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Centre for Cities is the leading think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK’s largest cities and towns. In these podcasts, Chief Executive Andrew Carter interviews leading thinkers in the urban policy field, as well as experts from Centre for Cities about their research and ideas on improving the economies of cities and large towns.
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Aug 1, 2014
Aug 1, 2014
28 min
Alexandra Jones, Chief Executive of Centre for Cities, talks to Bruce Katz, author of The Metropolitan Revolution, and Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive of Nesta, about innovation in the economy. Both the UK and the United States are seen to be less innovative than emerging economies in the East, but they have many valuable assets in their universities and cities which need to be unlocked, and local leadership is crucial to doing so.