Government house: governments try to push the levers for more innovation
Potentially one of the most exciting periods for innovation and the global markets is coming from a perhaps unexpected source – governments. A wave of privatisations from the 1980s in the US and UK sparked others in Europe and beyond, but more recently the focus has been on entrepreneurial startups and scale-ups and helping incumbent corporations deal with disruption and growth opportunities.
However, with US President Donald Trump mooting the idea of privatising US air traffic control, while UK leaders…
