Bill Janeway

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I am an Affiliated Member of the Economics Faculty at Cambridge University and the author of Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy (2nd. ed., Cambridge University Press: 2018). I am a Special Limited Partner of Warburg Pincus, having joined the firm in 1988 and served as head of its information technology investment practice for 15 years. I am Chair of the board of directors of the Social Science Research Council and co-founder of the Institute for New Economics Thinking.
Bill JanewayMay 24, 2024
Forget macro and micro, it’s mesoeconomics that matters https://on.ft.com/3US35DP
Forget macro and micro, it’s mesoeconomics that matters

Understanding networks properly will help us to better grasp how the economy actually works

Financial Times
Bill JanewayDec 5, 2023
Show threadCory DoctorowDec 3, 2023

@bflipp @Filt @joeo10 @berniethewordsmith @phf

This is a very important point.

Bill JanewayOct 23, 2023
For a somewhat more nuanced view of the effects of innovative technologies than provided by Marc Andreessen’s “Techno-Optimist Manifesto,” see my review essay on Acomoglu and Johnson, Power and Progress https://www.billjaneway.com/the-political-economy-of-technology
The Political Economy of Technology — Bill Janeway

Bill Janeway
Bill JanewayAug 28, 2023
DeanBaker13Aug 26, 2023
U.S. trade policy has never been about free trade, can we stop with the silly charade already? https://cepr.net/it-was-never-about-free-trade-can-we-stop-the-stupid-charade-already/
Bill JanewayJul 22, 2023
https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/radical-uncertainty-how-to-think-about-market-risk-innovation-and-efficiency-by-william-h-janeway-2023-07
What to Do About Radical Uncertainty | by William H. Janeway - Project Syndicate

William H. Janeway describes three approaches to managing the unknowable in markets that demand both efficiency and innovation.

Project Syndicate
Bill JanewayJun 24, 2023
J. Nathan Matias 🦣Jun 22, 2023

Very excited about the @ssrc_just_tech fellows for 2023-2025, who will be working at the intersection of tech and social justice!

- Tawana Petty
- Adrienne Williams
- Danielle Blunt
- Jay Cunningham
- Johann Diedrick
- Fernanda Rosa
- Jess Moore Matthews

https://just-tech.ssrc.org/articles/2023-just-tech-fellows/

Introducing the 2023–2025 Just Tech Fellows

Introducing the 2023–2025 Just Tech Fellows The Just Tech program, a Social Science Research Council (SSRC) project, announced its second cohort of Just Tech Fellows today. These seven visionaries—Tawana Petty,...

Just Tech
Bill JanewayMay 12, 2023
Great piece by @henryfarrell: https://crookedtimber.org/2023/05/06/the-cult-of-the-founders/
The Cult of the Founders

Since I’m on the topic of Max Weber, religion and technology already, here’s a half-developed theory of Elon Musk that I’ve been nurturing for a while. I’ve trotted it out i…

Crooked Timber
Bill JanewayApr 14, 2023
Dan Froomkin/presswatchers.orgApr 14, 2023

RT @SawyerHackett
Holy shit. This is the guy who Greg Abbott has promised to pardon for murder.

This is ONE PAGE of the 76 just released. Here, Daniel Perry says “I will only shoot the [protestors] in front and push the pedal to the metal.”

Bill JanewayMar 7, 2023
My Project Syndicate “Say More” interview:
https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/interview-with-william-janeway-state-sponsored-innovation-greentech-asset-bubbles-2023-03?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0bf2cc10d2-contributor_newsletter_janeway_03_07_2023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-0bf2cc10d2-93569221&mc_cid=0bf2cc10d2&mc_eid=837d88e16c
Bill JanewayFeb 26, 2023
Ed BottFeb 25, 2023
Just gonna leave this here.