When you ask me who should be concerned with the inequality that is caused by the digital

technologies, I'd say that we do need government action here, because if we leave the market

alone, at least what experience has shown us so far, the outcome will not be good.

Hello and welcome to the SEDE for Podcasts, Killsett and Match.

I'm Rosie Vooduri and I'm delighted to be joined today by a world-famous Nobel laureate economist.

Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics,

Professor of European Studies at the University of Cyprus,

and founder of the Institute for the Future of Work in London,

Sir Christopher Pisaridis was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2010 with Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen for their analysis of markets with such frictions.

The prize recognized their work on the economics of unemployment.

His research has also included labor market theory and policy, growth and structural change.

Since March 2022, he has been leading a three-year review into the future of work and well-being in the UK.

He was recently a keynote speaker at Sedefops flagship conference on powering the European digital transition, a curtain-raiser event for the upcoming

2023 European Year of Skills.

The conference presented the findings of SETAFOB's second European Skills and Job Survey,

and Professor Pisaridis talked about worker transitions in the digital economy.

Sir Christopher, welcome and thank you very much for joining us. Thank you very much. I'm happy to be here. There is a plethora of

questions I would like to ask you, but time constraints even for a podcast mean that we can only

touch upon certain issues. So let's start with the impact of innovation on employment.

What makes countries differ in their innovative capacity and how can innovation multiply the benefits

for work and workers?

That's a very good question to begin the discussion because it's not always realized how

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