Inequality has dominated economic and political debate following the publication of Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the…

Immigration was one of the doorstep issues of the election campaign: both the Conservatives and Labour, as well as UKIP,…

Western capitalism is in crisis. For decades investment has been falling, living standards have stagnated or declined, a…

Chair: Jonathan Derbyshire
Torsten Bell (Resolution Foundation) Louise Haagh (University of York)
Anthony Painter (RSA)
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In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, economics seems anything but a science. Dani Rodrik, Professor of Inter…

Should government policy focus on our happiness rather than economic growth and incomes? Some economists think so, argui…

How can economic policies be made more effective in a world where populism rules and ‘evidence-based’ policy is out of f…

Tim Harford explores the benefits of having messiness in our lives: why it’s important, why we resist it and why we shou…

As 2008 fades into history, the global economy still looks frail. Monetary policy is still ‘unconventional’. China keeps…

Innovation is the economic buzzword of the moment but is it all it’s cracked up to be? Productivity is flat-lining every…

Chair: Tom Gash
Nadia Campaniello (University of Essex) Mirko Draca (University of Warwick) David Skarbek (King’s Colleg…

Is the era of social mobility and meritocracy over – assuming it was ever real? With Old Etonians commanding top acting …