169. Symposia - 2025 Annual Conference: Fred Harrison on AI and Labor

Today’s discussion comes from our 2025 Annual Conference, The Rise of AI and Automation. For the next 6 weeks, we’ll feature a series of panel discussions from our conference. Today’s episode is part of our panel “AI and Labor: Disruption, Disempowerment, or Empowerment”, and will be followed by 3 panels on AI Ethics; Practical Applications of AI; and concludes with AI and Inequality.Today’s discussion is led by our keynote speaker, Mr. Fred Harrison, and was recorded in June of 2025.Mr. Harrison received his bachelor’s from Oxford University and his master’s from the University of London. He is a veteran journalist who has served in multiple news agencies such as The People and Wellington Journal. In 1988, he became the Research Director of the Land Research Trust, London, and has advised several corporations and international governments on tax and economic policy. Fred emphasizes the housing market and its interaction with the economy as a whole. He is the author of many books, including The Corruption of Economics, The Power in the Land, and A Philosophy for a Fair Society, all of which critique mainstream economic thinking.Fred joined the Henry George School to discuss robotics, how we justify automation economically, and why recreating the physical world in the metaverse is problematic.To check out more of our content, including our research and policy tools, visit our website: https://www.hgsss.org/