Is intellectual capital the key to future prosperity?
From Crossing Channels by Bennett School of Public Policy & Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse
November 30, 2025 · 31 min · Season 5 · Episode 3
About this episode
The episode discusses the role of intellectual capital in modern prosperity and its implications for inequality and measurement challenges.
In this episode of Crossing Channels, Richard Westcott talks to Diane Coyle and César Hidalgo about how knowledge, ideas and intangible assets are becoming central to modern prosperity. They discuss what makes intellectual capital distinctive, how AI may widen or narrow inequalities, and why some places benefit more than others. The conversation also explores the challenges of measuring intangible value and what kinds of skills, institutions and infrastructure are needed for countries and reg...
People in this episode
Host: Richard Westcott
Guests: Diane Coyle, César Hidalgo
Topics covered
- intellectual capital
- prosperity
- AI and inequality
- measuring intangible value
- skills and infrastructure
Keywords
- intellectual capital
- prosperity
- AI
- inequality
- intangible assets
- skills
- infrastructure
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bennett School of Public Policy, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse
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