In this playlist, Will Hutton and guests discover how work, innovation and economic growth are evolving in response to new technologies and changing labour markets. These conversations explore the policies and ideas that could create greater opportunity, productivity and prosperity for everyone.
The We Society podcast: Work, Economic Growth & Opportunity
S11 Ep3: Why Britain should back more innovators with Saul Klein
In this episode, Will Hutton is joined by one of the Europe’s most successful venture capitalists Saul Klein to discuss the UK’s innovation economy and why stronger links between venture capital, government and entrepreneurship are essential if Britain is to improve productivity and living standards.
S10 Ep8: Harnessing Creative Destruction with Philippe Aghion
In this episode, Will Hutton is joined by Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Philippe Aghion to discuss how innovation and economic growth is achieved through the process of creative destruction. In a wide-ranging discussion, they explore the components needed to make creative destruction viable, examples of where these are being done well and how AI could accelerate the process.
S8 Ep8: Solving the Productivity Puzzle with Ed Balls, Anna Stansbury and Dan Turner
In this conversation, economist and former Labour politician Ed Balls, Dr Anna Stansbury, a researcher in labor and macroeconomics from MIT, and Dan Turner, Chief Research Officer for the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown focused on national and regional inequalities, discuss the worsening regional disparities in productivity, income, and overall economic performance within the UK, particularly highlighting the stark contrast between the economic conditions in the South East compared to cities like Nottingham, Manchester, and Birmingham.
S8 Ep4: Taking entrepreneurship beyond business with Eleanor Shaw
What is the link between social science and entrepreneurship? To give us the answer, Will Hutton speaks to Professor Eleanor Shaw OBE FAcSS, an academic specialising in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Strathclyde to delve into the social science dimension of entrepreneurship.
S8 Ep1: How to get work working for everyone with Gavin Kelly
Gavin Kelly is the Chief Executive of the Nuffield Foundation and has spent the past 30 years of his career putting Britain’s economic inactivity problem under a microscope. For Gavin, one of the main problems is the nearly 1 million young people who are not in education, employment or training. They are the ones being left behind and their numbers are rising. But what can be done to solve this? Listen to this episode to find out more.
S7 Ep4: Should the 9 to 5 be a thing of the past? with Clare Kelliher and Brendan Burchell
In this episode Professor Brendan Burchell and Professor Clare Kelliher FAcSS discuss the changing landscape of work culture including work-life balance, the benefits of shorter workweeks on productivity and wellbeing, and the challenges faced by gig economy workers.
S7 Ep2: Anxiety, Artificial Intelligence and work with Anthony Elliott
In this episode Professor Anthony Elliott FAcSS, Dean of External Engagement at the University of South Australia, joins Will Hutton to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on personal identities and societal structures, and how we can harness artificial intelligence for the common good.
S1 Ep6: Mariana Mazzucato: Going To The Moon and Back
In this episode, economist Professor Mariana Mazzucato invites Will Hutton to her department at University College London to explain how the public sector could be reshaped to benefit everyone.
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