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City Talks

City Talks: Sharing the benefits of a high-tech economy

Neil Lee joins Andrew Carter for a look at high-tech countries and cities around the world through the lens of economic geography, and they discuss how to apply his research to economic policy in the UK.

Podcast published on 7 May 2024

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Professor Neil Lee, Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics and author of Innovation for the Masses: How to Share the Benefits of the High-Tech Economy. Neil talks about the patterns that emerge when comparing the characteristics of innovative economies around the world, why policy makers are starting to think and talk differently about Silicon Valley and lessons the UK can learn from Switzerland about using labour policy and devolution to improve economic productivity.

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