Democracy forum: Government's role in innovation

Hear the address by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, presented at the UTS Vice Chancellor’s Democracy Forum.

Joseph Stiglitz sitting on a chair

What’s next for innovation and how can it help build social value?

Have we undermined the government’s investment in crucial healthcare and environmental policy?  

In this episode of Think: Business Futures, Dr Joseph Stiglitz, former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank joins Roy Green, Emeritus Professor at UTS and Michelle Baddeley, Associate Dean of Research at the UTS Business School, for a wide-ranging conversation exploring the role of government in technological innovations and policy, and its long-term economic impact.  

LISTEN > Democracy forum: Government's role in innovation | 26 July 2022 | 51 min

GUEST BIOS

Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize-winning economist, Professor of Economics at Columbia University and the author of Globalisation and its Discontents. See Joseph's bio here. 

Roy Green is an Emeritus Professor and Special Innovation Advisor at UTS. See Roy’s bio on UTS experts.

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