John Van Reenen
Programme on Innovation and Diffusion, LSE

2025
Ray Dalio warns ‘we’re heading into very, very dark times’ and says the solution comes from a Chinese proverb: ‘A smart rabbit has 3 holes’ (23 September, Fortune)
Treasury’s staff issues: Reeves is missing the key people to find the missing billions (25 July, The Observer)
Rachel Reeves seeks economic heavyweights as advisers reduce roles (23 July, The Guardian)
Reeves pressed to invest in people as well as projects – and get more bang for her buck (15 June, The Observer)
How big is the economic dividend from extra defence spending? (4 June, Financial Times)
The UK’s R&D operating system needs an update (28 May, RPN)
First Rung Leaders: How To Unleash The Hidden Force Multipliers Of Organizational Performance (18 March, Forbes)
Rachel Reeves’s £25bn gamble to fix Britain – and cut migration (15 February, The Telegraph)
Can UK universities find the high road to economic growth? (13 February, THE)
'He's one of the best': the economist shaping Rachel Reeves's growth plans (17 January, The Guardian)