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SUMMARY:What Are the Economics of Household Labour?
DESCRIPTION:Our panellists discuss how work in the home might best be assessed in terms of its economic value. \nHousehold labour has – notoriously – never been included in how the economy is measured. But lockdowns have made it impossible to ignore how important it is to our lives – and the economy. Will the experience of ‘working from home’ (as if nobody was working at home before) finally change how we think about the fundamental importance of this activity? \nAndrew Eyles (LSE)\, Sonia Oreffice (University of Exeter)\, Mary Ann Sieghart and Sarah Smith (University of Bristol) are in conversation with Diane Coyle.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/what-are-the-economics-of-household-labour/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211119T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211119T143000
DTSTAMP:20260701T133026Z
CREATED:20260701T112919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T133026Z
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SUMMARY:Rory Cellan-Jones
DESCRIPTION:Rory Cellan-Jones\, BBC’s technology correspondent\, weaves the story of the smartphone era with his own personal experience of the good and bad ways technology has touched and affected us all. \nWe live at a time when billions have access to unbelievably powerful technology. The most extraordinary tool that has been invented in the last century\, the smartphone\, is forcing radical changes in the way we live and work – and unlike previous technologies it is in the hands of just about everyone. Coupled with the rise of social media\, this has ushered in a new era of deeply personal technology\, where individuals now have the ability to work\, create and communicate on their own terms\, rather than wait for permission from giant corporations or governments. At least that is the optimistic view. \nCellan-Jones takes a characteristically entertaining ride through this turbulent era and examines the dramatic impact of hyperconnectivity\, the smartphone and social media on everything from our democracy to our employment and our health. He also discusses his personal experience with technology and medicine\, considering how COVID-19 made us look again to computing in our battle to confront the greatest challenge of modern times. \nIn conversation with Andrew Kelly.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/rory-cellan-jones/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211119T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211119T120000
DTSTAMP:20260701T133026Z
CREATED:20260701T112919Z
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UID:1195-1637317800-1637323200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:How Should We Deal With the Debt Hangover?
DESCRIPTION:Our panellists explore how the economy might recover from one of the after-effects of the pandemic – increased debt. \nCompanies have borrowed from the government and the banks\, businesses and households owe rent and mortgage arrears\, and some people will have maxed out their credit cards to get by. How can the debt hangover be resolved\, so those affected – and the economy – can recover and indeed ‘build back better’? \nArun Advani (Warwick)\, Kate Collyer (Financial Conduct Authority) and Gemma Tetlow (Institute for Government) are in discussion with the Independent’s Economics editor Anna Isaac.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/how-should-we-deal-with-the-debt-hangover/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T194500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T211500
DTSTAMP:20260701T133026Z
CREATED:20260701T112918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T133026Z
UID:1194-1637264700-1637270100@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Talking Economics: The Ongoing Toll
DESCRIPTION:Isabel Hardman\, The Spectator\nStuart McIntyre\, University of Strathclyde\nFabien Postel-Vinay\, UCL\nCarol Propper\, Imperial Business School\nDominique Thompson\, Bristol GP
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/talking-economics-the-ongoing-toll/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T193000
DTSTAMP:20260701T133025Z
CREATED:20260701T112918Z
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SUMMARY:What Are the Economics of Reparation?
DESCRIPTION:Our panellists discuss what reparations for the descendants of enslaved people should be\, and the importance and role of reparations in addressing racial injustice. \nIn the USA\, much as been written about a reparations programme but the conversation in the UK has been less prominent. The outrageous revelation that up until 2015 British taxpayers were paying off the debt of compensation to British slave owners\, has seen the question of reparations in the UK resurface. What should a reparations programme in the UK be? How could reparations close the racial wealth gap and address systemic inequities? \nPatricia Daley (University of Oxford)\, Leon Sealey-Huggins (University of Warwick) and Hasit Shah join Tanita Lewis.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/what-are-the-economics-of-reparation/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T161500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T164500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132827Z
CREATED:20260701T112916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132827Z
UID:1192-1637252100-1637253900@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:What Have We Learned From the Pandemic and Global Recession?
DESCRIPTION:Grant Fitzner discusses the economic lessons to be learnt from the extraordinary events of the past two years\, sharing his insights as Chief Economist at the Office for National Statistics. \nSince the start of last year the UK economy has seen the worst pandemic in a century\, the most severe recession in a century\, and has left the European Union after 47 years of membership. As the effects of the pandemic and recession abate it’s time to start reflecting on what we’ve learned. Fitzner led the pandemic response at the Office for National Statistics during the first lockdown. He draws on that experience – along with more recent data and analysis – to argue that recent events could have far-reaching implications for how we measure the UK economy.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/what-have-we-learned-from-the-pandemic-and-global-recession/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T160000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132826Z
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SUMMARY:What Should Economics Be?
