Building Castles
in the Sky with
Prof. Linda Yueh

‘What drives innovation, now and then?’

16 October 2018, 18.30-20.30 Level 39, E14 5AB, London

In association with

The Great Economist Joseph Schumpeter wrote about ‘creative destruction’ and outlined the process of innovation during the Industrial Revolution and how it improved economic growth. What drove innovation then and what drives it now in the digital age? Can the innovations of today match those of a century ago in raising productivity across the economy? Can the innovations of the digital era rival previous inventions, such as electrification?

Join us to have a great conversation on this!

About the Speaker:

Prof Linda Yueh – Former Chief Business Correspondent for BBC News, Currently Professor of Economics at London Business School and the author of The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today

Listen to an excerpt of Linda reading her Great Economists book on SoundCloud below: