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Macroeconomics

Macro Bytes: Restarting the intangible economy - with Professor Jonathan Haskel

Podcast with Professor Jonathan Haskel on the ‘intangible’ economy and its implications for productivity, competition, inequality, and policymakers.

Authors
Paul Diggle
Chief Economist
Senior Research Economist
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Duration: 30 Mins

Date: Jul 05, 2023

Paul talks to Professor Jonathan Haskel, an external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and co-author of 'Restarting the Future: How to fix the intangible economy’, and Sree Kochugovindan, senior economist at abrdn about the intangible economy. 
The economy increasingly consists of ideas, brands, and relationships. This shift from “stuff” to intangibles has wide-ranging implications for productivity, competition, inequality, and how policy makers should manage the modern economy.

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