I am an economist concerned with planetary habitability. In particular, with the dynamics between economic growth, entrepreneurship, trade and technological innovation on the one hand, and their tensions with ecology, energy and equitable social outcomes on the other.

My most recent books on these deals with (1) the futility of green growth, sustainable entrepreneurship and degrowth to avert ecological crises, with (2) the economics of Artificial Intelligence, and with (3) the relationship between entrepreneurship and violent conflict.

I am currently writing a book on the economic dimensions of what can be described as the relative decline (and “collapse”) of global capitalism, extending my previous work on the Ossified Economy (see e.g. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beab042).

I joined IZA as a Research Fellow in January 2013.

New books:

Economic Growth and Societal Collapse: Beyond Green Growth and Degrowth Fairy Tales (2023). Palgrave Macmillan. Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-45582-7

Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives and Models;(May 2024). Cambridge University Press. Available at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/artificial-intelligence/339CA2EF1957A527D18F190375FC359F

Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Conflict (July 2024). Edward Elgar Publishers. Available at : https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-research-on-entrepreneurship-and-conflict-9781802206784.html