<p><strong>East is east and west is west: what can we learn from different data approaches to Covid-19?</strong></p> <p><strong>Interview with Rainer Kattel, University College London. Professor of Innovation and Public Governance at Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>From the 'free-tech' approach of Silicon Valley to strong state control in China, what have the very different approaches to data and Covid-19 taught us? And should the west be more open-minded to the response from the far east, which led to far lower death rates?</strong></p> <p><strong>Read the accompanying article at :&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://ddi.ac.uk/interviews/climbing-the-learning-curve/"><strong>https://ddi.ac.uk/interviews/climbing-the-learning-curve/&nbsp;</strong></a></p> <p><strong>#DDIdiscussions&nbsp;</strong></p>