug":"the-economics-show-6910728","podcast_index_feed_id":6910728,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/664394a442f6710013618119","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-economics-show-with-soumaya-keynes","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/664394a442f6710013618119/1769764604173-577f36d4-d96a-42ee-96b9-7aaee7724352.jpeg","author":"Financial Times","episode_count":123,"summary":"The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes is a new weekly podcast from the Financial Times packed full of smart, digestible analysis and incisive conversation. Soumaya Keynes digs deep into the hottest topics in economics along with a cast of FT colleagues and special guests. Come for the big ideas, stay for the nerdery. Soumaya Keynes is an economics columnist for the Financial Times. Prior to joining the FT she worked at The Economist for eight years as a staff writer, where as well as covering trade, the US economy and the UK economy she co-hosted the Money Talks podcast. She also co-founded the Trade Talks podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T14:18:14.786441+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economics-show-6910728"},"episode":{"title":"Is AI (finally) making us more productive? With John Burn-Murdoch and Sarah O’Connor","slug":"is-ai-finally-making-us-more-productive-with-john-burn-murdoch-and-sarah-o-connor","published_at":"2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economics-show-6910728/is-ai-finally-making-us-more-productive-with-john-burn-murdoch-and-sarah-o-connor","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economics-show-6910728","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-economics-show-with-soumaya-keynes/episodes/is-ai-finally-making-us-more-productive-with-john-burn-murdo","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/664394a442f6710013618119/e/69b1d2bca9beefe722f31ad1/media.mp3","summary":"Banks, consultancies and LinkedIn posts alike are trumpeting the transformative effects of AI, promising an imminent uptick in productivity. Some of these claims are no doubt exaggerated. But there are unmistakable signs that AI is boosting productivity. How is that showing up in economic data? And what does that information tell us about the future of the economy? Soumaya is joined by John Burn-Murdoch and Sarah O’Connor, authors of the FT’s ‘AI Shift’ newsletter, to discuss. You can sign up to the AI shift newsletter here . Related Links Where is AI showing up in the productivity data? The AI productivity take-off is finally visible Presented by Soumaya Keynes. Produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Sound design by Sean McGarrity. Original music by Breen Turner. The FT head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Banks, consultancies and LinkedIn posts alike are trumpeting the transformative effects of AI, promising an imminent uptick in productivity. Some of these…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1615,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-economics-show-6910728/episodes/is-ai-finally-making-us-more-productive-with-john-burn-murdoch-and-sarah-o-connor/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economics-show-6910728/is-ai-finally-making-us-more-productive-with-john-burn-murdoch-and-sarah-o-connor.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}