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SUMMARY:Reforming Public Services
DESCRIPTION:There is greater pressure than ever for public services to become more efficient as budgets are cut\, and more responsive to the increasing and changing demands people are making on them. However\, the reform of public services is politically controversial territory. What is the evidence as to how to go about these reforms? Do other countries offer useful lessons? Will an ageing population inevitably lead to big changes in what the public sector can provide? Speakers: Chair: Heather Stewart\, Observer\nDavid Hughes\, Swansea University\nJohn Van Reenen\, Professor in the Department of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance\, LSE\nSarah Smith\, Professor of Economics\, University of Bristol\nDavid Walker\, Guardian and ESRC
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/reforming-public-services/
LOCATION:At-Bristol
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SUMMARY:The New World Economy
DESCRIPTION:The idea that the world’s centre of economic gravity is moving to the BRIC nations – Brazil\, China\, India and Russia – and other economies formerly known as ‘developing’ has become familiar. But what are the implications for the West of this historic shift in economic power\, towards the countries with the majority of the world’s population and resources? Equally\, what are the challenges and opportunities ahead for the fast-growing economies of Asia and Africa? Speakers: Chair: Daniel Franklin\, Economist\nRazia Khan\, Regional Head of Economics\,\nAfrica\, Standard Chartered Bank\nStephen King\, Group Chief Economist\, HSBC\nDanny Quah\, Professor of Economics and Kuwait Professor of Economics and International Development\, LSE\nMartin Ruhs\, Lecturer in Political Economy\, University of Oxford
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/the-new-world-economy/
LOCATION:At-Bristol
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SUMMARY:Pop-up Economics
DESCRIPTION:Tim Harford is senior columnist for the Financial Times\, author of many books\, the latest being The Undercover Economist Strikes Back\, and presenter of Radio 4 Pop Up Ideas and More or Less. Often regarded as the best popular economics writer in the world\, he presents here short stories about people and ideas in economics explaining clearly\, simply and humorously the way in which the economics profession as a whole usually looks at the workings of the world.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/pop-up-economics/
LOCATION:At-Bristol
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20131122T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20131122T140000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131223Z
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SUMMARY:The World Economy After the Crash
DESCRIPTION:What is the state of the world economy five years after the crash? Daniel Franklin\, editor\nof the annual Economist publication The World in 2014 and Megachange: The World in 2050 discusses economic crisis and recovery with Faisal Islam\, economics editor\, Channel 4 News and author of The Default Line: The Inside Story of People\, Banks and Entire Nations on the Edge.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/the-world-economy-after-the-crash/
LOCATION:At-Bristol
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20131121T194500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20131121T211500
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SUMMARY:The State of Economic Recovery in the uK
DESCRIPTION:Over the past six months ‘recession’ has given way to ‘recovery’. With many economic figures showing signs of improvement\, and house prices rising\, there’s been an increase in confidence in business and among people generally about the prospects for the British economy. How well-founded is this? Is it built on a housing bubble? And if we are in recovery\, is this something that is shared widely or confined to the well-off\, and to London and the South East? Chair: Jeremy Warner\, Assistant Editor\, Daily Telegraph\, Will Hutton\, Observer columnist\, writer on economy and society\, Andrew Sentance\, Senior Economic Adviser to PwC\, Simon Wren-Lewis\, Professor of Economics\, University of Oxford
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/the-state-of-economic-recovery-in-the-uk/
LOCATION:At-Bristol
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20131121T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20131121T191500
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SUMMARY:Intergenerational Economics and the ‘Jilted Generation’
DESCRIPTION:Some say the baby boomers have bankrupted the youth of Britain. That ever-spiralling house prices put home ownership only in the hands of the well-off with access to the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’. And that young people\, rising costs\, high rents and repayment of student loans mean they are not able to save for pensions and may not be able to contribute to the welfare state. Do we really have a ‘jilted generation’ or have all generations faced their distinctive problems? Chair: Lynsey Hanley\, writer and commentator Bonnie Greer\, writer\nOwen Jones\, author of Chavs and commentator Shiv Malik\, journalist and co-author of Jilted Generation: How Britain has Bankrupted its Youth\, Katharine Whitehorn\, Observer
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/intergenerational-economics-and-the-jilted-generation/
LOCATION:At-Bristol
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SUMMARY:The State of the City – Bristol 2013: the mayor’s Annual Address and Debate
