Today’s discussion comes from the “AI and Labor: Disruption, Disempowerment, or Empowerment?” panel of our 2025 Annual Conference and features Fred Harrison.
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 places an emphasis on 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.
Mr. Harrison joined the Henry George School to discuss robotics, how we justify automation economically, and why recreating the physical world in the metaverse is problematic.