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164: Nicholas Gruen on Data Sharing and Reform in Economic Thinking
Nicholas Gruen is CEO of Lateral Economics and is a widely published policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator.
In this episode Professor Gruen discusses the need for reform in economics at both academic and policy level.
He also explains the importance of information and how information is poorly managed at the central planning stage but can be used effectively under the right direction if this information or data can be shareable both from the private and the public sector.
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