DESCRIPTION:The first of an annual series in which Bristol City Mayor George Ferguson looks back on an historic first year in office for the only independent elected mayor of an English\ncore city. He will comment on the state of Bristol’s economy and prospects for the future. The mayor will present a picture of Bristol\, describing a city where vibrant places and passionate people contribute to a resilient local economy that is about so much more than purely fiscal matters. Reflecting on the many and varied conversations the mayor has had with people right across the city over the past 12 months\, he will launch his vision for Bristol\, ‘The best city in England’.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/the-state-of-the-city-bristol-2013-the-mayors-annual-address-and-debate/
LOCATION:The Great Hall\, Wills Memorial Building\, University of Bristol
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SUMMARY:Economics in Crisis
DESCRIPTION:This session turns the spotlight on the subject of economics itself. Economists will try to debate honestly the weaknesses as well as the strengths of the subject\, and respond to some of the challenges from critics. What is the status of economic knowledge\, and how much does the subject need to change because of the crisis? \nChair: Richard Marshall\, 3am\nAditya Chakrabortty\, economics leader writer at the Guardian\nDiane Coyle\, Enlightenment Economics\, author of The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters.\nPaul Ormerod\, Volterra Partners\, author of Positive Linking: How Networks and Incentives Can Revolutionise the World and Why Most Things Fail\nCarol Propper\, Professor\, Economics of Public Policy\, University of Bristol
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/economics-in-crisis/
LOCATION:At-Bristol
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121124T150000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131219Z
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SUMMARY:What Next for Britain's Economy?
DESCRIPTION:There is a fierce debate between advocates of a government stimulus for the economy and those who say the longer-term cost of more stimulus is too high\, and this economic debate maps onto party politics too. And what about the underlying strength or weakness of the UK economy? Is British industry ready to take advantage of a return to growth? Is there any prospect of this while the Euro crisis continues? \nChair: Heather Stewart\, Economics Editor\, Observer\nPeter Marsh\, Financial Times’ manufacturing editor\, author\, The New Industrial Revolution: Consumers\, Globalization and the End of Mass Production.\nJonathan Portes\, Director\, National Institute of Economic and Social Research\nVicky Pryce\, Senior Managing Director\, FTI Consulting Inc.; Formerly Joint Head\, UK Government Economic Service\, 2007-2010\nAndrew Sentance\, member\, Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee October 2006 – May 2011; now senior economics adviser Pricewaterhouse Coopers
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/what-next-for-britains-economy/
LOCATION:At-Bristol
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121124T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121124T130000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131219Z
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SUMMARY:People\, Places and Poverty (with Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
DESCRIPTION:The panel will discuss how an individual person’s characteristics (skills\, experience\, family background) and their social context combine to shape their economic opportunities. Is poverty best addressed by policies for people or policies for places? Why do ‘poverty traps’ have postcodes? And in the context of an economic downturn\, is there any hope for progress on reducing poverty? \nChair: Julia Unwin\, Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust.\nGeoff Andrews\, senior lecturer in politics\, Open University and author of The Slow Food Story: Politics and Pleasure\nPaul Gregg\, Professor of Economic and Social Policy\, and Director of the Centre for Analysis and Social Policy at Bath.\nLynsey Hanley\, writer\, author of Estates: An Intimate History\nPaul Johnson\, Director\, Institute of Fiscal Studies.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/people-places-and-poverty-with-joseph-rowntree-foundation/
LOCATION:At-Bristol
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121123T180000
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SUMMARY:The Future of Capitalism
DESCRIPTION:The panel will debate the nature of the economic system itself. Does the crisis reveal fundamental flaws in capitalist economies? Or is this just the end of the road for the ‘neo-liberal’ project that has been implemented in government policies on both sides of the Atlantic since the 1980s? How do politics and economics entwine to shape the nature of the economy? \nChair: David Smith\, Economics Editor\, Sunday Times\nLarry Elliott\, Economics Editor\, Guardian; author of Going South: Why Britain Will Have a Third World Economy by 2014.\nJohn Kay\, founding Director of the Said Business School\, Oxford University; writer\, most recently Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly\nRachel Lomax\, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England 2003-2008\nDaniel Stedman Jones\, barrister\, author of Masters of the Universe: Hayek\, Friedman\, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/the-future-of-capitalism/
LOCATION:At-Bristol
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