Can Governments Keep Up with This Industrial Revolution? Finances, Growth, and Bubbles

From OpenAI to SpaceX, private innovation is reshaping economies faster than regulators can respond. But what should states actually do? In this episode, Dr. Frank Muci Lander, LSE Policy Fellow, unpacks how governments can foster growth without stifling the technologies driving it. Drawing on his experience across the developed and developing markets, Frank explores the tension between fiscal policy, sustainability, and innovation, why crypto matters beyond the headlines, and what lessons from the previous industrial revolutions can teach us about regulating blockchain and other emerging sectors today.Recording Date: December 10, 2025Host: Abhishek Sudke - Senior Editor - Public Sphere JournalGuest: Frank Muci Lander - Policy Fellow - LSE School of Public Policy - https://www.lse.ac.uk/people/frank-muciProduction: Leonardo Luksic, Kartik Sanade, and Muawiya Mahomed | PSJ Podcast Team, School of Public PolicyMusic by AudioCoffee: https://www.audiocoffee.net/