How can the UK and the world get back to sustainable growth following the COVID-19 pandemic? Pulling together the lessons of 30 years of work on technology, management and productivity, John Van Reenen will argue that innovation is the key to rekindling our economies.
Meet our speaker and chair
John Van Reenen () is Ronald Coase School Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science and was previously Director of CEP from 2003-2016.
Minouche Shafik is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to this, she was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.
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This event forms part of 番茄社区’s Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative, a series of debates about the direction the world could and should be taking after the crisis.
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