
Capitalism Without Capital
The Rise of the Intangible Economy
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Derek Perkins
The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economy
Early in the 21st century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, or software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, from tech firms and pharma companies to coffee shops and gyms, the ability to deploy assets that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the main source of long-term success.
But this is not just a familiar story of the so-called new economy. Capitalism without Capital shows that the growing importance of intangible assets has also played a role in some of the big economic changes of the last decade. The rise of intangible investment is, Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake argue, an underappreciated cause of phenomena from economic inequality to stagnating productivity. Haskel and Westlake bring together a decade of research on how to measure intangible investment and its impact on national accounts, showing the amount different countries invest in intangibles, how this has changed over time, and the latest thinking on how to assess this. They explore the unusual economic characteristics of intangible investment and discuss how these features make an intangible-rich economy fundamentally different from one based on tangibles.
Capitalism without Capital concludes by presenting three possible scenarios for what the future of an intangible world might be like and by outlining how managers, investors, and policymakers can exploit the characteristics of an intangible age to grow their businesses, portfolios, and economies.
Author bio: Jonathan Haskel is professor of economics at Imperial College London. Stian Westlake is a senior fellow at Nesta, the UK's national foundation for innovation.
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Generally, meh.
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Must read for anyone who works in IP/technology
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Don't buy this book if you have spent some time observing the IP industry, even as an outsider, as most ideas expressed in this book will be already known to you.
My low valuation is based on the fact that the book does not offer any answers, except for increasing the role of governments in investing into intangible R&D, but instead posts a lot of general questions. Yet, it provides a lot of academic references, which I look forward to using to dig deeper into the subject.
Very wordy as for the amount of ideas presented
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Excellent insight into this part of the economy
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Not groundbreaking but useful. I don't
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Would you consider the audio edition of Capitalism Without Capital to be better than the print version?
No. Print might work better because of the complexities of the subjectWho was your favorite character and why?
There were no characters. This is a book about economics. You need to refine your algorithms in your software.Which character – as performed by Derek Perkins – was your favorite?
?? The dollar? Money? What on earth do you mean?If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Only an idiot would make a film of this book. Who thought up this question?Any additional comments?
You need to work on your software. Your questions are stupid.Fascinating topic
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A primer on the economy as it exists today.
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Haskel and Westlake acknowledge intangibles have always been an important part of economic growth. They note worker training programs, specialized employee’ experience, and patented designs have always had value; but auditors rarely (if at all) quantified those intangibles as anything other than expense. Little of a company’s investment in training, employee experience, and patents is assigned as an asset by analysts who use pre-twenty-first century accounting rules.
Most intangibles have historically been classified as uncapitalized expenses. In part, because quantification of intangibles is difficult to measure. Before the tech-revolution, investments in training, patents, and experience were looked at as costs of doing business. They were most often expensed (with some exception for patents).
Historically, intangible value has always been with us but recognized as an expense. Haskel and Westlake suggest intangibles need to be partially and judiciously accounted for as assets. When recognized as assets, intangible values open the door to wider private and public finance.
INVESTMENT VALUE
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my formal training is in Theology with an emphasis on leadership and missions.
I found a great deal of clarity to help me better apprehend this world where value is added in what I know, not in what I do.
This book has helped me better serve my clients with confidence and focus.
Just What I've Needed
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Overall good info, but lacks any kind of story and could be abbreviated a bit. Was mainly a blast of academic speak about intangibles.
I read this because of the narrator Derek Perkins on Yuval Harari’s books, but that didn’t help much on this one.
I guess the takeaway is a more educated perspective on how to influence companies and politics to drive a better economy for the future based upon our current economic environment and trajectory.
Good info, a bit dry
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