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Sep 2021
25m 59s

Is Technology a Driver of Inequality?

Deutsche Bank
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Christiana Riley, Deutsche Bank's Americas CEO, continues the three-part series exploring economic inequality in the United States by looking across the horizon and unpacking technology trends that could narrow, or further exacerbate, economic disparities.

She is joined by panelists Robert Atkinson, the founder and President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, or ITIF; Deloitte's Global Future of Work Leader Steve Hatfield; and Apjit Walia, Deutsche Bank's Global Head of Technology Investment Strategy.

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