S2 E7: Capitalism without Capital, and Productivity Puzzles with Jonathan Haskel from Imperial College
In this episode, our guest is Jonathan Haskel from Imperial College and we talked about productivity puzzle in the UK, general productivity slowdown, intangible capital, and finance! Current Host: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen)04:00 Productivity Puzzle in the UK 11:12 Productivity Slowdown and Intangible Capital29:25 Finance and Intangible Capital Investment35:34 Some “personal” questions!41:53 Game on! This or That?
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S2 E6: Inventors/Engineers, Directed Technical Change, and the British Industrial Revolution with Walker Hanlon from Northwestern University
In this episode, our guest is Walker Hanlon who is an Associate Professor in Economics at Northwestern University. We talked about if necessity is the mother of invention, different theories about directed technical change, why the British Industrial Revolution specifically persisted and more! 06:40 Necessity: the mother of invention? 08:20 What is directed technical change? 09:50 Theories on directed technical change 15:10 Laissez-Faire and Walker’s New Book!20:00 Why did The British Industrial Revolution persist?32:25 Cheezy Question and “This or That” Game!
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S2 E5: Religion, Economic Growth, and the Protestant Ethic with Sascha Becker from the University of Warwick
In this episode, our guest is Sascha Becker from the University of Warwick, and we talk about religion, how it is related to economic growth, Max Weber's theory on the Protestant Ethic, Erasmus, Luther, power dynamics, and more!
14:00 Religion and Economic Growth
17:00 Max Weber and The Protestant Ethic Theory
21:47 Digging for the Data
28:28 Objections from Various Disciplines
32:15 Diffusion of Ideas, and Innovations
35:59 Power Shift, Luther, and the Church
46:05 Cheezy Questions!
49:55 This or That? Who are you going to write a book with?!
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S2 E4: Join the Green Growth Movement! with Robin Burgess from the LSE
In this episode, our guest is Robin Burgess from the LSE and we talked about the direction that the Environmental Economics is taking, new datasets, approaches, tension between economic growth, and climate change, and more!
Current Host: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen)
Podcast Owners: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)
01:30 Deforestation and Political Incentives
06:25 The Direction of Environmental Economics
10:50 A Personal Story by Robin Burgess and His Production Function
14:30 His New ERC Grant and The Projects Ahead!
21:00 Economic Growth and Climate Change Tension
25:40 Whose Turn(!) to Pollute?
34:30 Green Policies
42:50 Cheezy Questions!
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S2 E3: Firms, Management Surveys, and Practices with Raffaella Sadun from HBS
Our guest is Raffaella Sadun from Harvard Business School and we talk about organisations, managerial culture and capital, competition, natural disaster managements, and more! Don't miss out!
05:30 Productivity, Management, and World Management Survey
13:00 Through Which Channels Does Management Affect Productivity?
15:00 Key Factors Behind Good Management
18:41 What is "Managerial Capital"? And How to Find Them?
22:30 Decentralisation, Top Down vs Bottom Up Approach
28:00 How Did Management Practices Change As a Response to the Pandemic?
31:00 CEO Pay, and Gaps in the Literature
37:00 Cheezy Questions!
Our podcast aims to generate easily accessible and engaging academic discussions on innovation and diffusion. We interview the leading thinkers around the world on new technologies and the way they change our world and economy.
Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)
The Economic and Social Research Council funds this podcast through the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) at LSE.