Three things that will shape the economy in 2018
A timely macro primer from Jonathan Michie, Professor of Innovation & Knowledge Exchange, University of Oxford
Jonathan Michie is Professor of Innovation & Knowledge Exchange. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences; Director of the Oxford Centre for Mutual and Employee-owned Business at Kellogg; a member of the Economic Advisory Panel for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra); and Chair of Governors at UWC Atlantic College and a member of the United World Colleges (UWC) Council.
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