Jason Potts is an economic theorist who specialises in problems of economic growth and change. He works in areas of economic evolution, technological change, institutional economics, economics of innovation, economics of cities, and the economics of cultural and creative industries. His current research focuses on innovation in the commons, and on global innovation policy.
Potts is a Professor of Economics at RMIT University and an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. He was the 2000 winner of the International Joseph A Schumpeter Prize, has published over 60 articles and six books. He is currently an editor of Journal of Institutional Economics, and Innovation: Management, Practice and Policy.
KodakOne could be the start of a new kind of intellectual property
Jan 12, 2018 05:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Its easy to be a bit amused about Kodaks new blockchain and cryptocurrency, the KodakOne. The old photography company is the classic case of a firm that failed to keep up with technological change. But now Kodak is...
Bitcoin investors should be taxed like any other investor
Sep 25, 2017 07:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law Digital Currency
Despite its name, cryptocurrency isnt just money. It could also be debt or equity and so it should be regulated and taxed in the same way as other finance. The tokens investors get when they buy a cryptocurrency, like...
Price hikes in Ether and Bitcoin aren't the signs of a bubble
Jun 21, 2017 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Investing
When there is a rapid growth in any of the crypto-currencies and assets such as Bitcoin, Ether, Zcash and others, many will call it out as a bubble. Indeed, on a relatively short time scale it clearly looks like a...
The price of victory: comparing the cost of Olympic gold to an elite arts prize
Aug 22, 2016 10:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports Entertainment
The Olympics is almost over now for another four years, and beyond the glorious highs and heartbreaking lows of participants and spectators, theres the ritual of the cost-benefit wash-up where we calculate the public cost...
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