DESCRIPTION:Diane Coyle asks how economics needs to change to keep pace with the twenty-first century and the digital economy. \nDigital technology\, big data\, big tech\, machine learning\, and AI are revolutionising both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure\, understand\, and shape. Coyle explores the enormous problems – but also opportunities – facing economics today if it is to respond effectively to these dizzying changes and help policymakers solve the world’s crises\, from pandemic recovery and inequality to slow growth and the climate emergency. \nMainstream economics\, Coyle says\, still assumes people are ‘cogs’ – self-interested\, calculating\, independent agents interacting in defined contexts. But the digital economy is much more characterised by ‘monsters’ – untethered\, snowballing\, and socially influenced unknowns. What is worse\, by treating people as cogs\, economics is creating its own monsters\, leaving itself without the tools to understand the new problems it faces. \nCoyle asks whether economic individualism is still valid in the digital economy\, whether we need to measure growth and progress in new ways\, and whether economics can ever be objective\, since it influences what it analyses. How can economics adapt to the rewiring of society\, including by digital technologies\, and realise its potential to play a positive role in the twenty-first century? \nIn conversation with Romesh Vaitilingam.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/what-should-economics-be/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211118T140000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132826Z
CREATED:20260701T112914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132826Z
UID:1190-1637238600-1637244000@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:What Is the Reality of Brexit?
DESCRIPTION:Swati Dhingra (LSE)\, Karen Jackson(Westminster Business School) and Alejandro Graziano (Nottingham) with The Economist’s Soumaya Keynes. \nOur panellists assess the Brexit report card almost one year in. \nBrexit has now been done – or has it? From empty shelves in supermarkets to small businesses facing additional costs to the loss of EU members of staff from the hospitality industry\, some of the negative consequences of Brexit are still affecting the economy. Similarly\, some of the positive opportunities – from trade deals to the new scope for the state to support businesses – have not yet been realised.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/what-is-the-reality-of-brexit/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211117T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132826Z
CREATED:20260701T112914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132826Z
UID:1189-1637177400-1637182800@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Bank of England Citizens' Panel (2021)
DESCRIPTION:A one-off live event that offers the opportunity to let the Bank of England know how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting you\, your spending and your plans for the future. Chaired by Romesh Vaitilingam\, Economics Observatory editor-in-chief. Photo Credit: Bhagesh Sachania Photography
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/bank-of-england-citizens-panel-2021/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211117T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211117T190000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132825Z
CREATED:20260701T112913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132825Z
UID:1188-1637172000-1637175600@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:How Can We Recognise and Adapt to Disruption?
DESCRIPTION:Will Page\, Spotify’s former chief economist\, shares the lessons he’s learned on how to recognise and adapt to disruption through the application of ‘Tarzan Economics’. \nThe near destruction of the music industry at the hands of online piracy and its subsequent recovery on the backs of digital streaming platforms is more than just the biggest story of disruption and reinvention of the digital age. It is also a trove of insights on how to confront the metamorphosis we are all facing in dealing with the COVID-19 era\, as accelerating tech and economic changes reshape our work\, our play and our very minds. \nPage extrapolates music’s journey into eight guiding principles for pivoting through the ubiquitous disruption in nearly all industries. The notion of ‘Tarzan Economics’ ties these principles together: a framework for recognising and acting on disruption\, by letting go of the old vine and grabbing onto the new. He assesses the new dynamics of the ‘long tail’\, identifies friends and foes in the battle for scarce attention and provides a practical tool for discovering the right role for each of us to succeed in this new modern world. \nAs we emerge from the unprecedented disruption of a global pandemic\, ‘Tarzan Economics’ shows all of us – individuals\, organisations and institutions – that if the vine we are holding onto is withering\, we can have confidence to reach out for a new one. \nIn conversation with Alieda Moore
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/how-can-we-recognise-and-adapt-to-disruption/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211117T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211117T173000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132626Z
CREATED:20260701T112901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132626Z
UID:1187-1637164800-1637170200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ask an Economist
DESCRIPTION:Dawn Holland\, Stewart Lansley\, Helen Simpson and Richard Davies. Our panel discusses economics stories in the news and takes audience questions\, big and small.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/ask-an-economist/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201018T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201018T173000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132626Z
CREATED:20260701T112900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132626Z
UID:1186-1603038600-1603042200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Discover Economics: Generation-COVID
