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Paola Villa is an award-winning economist, techie, and humanitarian whose work bridges economics, faith, and technology. She is known for translating complex systems into practical insight, helping people understand how artificial intelligence, financial markets, geopolitics, and public policy are reshaping the world.

Paola is the first Colombian American woman to receive the United States Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award. She has also received the Global Humanitarian Award from the United Nations Women Foundation and holds an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity.

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The economy and the world, and the machines Explained clearly.

On Sword Edge, Paola Villa breaks down what is actually happening in geopolitics, the economy, and the technology reshaping both, in plain language, so you leave understanding it. An award-winning economist who does not just analyze the new economy, but builds inside it.

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