How can economic policies be made more effective in a world where populism rules and ‘evidence-based’ policy is out of favour; where complex global links and digital technology mean no government can control their own nation’s destiny; and where economics itself is under challenge? Economists have been urged to show more humility about the limits of their knowledge. So what do we know and how can that knowledge be translated into effective policies? Speakers: Chair: Sarah Smith, Carol Graham (Brookings Institute) Adam Lent (Ashoka), Paul Ormerod (Volterra), Emily Skarbek (King’s College London)