DESCRIPTION:Panellists: Ellen Greaves\, Rupal Patel\, Peter Spittal and Richard Davies.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/discover-economics-generation-covid/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201018T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201018T123000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132626Z
CREATED:20260701T112859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132626Z
UID:1185-1603020600-1603024200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:John Kay and Mervyn King\, Radical Uncertainty
DESCRIPTION:Uncertainty pervades the big decisions we all make in our lives. How much should we pay into our pensions each month? Should we take regular exercise? Expand the business? Change our strategy? Enter a trade agreement? Take an expensive holiday? \nWe do not know what the future will hold but we must make decisions anyway. We crave certainties which cannot exist and invent knowledge we cannot have. But humans are successful because they have adapted to an environment that they understand only imperfectly. Throughout history we have developed a variety of ways of coping with the radical uncertainty that defines our lives. \nJohn Kay and Mervyn King draw on history\, mathematics\, economics and philosophy to highlight the most successful – and most short-sighted – methods of dealing with an unknowable future. They offer both an exploration of the limits of numbers and a celebration of human instinct and wisdom. \nIn conversation with Lizzy Burden (Telegraph).
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/john-kay-and-mervyn-king-radical-uncertainty/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201018T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201018T110000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132625Z
CREATED:20260701T112859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132625Z
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SUMMARY:Responding\, Recovering and Rebuilding from Covid in Bristol and the West of England
DESCRIPTION:At the start of 2020\, Bristol and the West of England was often described as a diverse\, thriving and dynamic city region with a young\, growing population and internationally recognised strengths in innovative and high value industries\, including advanced engineering\, the low carbon sector\, professional and financial services\, and the digital and creative industries. However\, the region was being constrained by historic deficiencies in public transport capacity\, a housing crisis that risked shutting out many of our essential workers\, and pernicious inequalities that left 15% of Bristol residents living in some of the most deprived areas in England. Our air quality was poor for many years\, three out of the four worst performing areas in the country for young people going on to higher education were in South Bristol alone\, and Bristol’s Black and Minority Ethnic communities faced among the country’s worst inequalities at work and in education. \nThe emergence of the pandemic has had a profound impact on the city region. Although a recent Avison Young study suggested Bristol is in a more resilient position than many other UK cities\, the region has still seen large scale closure of retail\, cultural and hospitality sectors\, major reductions in economic output and\, as of the end of July 2020\, 30% of eligible employees furloughed. With several national support schemes ending in the autumn\, we are braced for a rapid rise in unemployment that will hit our disadvantaged communities hardest. \nRichard Bonner and Zara Nanu talk about the collaboration and partnership that has enabled a city region wide response and how this work will meet the immediate challenges over the winter as the outbreak grows as well as rebuilding a green and inclusive city region.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/responding-recovering-and-rebuilding-from-covid-in-bristol-and-the-west-of-england/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T204500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T213000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132625Z
CREATED:20260701T112858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132625Z
UID:1183-1602967500-1602970200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Break the Spell of Financialisation
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to take part in a ritual to break the spell of financialisation on transaction data. \nMost transactions used to take place in cash\, and only you and the person you bought from had that information. Nowadays\, most transactions are digital and banks are keeping records of everything we buy and monetizing that data by selling it to third parties. \nInspired by the work of Brussels-based collective Desorceler la Finance (Unbewitch Finance)\, this participatory performance employs visualisation\, spell-writing and charms\, in an attempt to protect our data. \nLara Luna Bartley is an artist and PhD candidate at the University of the West of England’s Digital Culture Research Centre (DCRC)\, focused on engaging audiences in debate about the monetary\, banking and financial system through participatory art.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/break-the-spell-of-financialisation/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T203000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132426Z
CREATED:20260701T112857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132426Z
UID:1182-1602963000-1602966600@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Levelling Up the Left Behind\, Myth or Possibility?
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, successive governments have avoided explicit industrial goals\, wary of Britain’s poor performance in the 1970s. But growing concern about productivity and regional inequality means that industrial policy is back and has a distinctly local flavour. What should a government committed to ‘levelling up’ do to revive flagging regions? How should local decisions be made and funded? What does this mean for cities like Bristol\, facing trade-offs between reviving their economies versus the risk of a new local lockdown? \nThe panel includes Torsten Bell (Resolution Foundation); Raquel Ortega-Argilés (City- REDI Institute\, University of Birmingham) and Marianne Sensier (Alliance Manchester Business School) with chair Andy Bounds (FT).
