A cura di @Anonymous Ghoul.

In un recente post su LinkedIn, riassunto da Fast Company, Bill Gates recensisce il libro Capitalism Without Capital di Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake, e spiega come la rivoluzione del software stia cambiando l’economia, spostando il valore da merci tangibili a servizi e contenuti digitali intangibili, e come governi e politica dovrebbero cambiare per governare questo nuovo modello e non restare indietro.

For example, the tools many countries use to measure intangible assets are behind the times, so they’re getting an incomplete picture of the economy. The U.S. didn’t include software in GDP calculations until 1999. Even today, GDP doesn’t count investment in things like market research, branding, and training – intangible assets that companies are spending huge amounts of money on.