There is renewed focus on the role of cities in improving economic performance overall, and also on the importance of local economic activity for jobs and the quality of life in the community. Should the policy debate pay more attention to the local than the national? Is there a mismatch between policy and the UK’s economic geography? Chair: Margaret Heffernan Ciaran Munday, Bristol Pound Charlotte Alldritt, RSA Growth Commission
Andrew Simms, New Economics Foundation Nigel Dodd, The Social Life of Money, LSE