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/levelling-up-the-left-behind-myth-or-possibility/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T184500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132426Z
CREATED:20260701T112856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132426Z
UID:1181-1602957600-1602960300@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ha-Joon Chang\, What Next After Globalisation?
DESCRIPTION:Globalisation is being questioned like never before in 2020 – trade and the security of supply chains have become a front-line concern for every family. Leading economist Ha-Joon Chang will look at the big shifts ahead in the global economy\, casting a sceptical eye on conventional wisdom. Is trade an insurance mechanism\, connecting us with others\, or is it a risk in a world threatened by pandemics? Is globalisation unravelling? Is the world’s centre of economic gravity moving to Asia as the US declines and China exerts its influence? What are the post-pandemic prospects for the poorest countries in the world?
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/ha-joon-chang-what-next-after-globalisation/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T174500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132426Z
CREATED:20260701T112856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132426Z
UID:1180-1602954000-1602956700@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Linda Scott\, The Double X Economy: The Epic Potential of Empowering Women
DESCRIPTION:Modern slavery is 71% female. Eighty per cent of the earth’s farmable surface is owned by men. UK women lose £140 billion a year in wages to the gender pay gap – the equivalent of £10\,000 each. \nAllowing women farmers the same resources as men would reduce the number of chronically hungry by up to 150 million. Giving female entrepreneurs in Britain equal access to capital would add £250 billion to the economy. The global economy’s wealth would be £160 trillion higher if the gender pay gap were closed. \nLinda Scott explores both the shocking gender inequalities built into the global economy\, and the collective power of women that could be harnessed to turn these around and combat humankind’s most pressing problems. She shows that promoting women’s economic empowerment will dramatically boost social\, financial and environmental conditions for everybody around the world.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/linda-scott-the-double-x-economy-the-epic-potential-of-empowering-women/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T163000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132425Z
CREATED:20260701T112855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132425Z
UID:1179-1602948600-1602952200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ground Zero - How to Revive the Arts World when Crowds Are Banned
DESCRIPTION:Outside the NHS and social care sectors\, the arts have been ground zero for COVID-19\, part of the economy in which groups\, mingling and interaction are vital. From orchestras and theatres to festivals and nightclubs\, this sector involves performers and the crowds watching them. In a world where crowds are banned\, how can the arts be revived? Will the era of packed performances ever return? If not\, what are the implications for the funding of the arts? \nThe panel includes Giorgio Fazio (Newcastle University)\, Liz Harkman (Bristol Festivals Network)\, Ruth Towse (Bournemouth University)\, Penny Warner (Team Love) and Andrew Kelly (Bristol Cultural Development Partnership).
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/ground-zero-how-to-revive-the-arts-world-when-crowds-are-banned/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T151500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132425Z
CREATED:20260701T112855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132425Z
UID:1178-1602944100-1602947700@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Talking Politics - Live
DESCRIPTION:Coronavirus! Climate! Brexit! Trump! Politics has never been more unpredictable\, more alarming or more interesting. Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of it all. Every week David Runciman and Helen Thompson talk to the most interesting people around about the ideas and events that shape our world: from history to economics\, from philosophy to fiction. What does the future hold? Can democracy survive? How crazy will it get? It’s the political conversation everyone is having – please join us .
