
Growth through innovation bursts: Why industrial policy should not bet on size
Industrial policy is back on the agenda across advanced economies, with a growing channelling support towards large incumbent firms

Industrial policy is back on the agenda across advanced economies, with a growing channelling support towards large incumbent firms

US net migration turned negative in 2025 following a sharp tightening of immigration policies. This column turns to the

Predictions about the workplace impact of artificial intelligence often begin with what the technology can do captured by occupations’

Governments around the world are increasingly mandating the digitalisation of business records, yet little is known about the effects

In 2008, the US stock market was worth $3 trillion more than the combined European stock market; in 2023,

How large is the labour cost saved by AI, and how is it distributed across occupations? Using five waves

Aggregate productivity growth in Europe has disappointed over the last two decades, fuelling concerns about competitiveness. This column argues

Imitation is a first-order concern for enterprises operating global production processes. Firms routinely source knowledge-intensive inputs from many countries,

Economic historians have long placed culture at the centre of the rise of the West, but have lacked a

The European Union’s AI Act – the world’s most ambitious regulatory framework for artificial intelligence to date – was

Industrial policy is back on the agenda across advanced economies, with a growing channelling support towards large incumbent firms

US net migration turned negative in 2025 following a sharp tightening of immigration policies. This column turns to the

Predictions about the workplace impact of artificial intelligence often begin with what the technology can do captured by occupations’

Governments around the world are increasingly mandating the digitalisation of business records, yet little is known about the effects

In 2008, the US stock market was worth $3 trillion more than the combined European stock market; in 2023,

How large is the labour cost saved by AI, and how is it distributed across occupations? Using five waves

Aggregate productivity growth in Europe has disappointed over the last two decades, fuelling concerns about competitiveness. This column argues

Imitation is a first-order concern for enterprises operating global production processes. Firms routinely source knowledge-intensive inputs from many countries,

Economic historians have long placed culture at the centre of the rise of the West, but have lacked a

The European Union’s AI Act – the world’s most ambitious regulatory framework for artificial intelligence to date – was




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