Capitalism Without Capital | J. Haskel & S. Westlake | Talks at Google

Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, from tech firms and pharma companies to coffee shops and gyms, the ability to deploy assets that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the main source of long-term success.

But this is not just a familiar story of the so-called new economy. Capitalism without Capital shows that the growing importance of intangible assets has also played a role in some of the big economic changes of the last decade. The rise of intangible investment is, Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake argue, an underappreciated cause of phenomena from economic inequality to stagnating productivity.

Haskel and Westlake bring together a decade of research on how to measure intangible investment and its impact on national accounts, showing the amount different countries invest in intangibles, how this has changed over time, and the latest thinking on how to assess this. They explore the unusual economic characteristics of intangible investment, and discuss how these features make an intangible-rich economy fundamentally different from one based on tangibles.

Capitalism without Capital concludes by presenting three possible scenarios for what the future of an intangible world might be like, and by outlining how managers, investors, and policymakers can exploit the characteristics of an intangible age to grow their businesses, portfolios, and economies.

[samibabar]

Google then: We have arranged a seminar, enjoy the talk.
Google now: We have laid you off now, enjoy the walk outside.

Capitalism 100

[brianmarshall]

So when the crash comes - it will be even MORE serious than expected? Who is gonna pay cash for intangibles then?

Banks are gonna loan ailing businesses on stuff they cannot "repossess" and sell to recoup their losses? I think not.

HUGE train wreck coming...

[smallbug]

John Oliver Highlighted Googles Shady Finical Tax practices.

[wretchedwringer]

Specialization v. Singularity (global defragmentation)

[erikgrafenschnell]

Interesting topic, dismal sound of the recording.

[philkparty]

Digital Capitalism Doesnt Need a Capita i said this freshman in highschool its digital so really no end of spending or revenue in sight in regards we dont need a limit and dont need to worry about a deficeit its deceptive and lies and untrue.