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/talking-politics-live/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T140000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132322Z
CREATED:20260701T112842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132322Z
UID:1177-1602939600-1602943200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Shriti Vadera in conversation with Diane Coyle
DESCRIPTION:It has been a turbulent year\, and 2021 promises just as much economic uncertainty. \nEconomics Festival Co-Director Diane Coyle will be in conversation with Baroness Shriti Vadera\, discussing how to navigate the economic and political currents. Chair designate of Prudential plc and about to complete her term as Chair of Santander UK\, Baroness Vadera was a minister in Gordon Brown’s government during the financial crisis. \nThe conversation will range over how we went from the ‘End of History’ in 1989 to two major economic downturns in little over a decade and predictions of the demise of capitalism.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/shriti-vadera-in-conversation-with-diane-coyle/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T114500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T123000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132322Z
CREATED:20260701T112841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132322Z
UID:1176-1602935100-1602937800@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ask an Economist\, Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:The economic impacts of the coronavirus as still being felt and they are still being understood. This event gives you the opportunity to put your questions to government economists who are working on understanding and interpreting the effects of the pandemic on economic life in the UK. Whether you’re interested in the labour market\, international trade\, the effects on businesses or the after-effects of a shift to working from home\, put your questions to those working with the data. \nHosted by Mark Chandler\, Deputy Head of Policy at the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales and Grant Fitzner (pictured)\, Chief economist and Director\, macroeconomic Statistics and Analysis at the Office for National Statistics.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/ask-an-economist-covid-19/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T104500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T113000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132321Z
CREATED:20260701T112840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132321Z
UID:1175-1602931500-1602934200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Extreme Economies - from Despair to Hope\, Richard Davies with Anne Case
DESCRIPTION:What does survival in the world’s most extreme economies – from refugee camps\, to disaster zones to failed post-industrial cities – teach us about the Covid-19 pandemic? Festival co-director Richard Davies will be in conversation with Professor Anne Case\, discussing the world’s toughest economies\, and asking how human resilience and frailty plays out\, and what lessons we should take for our own future. Professor Case is based at Princeton and her recent book\, Deaths of Despair\, has been shortlisted for the 2020 FT/McKinsey business book of the year. Richard’s book\, Extreme Economies\, won the 2020 Lonely Planet/Stanford’s travel writing prize.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/extreme-economies-from-despair-to-hope-richard-davies-with-anne-case/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T201500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132321Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132321Z
UID:1174-1602876600-1602879300@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Tim Harford
DESCRIPTION:When was the last time you read a grand statement\, accompanied by a large number\, and wondered whether it could really be true? Statistics are vital in helping us tell stories – we see them in the papers\, on social media\, and we hear them used in everyday conversation – and yet we doubt them more than ever. But numbers – in the right hands – have the power to change the world for the better. If we are willing to let them\, good statistics help us see things about the world around us and about ourselves – both large and small – that we would not be able to see in any other way. \nTim Harford takes us deep into the world of disinformation and obfuscation\, bad research and misplaced motivation to find those priceless jewels of data and analysis that make communicating with numbers worthwhile. He reveals how we can evaluate the claims that surround us with confidence\, curiosity and a healthy level of scepticism. And he shows us that if we think carefully about the way numbers are sourced and presented\, we can look around us and see with crystal clarity how the world adds up.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/tim-harford/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T191500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132321Z
CREATED:20260701T112839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132321Z
UID:1173-1602872100-1602875700@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Is Big Government Back?
DESCRIPTION:Lockdown showed that the government can massively intervene in the economy\, and it will continue to have to provide large-scale fiscal support for months or even years to come. Does this mark a decisive turning point in the role of the state in the economy? And if so\, what will government intervention of the future look like? And what are the implications of this for the economy and society. Our panel includes Suresh Naidu (Colombia University)\, (Nick Pearce (Institute for Policy Research\, University of Bath) and Kim Scharf (University of Birmingham). \nIn our ninth Festival of Economics\, co-programmed by Diane Coyle and Richard Davies\, economists and experts from around the world debate with each other – and their audiences – some of the key economic questions of our time.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/is-big-government-back/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T174500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132126Z
CREATED:20260701T112838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132126Z
UID:1172-1602867600-1602870300@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Lionel Barber
DESCRIPTION:Lionel Barber was the Editor of the Financial Times from 2005 until January 2020 and is widely credited with transforming the FT from a newspaper publisher into a multi-channel global news organisation. He spent more than a decade with the giants of business\, finance and politics\, often privy to their innermost thoughts in moments of crisis. During this time\, Barber was witness to the events which shaped the first part of the 21st century: the rise of China\, Brexit\, the tech boom and the crisis of western liberal democracy. His diaries – The Powerful and the Damned – offer unflinching portraits of this time\, and of the leading characters in this drama from Trump\, Cameron\, Blair\, Obama\, Putin\, Merkel\, Draghi and May\, to Prince Andrew\, Mohammed Bin Salman and Dominic Cummings. His work is essential reading for anyone interested in politics\, the economy\, business\, pop culture\, high society and what the powerful\, and occasionally dammed\, really think.\nLionel Barber was the Editor of the Financial Times from 2005 until January 2020 and is widely credited with transforming the FT from a newspaper publisher into a multi-channel global news organisation. He spent more than a decade with the giants of business\, finance and politics\, often privy to their innermost thoughts in moments of crisis. During this time\, Barber was witness to the events which shaped the first part of the 21st century: the rise of China\, Brexit\, the tech boom and the crisis of western liberal democracy. His diaries – The Powerful and the Damned – offer unflinching portraits of this time\, and of the leading characters in this drama from Trump\, Cameron\, Blair\, Obama\, Putin\, Merkel\, Draghi and May\, to Prince Andrew\, Mohammed Bin Salman and Dominic Cummings. His work is essential reading for anyone interested in politics\, the economy\, business\, pop culture\, high society and what the powerful\, and occasionally dammed\, really think.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/lionel-barber/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T164500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T173000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132126Z
CREATED:20260701T112838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132126Z
UID:1171-1602866700-1602869400@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Decolonising Economics\, What does it mean and how is it done?
