Joshua Roberts
Capital markets correspondent at The Economist with expertise in financial markets, valuations, and the economic impacts of new technologies; frequently writes on market cycles and investment risks.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 31min
CrashGPT – Will A.I. trigger a 2008-style financial crisis?
Joshua Roberts, Capital Markets Correspondent at The Economist, explains how AI hype has driven extreme valuations concentrated in chipmakers and a few big tech firms. He discusses hiring shifts for graduates, private AI firms’ hidden economic impact, rising debt for AI capex, and whether this concentration could precipitate a crash or a more mixed outcome.
