Rise of the Techonomist
Interview - Preston McAfee
"Following a
quarter-century career in academia at the California Institute of Technology,
the University of Texas, and other universities, McAfee was among the first
economists to move from academia to a major technology firm when he joined
Yahoo in 2007 as chief economist. Many of the younger economists he recruited
to Yahoo are now prominent in the technology sector. He moved to Google in 2012
as director of strategic technologies; in 2014, he joined Microsoft, where he
served as chief economist until last year."
Susan Athey – Profile
Economists in the Tech World
Athey, Susan, and Michael Luca. 2019. "Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 33 (1): 209-30.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles/pdf/doi/10.1257/jep.33.1.209
Athey, Susan, and Michael Luca. 2019. "Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 33 (1): 209-30.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles/pdf/doi/10.1257/jep.33.1.209
New York – A Hub for Tech Companies?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/technology/nyc-tech-startups.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/technology/nyc-tech-startups.html