It's the economy, stupid - Procurement Says No Ep37

Rich and Ed welcome super duper guest Dr John Glen to answer the question "how's the big global economy doing at the moment?".   John is visiting professor at Cranfield University and Chief Economist at CIPS so he answers a load of other questions too, such as: is economic reconfiguration inevitable; what's the longer term economic view; is this the end of liberal democracy; how to sum up the UK budget; is it the end for the UN, COP30, G20 (delete where applicable); how do we grow the UK economy; and can global protectionism ever be successful?It all sounds very serious.   But fear not, because we've kept it lighthearted and tried to ignore that we're all doomed.We've also got news from McKinsey and Magenta Associates on the use of AI tools - and it's all a bit obvious really!    And news about the German defence industry circumventing EU procurement rules; plus exciting threshold changes in the UK's public procurement and, shock - possible corruption in the Chinese defence industry.Can you afford NOT to listen?   We don't think so.And hope you like the blue logo!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/procurement-says-no--5886102/support.