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Anu Bradford

Anu Bradford

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Anu Bradford, Professor of Law and International Organization at Columbia Law School, is the author of the forthcoming Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology (Oxford University Press, 2023).

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  1. Whose AI Revolution?
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    Whose AI Revolution?

    Sep 1, 2023 Anu Bradford refutes the argument that democratic governments cannot regulate artificial intelligence effectively.

  2. Anu Bradford on Big Tech, AI, digital regulation, and more
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    Anu Bradford on Big Tech, AI, digital regulation, and more

    Jun 27, 2023 Anu Bradford highlights barriers to US tech regulation, explains why effective implementation of the EU’s AI Act is vital, shows how China is expanding its digital footprint globally, and more.

  3. A Reckoning for Big Tech?
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    A Reckoning for Big Tech?

    Dec 4, 2021 Anu Bradford charts the emergence of a global consensus in favor of regulatory action to rein in the industry's power.

  4. Europe’s Digital Future
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    Europe’s Digital Future

    May 21, 2021 Margrethe Vestager interviewed by Anu Bradford on the thinking behind the European Union's latest wave of digital regulations, and what comes next.

  5. The Brussels Effect on Sustainable Finance
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    The Brussels Effect on Sustainable Finance

    Apr 26, 2021 Kalin Anev Janse & Anu Bradford predict that a new European Union taxonomy for green investment will become a global standard.

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    America’s Childcare Is Unfit for the Postmodern Age

    Bruce Ackerman urges US President Joe Biden to put universal preschool at the center of his re-election campaign.
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    History Already Tells Us the Future of AI

    Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson find policy lessons for the 2020s in the work of the early-nineteenth-century economist David Ricardo.
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    Trump and the Risk of a US Debt Default

    William L. Silber thinks the former president would be even more reckless if awarded another term this year.
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    Europe’s Red Tape Is Helping Russia

    Laurence Boone & Nicu Popescu

    The European Union’s cumbersome and narrowly defined regulations for public procurement and spending are not simply inadequate; they are dangerous. They weaken the bloc’s ability to protect itself from a broad range of Russian hybrid attacks while prolonging Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.

    propose a European Defense Production Act to help fast-track processes for public procurement and spending.
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    What to Look for in Trump’s First Trial

    Eric Posner

    The intricate legal issues and colorful characters in Donald Trump's criminal trials will undoubtedly keep the media and the viewing public enraptured for months to come. But when it comes to the 2024 election, all that really matters is how the defendant appears to a narrow sliver of undecided voters.

    points out that optics, more than the law or the facts, will be what matters most for the election.
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    AI Holds the Key to Resilient Cities

    Justina Nixon-Saintil surveys the technology's foreseeable applications in promoting urban sustainable development.
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    How Risky Is Japan’s Monetary-Policy Normalization?

    Takatoshi Ito considers the implications of the central bank’s exit from negative interest rates and quantitative easing.
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    As Families Change, So Must the Safety Net

    Neha Bansal urges governments to implement policies that promote intergenerational integration and solidarity.
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    The Language of Political Control

    Robert Skidelsky views recent linguistic innovations as manipulative efforts to compel “correct” thought and perception.

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