{
  "id": 20100958,
  "title": "Progressive AI agenda required for a balance between winners, losers: Economist Joseph E Stiglitz at HT Leadership Summit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/progressive-ai-agenda-required-for-a-balance-between-winners-losers",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-15T02:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/progressive-ai-agenda-required-for-a-balance-between-winners-losers-economist-joseph-e-stiglitz-at-ht-leadership-summit-2026-101794706629136.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Economist Joseph Stiglitz warned against the complexities of an AI-driven economy during the HT Leadership Summit. The Nobel laureate highlighted two major challenges: whether AI investments yield expected returns and the balance between winners and losers. Stiglitz stressed the importance of a \"progressive AI agenda,\" advocating for increased education investments to mitigate potential job displacement. He cautioned that countries like India, which have benefited from technology-intensive sectors, must adapt to the AI boom to maintain economic stability. Stiglitz suggested taxing AI profits to fund progressive initiatives, but emphasized that such measures would require international cooperation to address the global impact on jobs.",
  "summary": "According to Stiglitz, the ongoing AI boom has generated two key challenges for the global economy: expected returns and balance in the global economy.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}