Will Page is the former chief economist of Spotify and PRS for Music, where he pioneered Rockonomics. At PRS he published work on Radiohead’s In Rainbows and on saving BBC 6 Music. At Spotify he helped redefine the catalogue and articulated the global value of music copyright. Tarzan Economics: Eigh| Pivotal Economics
First thing’s first: Why do I go into a bat cave every October and calculate this figure? The primary answer is policy. There’s an axiom in lobbying circles that politicians are more likely to respond to bigger numbers than smaller ones. This work gives us that number.| Pivotal Economics