Unfortunately, simplistic framing of problems leads to simplistic answers..

Green is not just about renewable energy. It's also about creating a new direction for the whole economy. This requires government to step up, not st….

While infrastructure is of course important, it must be part of a bigger vision. The point is not to simply dig ditches but to steer those investment….

Rethinking capitalism means rethinking the role of the public sector, the role of the private sector, the role of finance, and the relationship betwe….

Government support is not only investing in upstream areas like basic research, but also in downstream areas like applied research and early-stage fi….

Markets are not static entities that are 'intervened' in (for good or bad) but are outcomes of public and private interactions..

People work hard and companies make big profits, but employees don't see that they share in the wealth they help to create..

We should be investing where the public returns are greatest - that is in innovation..

Our current model of capitalism and the dominant ideas in policy making have led to a failure of investment by both the public and the private sector….

Mainstream economic theories popular in the last several decades have tended to downplay the government's role in markets and to increase skepticism ….

Once we admit that the public sector takes an immense amount of risk along the entire innovation chain, it becomes crucial to find ways to share both….

In my view, the state should be active and work in cooperation with private businesses to spur growth that's sustainable and inclusive. The policy pr….

Shareholder value theory - the destructive idea that companies should be run solely for the benefit of shareholders - has led to financialized busine….

What is needed is both a New Deal in terms of mission-oriented investments but also a new deal in terms of a modern social compact - one that allows ….

I often use the iPhone as an example of how governments shape markets, because what makes the iPhone ‘smart’ and not stupid is what you can do with i….

If we look at the complexity of the challenges facing western societies today, we see that the problems are not really about outsiders, but have thei….

If we want growth today to be more innovation-driven, more inclusive and more sustainable, then we need a more active state, not a less active one. Y….

The globalized nature of production and innovation means that the benefits don't necessarily stay in the country where the investments are made..

There is a lot of flesh to be put on the bones - but there is at least an opening for a more pragmatic, less ideological debate about how to build ec….

If we look at Germany's infrastructure policy, it has been driven by its mission-oriented focus on green infrastructure. This affects both innovation….

As a businessman, Donald Trump has been associated with some of the worst excesses of a particular style of value-extracting and asset stripping capi….