{"id":44835,"date":"2026-02-24T12:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessdatalab.ca\/?post_type=podcasts&#038;p=44835"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:07:50","slug":"running-hard-standing-still-the-productivity-problem-canada-cant-outgrow","status":"publish","type":"podcasts","link":"https:\/\/businessdatalab.ca\/fr\/podcasts\/running-hard-standing-still-the-productivity-problem-canada-cant-outgrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Running Hard, Standing Still: The Productivity Problem Canada\u00a0Can\u2019t\u00a0Outgrow\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Canada\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0short on talent,\u00a0research\u00a0or ideas. Yet living standards are under\u00a0pressure,\u00a0and productivity growth has slowed. What is really holding the economy back?\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>In this episode, host Marwa Abdou brings together two leading economists for a rare\u00a0back-to-back\u00a0look at the productivity puzzle from both a macroeconomic and innovation perspective.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>Paul Beaudry,\u00a0Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics and former Bank of Canada Deputy Governor,\u00a0reframes productivity as a measure of value, not effort, and challenges the assumption that more education and\u00a0labour\u00a0force growth automatically translate into stronger outcomes. Dan\u00a0Breznitz, Co-Director of the\u00a0University of Toronto\u2019s\u00a0Innovation Policy Lab,\u00a0pushes the conversation further, arguing that invention alone does not create prosperity. What matters is whether economies build the capacity to scale ideas, diffuse\u00a0technology\u00a0and embed innovation inside real firms.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>Their insights point to a deeper tension: Canada\u2019s challenge may not be a lack of ambition but a gap between what the country knows how to produce and what it is structured to use.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0a\u00a0timely\u00a0conversation about economic design, competitiveness and the choices that could\u00a0determine\u00a0whether Canada pulls ahead or\u00a0stands still.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0short on talent,\u00a0research\u00a0or ideas. Yet living standards are under\u00a0pressure,\u00a0and productivity growth has slowed. 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