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“Knowledge is power,” say the optimists.
When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, MIT’s Andrew McAfee, Lili Cheng of Microsoft, and other AI optimists assure us that AI will bring great benefits, one cannot help but think of Epimetheus and Elpis.
On one side of the issue are China optimists.
The third group comprises the “China accommodators,” who combine the optimists’ goals with the pessimists’ wariness.
Optimists are confident that this time is different.
On average, performance might be somewhat better than in the past, but nowhere near as stellar as optimists expect.
But we realistic optimists are no longer holding our breath: we may be disappointed, once again.
But I argued that this was irrelevant: making up the states' shortfall would cost the government nothing if the optimists turned out to be right, but it would be just the right medicine if pessimists like me were correct.
Optimists say that solar energy will become economical without subsidies later this decade, while pessimists put the break-even point in the 2020s.
Optimists believe that new technologies and modes of governance will resolve all problems and send democracies centered on the nation-state the way of the horse-drawn carriage.
While optimists predict that these innovations will usher in an era of unprecedented abundance, less sanguine analysts estimate that nearly half of all jobs currently performed by humans are vulnerable to replacement by robots and increasingly sophisticated software.
To optimists, the latest technological developments, like others that have propelled humanity forward, promise to deliver unprecedented levels of prosperity.
Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton wrote in their book Triumph of the Optimists that of 15 countries that have advanced economies today, the US stock market ranked fourth in its rate of return between 1900 and 2000, behind Australia, Sweden, and South Africa.
Optimists point out that the country is supposed to eliminate its primary deficit (the budget balance minus interest payments) by 2013, which implies that it could pay its non debt-related bills with its own resources after a default.
Optimists see it differently.
Optimists claim that most emerging economies are well prepared to withstand the shock, because their dollar debts are lower than in the past, while their fiscal positions are much stronger.
Optimists point out that China has engaged in good neighbor policies since the 1990’s, settled border disputes, played a greater role in international institutions, and recognized the benefits of using soft power.
For optimists, Turkey’s growing regional influence enhances its value for the EU.
Optimists argue that the potential for rapid growth remains immense, owing to better macroeconomic fundamentals and the promise of best-practice technology spreading throughout the emerging world.
Perhaps these optimists are right.
Optimists like to point out that emerging markets have accumulated a huge stock of international reserves since 2010, enabling them to self-insure against a run on their currencies or their foreign debt.
Optimists also argue that some local borrowers are naturally hedged.
The Spring of the ZombiesNew York – As spring comes to America, optimists are seeing “green sprouts” of recovery from the financial crisis and recession.
The former optimists now fear the worst.
Optimists hope that this might hasten economic liberalization, and perhaps even lead to moderate political reform, especially greater accountability for far-flung local officials.
This assessment bothers optimists like Joel Mokyr or Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, who do not believe that technological progress has slowed.
Among the optimists are Ejaz Ghani and Stephen D. O’Connell of the World Bank.
Even if the technological optimists are right, it is difficult to see how that will enable developing countries to sustain the kind of growth they experienced over the last couple of decades.
Optimists point to the shale-energy revolution in the US.
Optimists argue that the global economy has merely hit a “soft patch.”
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