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Talk by Prof. Philippe Aghion (Collège de France, INSEAD and LSE)
The distinguished economist, Prof. Philippe Aghion (Collège de France, INSEAD and LSE), will deliver a lecture at the University of Basel on "The Power of Innovation and the Future of Capitalism". The event will take place on 30 May 2024, from 18:45–19:45 at the Kollegienhaus.
The purpose of this lecture is to penetrate some of the great historical enigmas associated with the process of world growth, revisit the great debates over innovation and growth in developed nations, and rethink the role of the state and civil society. After the lecture by Prof. Philippe Aghion, the talk will be followed by a discussion with Prof. Frank C. Krysia, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Basel, Prof. Rolf Weder and the audience. The event is part of the lecture series "Innovation in the Global Economy" organized by the Center for International Economics and Business of the University of Basel and hosted by Prof. Rolf Weder, Professor of International Trade and European Integration at the Faculty of Economics and the Institute for European Global Studies.
About Prof. Philippe Aghion
Professor at the Collège de France, at INSEAD, and at the London School of Economics, and a fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on the economics of innovation and growth. With Peter Howitt, he pioneered the so-called Schumpeterian Growth theory which became a leading paradigm to analyze the interplay between growth, innovation, market structure, and firm dynamics. Much of this work is summarized in their joint books Endogenous Growth Theory (MIT Press, 1998) and The Economics of Growth (MIT Press, 2009), in his book with Rachel Griffith on Competition and Growth (MIT Press, 2006), in his survey “What Do We Learn from Schumpeterian Growth Theory” (joint with U. Akcigit and P. Howitt), and more recently in The Power of Creative Destruction (joint with C. Antonin and S. Bunel). In 2001, Philippe Aghion received the Yrjo Jahnsson Award of the best European economist under age 45, in 2009 he received the John Von Neumann Award, and in March 2020 he shared the BBVA “Frontier of Knowledge Award” with Peter Howitt for “developing an economic growth theory based on the innovation that emerges from the process of creative destruction”.