How is technology reshaping the economy?
Event podcast: Which new technologies are having – and will have – the biggest impacts on the economy and the workplace? Has the pace of economic change really picked up – if so, why is productivity growth so low? What can policymakers do to accelerate the commercialization of Queensland and Australian technologies and the diffusion of global technologies while ensuring all Australians benefit? In the first of Grattan Institute’s 2017 State of Affairs events, Productivity Growth Director Jim Minifie was joined on a panel by Joanna Batstone, Dr Charles Day and Martie-Louise Verreynne to explore technology and the economy.
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