To open this year’s festival, Robert Chote is in conversation with Richard Davies, professor of Public Understanding of …

The Bank of England has been at the heart of the official response to the impact of Covid-19 on the UK economy. Malindi …

When lockdown began in March, it wasn’t just toilet paper that we couldn’t buy. Essential day to day foods, from flour t…

How can the local economy be tilted towards a more sustainable, fairer and inclusive model?

The local and regional econ…

The lack of diversity in terms of gender and race in economics has received increased attention in recent years, but eve…

In recent times, economics has been seriously challenged about its Eurocentric nature and colonial roots. In this event,…

Lionel Barber was the Editor of the Financial Times from 2005 until January 2020 and is widely credited with transformin…

Lockdown showed that the government can massively intervene in the economy, and it will continue to have to provide larg…

When was the last time you read a grand statement, accompanied by a large number, and wondered whether it could really b…

What does survival in the world’s most extreme economies – from refugee camps, to disaster zones to failed post-industri…

The economic impacts of the coronavirus as still being felt and they are still being understood. This event gives you th…

It has been a turbulent year, and 2021 promises just as much economic uncertainty.

Economics Festival Co-Director Diane…