Edward Conard on Innovation, Income Inequality, and High-Skilled Immigration

The businessman and author on how to generate economic growth and innovation in the American economy. Click "Show more" to view chapters. For more conversations, visit http://www.conversationswithbillkristol.org
Chapter 1 (00:15 - 35:39): Economic Growth and Innovation
Chapter 2 (35:39 - 54:07): Inequality and the American Economy
Chapter 3 (54:07 - 1:21:09): For High-Skilled Immigration
Edward Conard is a former Managing Director of Bain Capital and bestselling author. In this Conversation, Conard shares his perspective on why innovation is the key to America’s long-term economic vitality and how we can go about fostering it. To address what he describes as a shortage of properly-trained talent and risk-bearing capital, Conard calls for increasing high-skilled immigration and other public policies that match talent with opportunities. Conard and Kristol also reflect on the inequalities that are inherent in a technology-driven economy and consider what can be done now to benefit lower-skilled workers in the years to come.