In this episode, our guest is Stefanie Stantcheva and we talked about taxation, incentives for inventors, history, slavery and wealth accumulation, zero-sum attitude towards immigrants, and more!

Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)

08:30 Taxation and Innovations

13:30 Policy Implications of Taxes and Innovation Incentives

22:17 Historical Facts on Wealth Inequality in the US

28:08 Social Economics Lab: Attitudes towards Climate Change

38:15 Social Economics Lab: Zero-Sum Attitude, and Income Inequality

44:30 Cheezy Questions!

In this episode, our guest is Daron Acemoglu from MIT and we talked about innovation dynamics, automation, elitism, institutions, history, and more!

06:05 Automation and declining labor share

17:20 But why do firms choose (so-so) automation?

25:00 Education is a solution! Or is it NOT?

27:20 First Industrial Revolution, Social Change, Elitism

30:50 Democracy and automation

34:40 What will governments do then?

Cheezy Questions:

40:40 What is Daron's production function?

42:00 Which economist or philosopher had the largest impact on your thinking?

43:30 Privilege to write a non-causal paper in Economics

In this episode, we talk about lost talents or lost Einsteins and Marie Curies in an economy, the relationship between inequality, innovation, and inflation, and more! Let us know your thoughts, comments, and questions!

05:00 Lost Einsteins and Marie Curies

12:00 Creative Destruction and Inequality

20:00 Inflation, Inequality, and Innovation

25:00 Cheezy Questions!

Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@jvanreenen)

In this episode, our guest is Naomi Lamoreaux from Yale University. We dive into history to talk about big corporations, patent trolls and sharks, and litigation wars between companies! Take a look at this episode and let us know your thoughts @POID_cast on X or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)

02:55 Patents or Prizes for Innovations?

07:07 Litigation Wars and Property Rights

11:10 Who are Patent Trolls? 

19:24 Standard Oil Company, Innovations, Mergers 

28:55 What Does an Ideal Patent System Look Like? 

38:04 Cheezy Questions! Any Strategies to Publish a Paper?

43:12 Mean (!) Comments by Referees

In this episode, our guest is Ben Jones from Northwestern University. We are talking about how production of knowledge has changed over time, whether gender-diverse teams perform better, whether we have a bias towards multi-authored papers, immigration, age, and entrepreneurship, and more! Take a look at this episode and let us know your thoughts @POID_cast on X or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)

06:00 Production of Knowledge

09:40 Multiple Co-authors and Gender: Who Gets the Credit?

25:00 Burden of Knowledge

33:00 Immigration and Entrepreneurship

41:00 Age and Entrepreneurship

46:30 Cheezy Questions!

Why isn't there a solution for cancer? Is there an incentive problem in the economy? What are exclusivities? To hear about these questions and for more, join us in this episode!

For your questions and comments: @POID_cast (X) and [email protected] (email)

Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)

In this episode, we talk about new or unorthodox ways of measuring innovation with Petra Moser. Are patents a necessary condition for innovation? Which one is better: a patent system or secrecy? How does immigration affect innovations? How does motherhood affect productivity? And her experience and suggestions as an economist and economic historian. Let us know what you think!

Email: [email protected]

X: @POID_cast

Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@jvanreenen)

In this episode, we dive into the production of science with Pierre Azoulay from MIT Sloan School of Management. We dig deeper the relationship between science and technology, how they feed into each other, the impact of superstar scientists, and policies to encourage innovation, and more!  Email us at [email protected] OR X it out here: @POID_cast

Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) & John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)

03:45 Interdisciplinary vs Pluri-disciplinary Academic Research

06:18 How does science feed into technology and vice versa?

10:24 The production function of science

14:50 Does science progress one funeral at a time?

37:20 What is Pierre's production function of research?

In this episode, we dive into "The Economics of Creative Destruction" with Ufuk Akcigit. We talk about what creative destruction is, how this notion evolved over time, the dynamics between firms and political institutions, developing economies, and more! Email us at [email protected] OR X it out here: @POID_cast

Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) & John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)

2:30 What is creative destruction, and how did this notion evolve over time?

20:30 Defensive Innovation through Political Connections and Patent Thickets or Innovation Pushing the Frontier?

25:00 Superstar Firms, Market Power, and Innovation

37:30 Diffusion of Innovation and Barriers in Developing Economies

41:30 Frontier Research and Potential Research Questions on Innovation

50:30 Green Innovation

54:00 Robert Lucas

58:14 Ups and Downs, Successes and Failures

Welcome to the Innovation and Diffusion Podcast! In this episode, we introduce what this podcast is about, why we do this podcast, and give you a quick glimpse of what's awaiting you in the upcoming episodes! For any comments and suggestions, please email us at [email protected] or  Twitter @POID_cast

Hosts: Ruveyda Nur Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) & John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)

The Economic and Social Research Council funds this podcast through the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) at the London School of Economics and Political Science.