Losing an intangible asset axios.com/2025/09/04/tru…

Import surge drives up trade deficit, led by importation of nonmonetary gold—a one-time event. Real concern is the stagnation of intangibles surplus especially the decline of the surplus in business services intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/tra…

In a stunning reversal of the longtime trend, employment in intangible-producing industries declined in August. The decline contributed to the overall weakness in the labor market as payrolls grew by only 22,000. intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/int…

Notable Intangibles Quote of the Day – Sept 1 “Today, our legal system’s highly developed protections of the sanctity of contracts is a uniquely American asset.” Roger Lowenstein, “How—and Why—U.S. Capitalism Is Unlike Any Other”, WSJ, 9-1-25 Is that asset being undermined?

Here is a succinct explanation of the difficultly in measuring intangibles, in this specific case in international trade intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/how…

AI may be the latest example of the well-known fact that adoption of a new technology requires organizational change. Given that organizational capacity is a key intangible asset, future prosperity may depend on how companies handle this transition. intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/ai-…

Markets need government economic data We all know that economic data moves markets. There is a reason for that reaction. Government data conveys important information needed for financial markets to operate. intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/mar…

Magic beans? intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/mag…

David Teece on dynamic capabilities are more than technology intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/dav…

How AI is undermining key concepts behind productivity of learning-by-doing and specialization intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/how…

Intangibles provided much of the employment growth in Sept driven by Ed & Health sector; Prof & Business services continue to be a drag on labor market. Accommodation & Food Services led tangibles. intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/int…

Highlighting three items from new WIPO report on intangibles: intangibles investment is larger than tangible investment and is more resilient; organizational capital is the largest form of intangibles; intangible investment is clearly tied to economic prosperity (charts in blog)

For all the hype, productivity benefits from AI may be slow in coming. As history has shown, deployment of a new technology requires a set of concomitant developments which take time. barrons.com/articles/produ… via @BarronsOnline

Plumber comes to fix a pipe, bangs in it & hands the client a $300 bill. Client responses that fix only took 5 minutes. Plumber hands client a new bill: $20 for banging on the pipe, $280 for knowing where to bang. Experts sell knowledge, not labor. wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-goo…

Good bye to billable hours, hello to organizational changes intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/goo…

Great discussion with Diane Coyle on intangibles, data, and the problem measuring value-added (among other things). techpolicyinstitute.org/publications/e…

Workforce is widely recognized as a crucial intangible asset, going beyond skills and knowledge to include employee attitudes. But, as Peter Cappelli points out, even small slights run the risk of turning this asset into a liability. knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/when-e…

Trade deficit in September intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/tra…

Some surprises in the delayed employment numbers: government payrolls drop dramatically; business & prof services halt slide; education & health jobs keep growing intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/som…

AI and Job Insecurity: how to reconcile increased job insecurity with a potential AI driven hiring boom some are predicting? The answer can be found in the gap between current worker skills and future ones. intangibleeconomy.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/ai-…