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