Dr. James Marrone

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Jim Marrone is an economist at the RAND Corporation in Washington, DC. His research focuses on the economics of national security, including the game theory of information operations, the risks of technology platforms, and terrorist/extremist financing. His writing and interviews on these topics have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Barron’s, and the Freakonomics podcast, among other outlets. Recent or ongoing work includes a risk assessment of central bank digital currencies; investigations of emerging threats to financial stability; analyses of US-China economic competition; studies of online domestic extremist financing strategies; and experimental evaluations of counter-propaganda interventions. Through his research he has supported numerous US Federal agencies and military services, and his work has been cited in Congressional testimony, Federal rulemakings, and in outlets such as the Atlantic, New York Times, Politico, NPR, and CBS Moneywatch.

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8 December 2026 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates “Artificial Intelligence and Human Judgment”

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