Speaker(s): Professor Danny Dorling | When we think of economic inequality we tend to think of a trend that is ever rising and destined to continue rising; that is far from inevitable. There are many statistics today that point at Britain being

Adam Smith: what he thought, and why it matters [Audio]

Jul 9th, 2018 1h 3m

Speaker(s): Jesse Norman MP | At a time when economics and politics are both increasingly polarized between left and right, this book, Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters, which Jesse Norman will discuss at this event, returns to in

Can Society Once Again Make Finance Servant, Not Master of the Economy? [Audio]

Jun 26th, 2018 1h 24m

Speaker(s): Ann Pettifor | In February 2018, Jeremy Corbyn accused bankers of taking the economy hostage, and said in a speech that Britain's financial sector will be "the servant of industry not the masters of all" if the Labour Party wins the

The Thatcher and Major Governments in Retrospect: reflections on 18 years in power [Audio]

Jun 21st, 2018 1h 23m

Speaker(s): Kenneth Clarke, Professor Tony Travers | This event, in memory of Maurice Fraser, will see former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke in conversation with LSE's Tony Travers and Kevin Featherstone. Kenneth Clarke, MP for Rush

The Middle East after ISIS: what is at stake? [Audio]

Jun 18th, 2018 1h 37m

Speaker(s): Professor Gilles Kepel | ISIS has been defeated militarily, but the fight for the Middle East is just beginning. At this event Gilles Kepel, author of The Rise of Jihad in the West, discusses the future of the region and how it will

Flying the Flag for Openness: why liberalism still matters [Audio]

Jun 12th, 2018 1h 38m

Speaker(s): Sir Nick Clegg | Battered, bruised and blamed for so many of the world's problems, liberal values have found themselves under attack from left and right. But these values have multiple virtues and with many enduring strengths. In hi

Mastering the Multi-Generational Workplace [Audio]

Jun 11th, 2018 1h 25m

Speaker(s): Lorraine Ansell, Saj Jetha, Dr Sunita Malhotra, Nina Mohanty, Professor Sandy Pepper | Organisations are increasingly leveraging diversity to drive success, with generational diversity beginning to take centre stage. How will the ar

Tracking the Rise in Global Economic Inequality: new evidence from the world inequality report 2018 [Audio]

Jun 7th, 2018 1h 34m

Speaker(s): Lucas Chancel, Duncan Green, Rebecca Simson, Paul Segal | The first World Inequality Report (WIR2018), documents a sharp rise in global economic inequality since the 1980s despite strong growth in emerging economies. It also discus

The Challenge to Diversity and Democracy in India Today [Audio]

Jun 5th, 2018 1h 29m

Speaker(s): Yogendra Yadav | What can we learn from the current challenge to the idea of a diverse and democratic India? Does this demand rethinking the idea of India as a “State-Nation”? Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) is a nationally-renowne

Finance, Competition and Innovation-Based Growth [Audio]

Jun 5th, 2018 1h 28m

Speaker(s): Professor Philippe Aghion | This event is the annual Economica Coase lecture. Philippe Aghion is a professor at the College de France and LSE, and a fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Football [Audio]

Jun 4th, 2018 1h 26m

Speaker(s): Professor Simon Critchley, Dr Gerald Moore, Dr Emily Ryall | ‘All that I know most surely about morality and obligations, I owe to football’, observed Albert Camus. And it is football, above all other sports, that so many philosophe

How to Lose a Referendum [Audio]

Jun 4th, 2018 1h 26m

Speaker(s): Jason Farrell, Paul Goldsmith | In their book, How To Lose A Referendum, which they will talk about at this event, Sky News senior political correspondent Jason Farrell and political blogger and economics and politics teacher Paul G

The French Revolution: one year on [Audio]

May 24th, 2018 1h 32m

Speaker(s): Professor Jean Pisani-Ferry, Christine Ockrent | The lecture takes stock of the transformation of French economic policy following the sweeping electoral success of Emmanuel Macron, and appraises its achievements. Jean Pisani-Ferry

Fluctuating Formality: anthropology and the structure of difference [Audio]

May 17th, 2018 1h 4m

Speaker(s): Dr Maxim Bolt | This lecture will reflect on an apparently dated concept: structure. Spanning institutions of state and market, it will focus on formality as a kind of structuring, and a lens for understanding the production of diff

School Autonomy, School Choice and the Quality of Education: evidence from England [Audio]

May 16th, 2018 1h 31m

Speaker(s): Professor Olmo Silva, Amy Finch | Olmo Silva will discuss the conceptual framework and empirical evidence underpinning the idea that autonomy and choice can lead to improvements in education standards in England. Recent reforms in m

School Autonomy, School Choice and the Quality of Education: evidence from England [Slides]

May 16th, 2018

Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: in conversation with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala [Audio]

May 16th, 2018 1h 32m

Speaker(s): Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s new book, Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines, draws on her years as Nigeria’s Finance Minister to provide practical lessons on the difficult, sometimes-dan

Texas, Trump and the Future of America [Audio]

May 15th, 2018 1h 22m

Speaker(s): Lawrence Wright | Come learn about the most controversial state in America and what it tells us about Donald Trump and the future of the US. This event marks the publications of Lawrence's new book, God Save Texas: A Journey into th

Transparency: the most important pillar in a functional democracy [Audio]

May 15th, 2018 56m 26s

Speaker(s): Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez | President Juan Carlos Varela R. (@JC_Varela) studied primary and secondary in Javier College, under the direction of the Company of Jesus Order. He graduated as an Industrial Engineer from the Georgia

Collusion: how central bankers rigged the world [Audio]

May 14th, 2018 1h 2m

Speaker(s): Nomi Prins | In her new book, which she will talk about at this event, former Wall Street insider Nomi Prins shows how the 2007–2008 financial crisis turbo-boosted the influence of central bankers and triggered a massive shift in th

Can Markets Pursue Social Values? [Audio]

May 9th, 2018 1h 22m

Speaker(s): Professor Julia Black, Professor Simon Deakin, Sean Ennis | Theresa May’s claim that free market capitalism constitutes “the greatest agent of collective human progress ever created” raises a complex question: can markets pursue soc

Affirmative Action [Audio]

May 9th, 2018 1h 28m

Speaker(s): Professor Elizabeth Anderson, Omar Khan | Women and minority groups are significantly under-represented in politics and various other walks of life. 'Affirmative action' is one response in tackling this enduring issue. But what is i

From People's Dissent to Royal Assent: Sylvia Pankhurst and the struggle for the vote [Audio]

May 8th, 2018 1h 19m

Speaker(s): Rachel Holmes | On the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, Rachel Holmes remembers and reflects on the roles of revolutionary thinking and militancy in winning votes for women. The complacency of hindsight leads many

The Catalan Crisis: populism and secessionism [Audio]

May 8th, 2018 1h 24m

Speaker(s): Dr Pedro Sanchez | The leader of the opposition in Spain, Pedro Sánchez, will analyse the political, social and economic factors that have led to the growth of populism and secessionism in Catalonia and will propose possible solutio

Edge of Chaos: why democracy is failing to deliver economic growth - and how to fix it [Audio]

May 3rd, 2018 1h 29m

Speaker(s): Dr. Dambisa Moyo | In Dr. Dambisa Moyo's new book, Edge of Chaos, which she will talk about at this event, she offers a radical menu of ten ways to improve democracy: making it better able to address the range of headwinds that the