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The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast

The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast
Innovation
Productivity
Economic History
Economic Growth
Management
Patent System
Entrepreneurship
World War II
Inequality
Economics
Managerial Practices
Knowledge Diffusion
Management Practices
Immigration
Climate Change
Medical Technology
Healthcare Innovation
Cancer Research
Education Policy
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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 a... more

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In this episode, our guest is Nick Bloom from Stanford University! And we talked about academic production functions, diffusion of innovation, economic situation in the US and the UK, working from home, and more.

01:41 How did he decide to be an ec... more

In this episode, our guest is a young star economist: Kyle Myers from Harvard Business School! We talked about the current clash between the Trump administration and Harvard, NIH, "Elasticity of Science", Covid, and more!

Current Host: Ruveyda Gozen... more

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 ... more

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... more

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Recent Guests

Nick Bloom
Famous economist focusing on remote work, management practices, innovation, economic growth, and uncertainty.
Stanford University
Episode: S2 E9: Diffusion of Innovation, Productivity, and Academia with Nick Bloom from Stanford University
Kyle Myers
Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Episode: S2 E8: Science and Politics with Kyle Myers from Harvard Business School
Jonathan Haskel
Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School
Imperial College
Episode: S2 E7: Capitalism without Capital, and Productivity Puzzles with Jonathan Haskel from Imperial College
Walker Hanlon
Associate Professor in Economics at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Episode: S2 E6: Inventors/Engineers, Directed Technical Change, and the British Industrial Revolution with Walker Hanlon from Northwestern University
Sascha Becker
Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
Episode: S2 E5: Religion, Economic Growth, and the Protestant Ethic with Sascha Becker from the University of Warwick
Robin Burgess
Professor of Economics at the LSE and Director of the International Growth Center
LSE
Episode: S2 E4: Join the Green Growth Movement! with Robin Burgess from the LSE
Raffaella Sadun
Charles Wison Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Episode: S2 E3: Firms, Management Surveys, and Practices with Raffaella Sadun from HBS
Michela Giorcelli
Applied microeconomist and economic historian
UCLA
Episode: S2 E2: WW2, and Management as a Soft Technology with Michela Giorcelli from UCLA
Sabrina Howell
Professor of Finance at the NYU Stern School of Business
NYU Stern
Episode: S02 E01: Financing Innovation with Sabrina Howell from NYU Stern

Hosts

Ruveyda Gozen
Assistant Professor at the Cardiff Business School and Research Associate at the LSE; host and advocate for accessible academic discussions.
John Van Reenen
Co-host and economist with expertise in public policy and innovation.

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S2 E9: Diffusion of Innovation, Productivity, and Academia with Nick Bloom from Stanford University
Q: What impacts did Brexit have on the UK economy?
Brexit has negatively affected investment and GDP, resulting in the UK falling below other countries in growth metrics.
S2 E9: Diffusion of Innovation, Productivity, and Academia with Nick Bloom from Stanford University
Q: What is the geographical concentration of innovation?
Bloom explains that universities play a significant role in innovation concentration, with Silicon Valley generating a large percentage of major innovations.
S2 E9: Diffusion of Innovation, Productivity, and Academia with Nick Bloom from Stanford University
Q: How did you become interested in economics?
Nick Bloom reveals that a love for playing Monopoly in childhood and having a mother who is an economist led him into the field.
S2 E8: Science and Politics with Kyle Myers from Harvard Business School
Q: What would you change in the current funding system?
Kyle suggests a nuanced approach, possibly involving more precise funding allocations based on identified externalities.
S2 E8: Science and Politics with Kyle Myers from Harvard Business School
Q: What do we mean by elasticity of science?
Kyle defines it as the responsiveness of scientists to funding opportunities and discusses implications of this elasticity.

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2. Kyle Myers
3. Jonathan Haskel
4. Walker Hanlon
5. Sascha Becker
6. Robin Burgess
7. Raffaella Sadun
8. Michela Giorcelli

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