The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast

In this episode, our guest is Alberto Bisin, a Professor of Economics at NYU. We talked about his personal academic journey, the economics culture at the University of Chicago, culture for economic growth, evolution in economics, and more!Host: Ruveyda Gozen (Cardiff Business School and CEP LSE)Producers: Ruveyda Gozen (Cardiff Business School and LSE) and John Van Reenen (LSE) 01:50 Evolution of Economics05:16 Experiences at the University of Chicago13:50 The Role of Culture in Economic Growth21:06 Let's Think of a Hypothetical County?25:45 The Long Divergence between the West and Middle East42:48 Cheezy Questions & Never Have I Ever!

In this episode, our guest is Fiona Murray from MIT. We talked about her academic journey, publication processes, Nobel Prize winners in Economics, gender, security-driven innovation, and more!12:15 Entrepreneurship is about failure. How about you?15:54 Publication Speed in Economics and Other Fields18:22 Nobel Prize Winners in Economics 21:00 Gender, Innovation and Innovation Ecosystems31:17 Market-Driven Innovations vs Security-Driven Innovations

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 economist?03:17 John Van Reenen and Nick Bloom04:45 Co-authorship and Academic Production Function  08:26 Diffusion of Innovation16:25 Politics, Trump, and Long Run Innovation20:28 How about the UK Politics? 26:33 Working from Home, Academia, Undergrads and Grads35:58 What are the gaps in the literature?38:00 “Gollum” Strategy?40:59 If he couldn’t be an economist in a parallel universe, what would he be?42:32 Is there something in economics he believes in that others disagree with?44:45 Never have I ever!

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 (@ruveyda_gozen)Timestamps:00:00 Intro, Trump, and Harvard 06:35 “Elasticity” of Science 20:43 Funding for Science: Is there a better way? 24:53 Covid and Elasticity of Science 28:03 Let’s Switch to More Personal Questions! 30:55 What is Kyle’s Production Function of Research?34:55 If he couldn’t be an economist, what would he be in a parallel universe?36:35 What’s something you believe about research or academia that many others in economics don’t agree with?38:43 “This or That?”40:13 Never Have I Ever!

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?