You’ve heard it many times by now: we are entering a period of innovation and disruption, fueled by the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and solutions. Some believe this is hype. Others believe that AI is a general-purpose technology on par with the invention of electricity and the steam engine, and that it will usher in a new economic and social era. By the end of this workshop, you can decide.

While rule requires the willing obedience of the ruled to the rulers, it also requires the willing obedience of the rulers to the limits of constitutional order. The first of three lectures developing a sub-theme of what might be called Platonic realism, this lecture argues for friendship as key to reconciling liberty and obedience in Republic IX and Laws III.

*Lecture Four: Rule and Liberty*

While rule requires the willing obedience of the ruled to the rulers, it also requires the willing obedience of the rulers to the limits of constitutional order. The first of three lectures developing a sub-theme of what might be called Platonic realism, this lecture argues for friendship as key to reconciling liberty and obedience in Republic IX and Laws III.

_The Carlyle Lectures are a lecture series co-sponsored by the Department of Politics and International Relations and the Faculty of History._

There is a small but growing literature on the effect of diaspora networks on flows of global trade and capital. This literature, however, only explores the direct effect of co-ethnic networks on international trade and investment. But the argument about the role of co-ethnic networks has important implications beyond this direct effect. Because transnational networks of migrants and co-ethnics help transmit information across national borders they can serve as a substitute for weak institutions or poor arbitration mechanisms that may otherwise hinder cross-border economic activity.

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