Bill Janeway (@billjaneway) joins Erik on this episode. Bill is a venture capitalist and economist and is the author of the classic book Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy.

They talk about:

- Bill’s keen interest in the interface of markets and government and how that thread has weaved its way through Bill’s career.

- Why financialization has gone too far.

- The fact that Bill “lived through the last AI hype cycle” and what that means for this one.

- The difference between productive and non-productive bubbles.

- Why free marketeers should “be careful what you wish for.”

- The possibilities for global cooperation on climate change.

- Why it’s important that disruptors take time to understand how the world they’re disrupting came to be.

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