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What Two 2020 Presidential Candidates Said on the Techonomy Stage

By  |  February 5, 2019, 9:44 AM  |  Techonomy Exclusive

Presidential candidates Sen. Cory Booker and Andrew Yang are advocates for tech and believers in its economic importance. Yes, they are techonomists, and both have spoken on our stage. Hear their take on the issues in these exclusive conference videos.   More

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India Tackles Corruption with Currency Chaos

By  |  November 18, 2016, 3:25 PM 2 Comments  |  Techonomy Exclusive

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi interrupted most evening news in his country last Tuesday to announce that in just three hours, the Indian government would bar the use of 85% of its existing currency. This dramatic announcement comes as India seeks to root out untaxed “black money."   More

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Washington Post Sees the World “Switch”ing

By  |  July 29, 2013, 5:26 PM

Today the capital's leading media source (yes, still more important than Politico—after all, even people in New York read it) began publishing a regular blog about the intersection of technology and public policy, called (slightly opaquely) The Switch. This is, in our view, just the kind of techonomic movement that the world, and journalism, needs. As its first post explains, the site's goals will be "making the policy process accessible to technologists, while helping policy professionals gain a deeper understanding of technology."   More

(Via The Switch)

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2012 – The Social Media Election

Contributed by  |  September 5, 2012, 1:22 PM

After it was over, the 2008 U.S. presidential election came to be known as "the social media election"—a nod to the Obama team's tech-savvy use of the Internet to raise money and build its grassroots network. But today, with the current presidential election campaigns going into overdrive, few would dispute that 2012 is the year social media in politics has truly come of age.   More