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  "title": "Mehran Gul on the Innovation Blindspot",
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  "summary": "He's an award-winning audio producer and journalist who's covered armed conflicts, social unrest, and natural disasters from all corners of the world.",
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      "heading": "Core argument",
      "content": "- Innovation is widely perceived to be concentrated in the United States and China, but significant innovative models exist elsewhere.\n- The obsessive focus on Silicon Valley has obscured other national and regional innovation models."
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    {
      "heading": "Illustrative examples and observations",
      "content": "- The Swiss train system has run entirely on renewable energy since the early 1960s.\n- Many prominent tech leaders now choose to live in Canada.\n- Mehran Gul is the author of The New Geography of Innovation, which the Financial Times selected as one of the best books of 2025."
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    {
      "heading": "Implications for understanding innovation geography",
      "content": "- Innovation can arise from diverse institutional arrangements and public systems, not only from venture-capital-driven tech hubs.\n- Comparative study of different national examples can reveal alternative pathways to technological and service innovation."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Production and dissemination",
      "content": "- Podcast produced by Bruce Edwards, International Monetary Fund, an award-winning audio producer and journalist.\n- Episode published on September 17, 2026.\n- Episode made available on major platforms including Libsyn, Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud, and Apple."
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    "Many prominent tech leaders now choose to live in Canada.",
    "Mehran Gul is the author of The New Geography of Innovation, which the Financial Times selected as one of the best books of 2025.",
    "Innovation can arise from diverse institutional arrangements and public systems, not only from venture-capital-driven tech hubs.",
    "Comparative study of different national examples can reveal alternative pathways to technological and service innovation.",
    "Podcast produced by Bruce Edwards, International Monetary Fund, an award-winning audio producer and journalist.",
    "Episode published on September 17, 2026.",
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