Events
Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake
In mid-2000s, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, American businesses began to invest more in intangible assets (such as design, branding, R&D or software) than tangible assets (machinery, buildings and computers), a trend that has been mirrored in other rich countries.
In Capitalism without Capital, Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake bring together a decade of research on how to measure intangible investment and what its impacts are. They argue that the rise of intangible investment is an underappreciated cause of some of the greatest economic concerns of our time, including increasing economic inequality and stagnating productivity levels.
Past Events
Historian, author, opinion writer
The World in 2024: Crisis, Conflict and Consequences (in collaboration with Intelligence Squared)
Director of Regional Security and Senior Fellow for Middle East Security at the IISS
Conflict and competition in the Middle East: How bad can it get?