DESCRIPTION:In recent times\, economics has been seriously challenged about its Eurocentric nature and colonial roots. In this event\, the panellists question the extent to which the project of economic development had its basis in colonial power structures. It considers the current technical aspects of this project; the dichotomy contrast between the public and private spheres in development policy-making and how this has varied across time and region; and finally\, the political economy of the contemporary development agenda\, with a specific focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). \nThe panel includes Fadekemi Abiru (economist and writer)\, Surbhi Kesar (Azim Premji University – India)\, (Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven (University of York) and Farwa Sial (University of Manchester).
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/decolonising-economics-what-does-it-mean-and-how-is-it-done/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T163000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132126Z
CREATED:20260701T112837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132126Z
UID:1170-1602862200-1602865800@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Why Diversifying and Decolonising Economics Matters to Everyone
DESCRIPTION:The lack of diversity in terms of gender and race in economics has received increased attention in recent years\, but events following the death of African American George Floyd have caused economists to further reflect and rethink how they study long-simmering\, systemic racial inequities. Economics is now having its #BlackLivesMatter moment as the discipline has been challenged about its Eurocentric nature. As well as considering the benefits of increasing racial and ethnic diversity for the economics profession\, economists are also asking how economic theories explain today’s racial economic inequalities – and the extent to which colonialism is to blame? How does economics understand the links between racial inequalities and systemic racism? \nThe panel includes Keston Perry (UWE Bristol)\, Imran Rasul (University College London)\, Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe (WISER) and chaired by Romesh Vaitilingam. \nIn our ninth Festival of Economics\, co-programmed by Diane Coyle and Richard Davies\, economists and experts from around the world debate with each other – and their audiences – some of the key economic questions of our time.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/why-diversifying-and-decolonising-economics-matters-to-everyone/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T151500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132125Z
CREATED:20260701T112836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132125Z
UID:1169-1602857700-1602861300@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Building Bristol Back Better\, Principles in Practice
DESCRIPTION:How can the local economy be tilted towards a more sustainable\, fairer and inclusive model? \nThe local and regional economy post-Covid-19 faces a number of new challenges – growing inequality; the death of the high street; resources draining away from the region (an estimated £100m leaves Bristol every year in transaction charges alone); the inequity of an increasingly cashless society for the unbanked\, and more. \nLiving in a wealthy region of one of the world’s strongest economies\, are we right to focus on the immediate issues for our city? Or should we be more globally focussed\, looking to support economies in less prosperous places? \nUsing local initiatives Bristol Pound and City Funds as a starting point\, Diana Finch (MD Bristol Pound)\, Charles Larkin (Director of Research at the Institute for Policy Research\, University of Bath)\, Zara Nanu (Gapsquare)\, Ed Rowberry (CEO of Bristol and Bath Regional Capital) and Martin Parker (University of Bristol) explore ways of addressing these challenges\, which build on the strong responsible finance and investment sector already in the region. Can we deliver leading\, scalable projects which show the way forward for other city regions – or are these concepts too small scale or niche to change economic and social behaviours to create a more equal society?
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/building-bristol-back-better-principles-in-practice/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T140000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132125Z
CREATED:20260701T112836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132125Z
UID:1168-1602853200-1602856800@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Brexit\, Farming and the Food Supply Chain
DESCRIPTION:When lockdown began in March\, it wasn’t just toilet paper that we couldn’t buy. Essential day to day foods\, from flour to tea bags to pasta\, evaporated from supermarket shelves too. Brexit – even with a trade deal – may lead to even bigger disruptions to food supplies\, as about two fifths of our food is imported. How secure is our food supply in Britain? Will UK farmers be able to fill the gaps\, or should we be stockpiling now? Will we be eating chlorinated chicken in 2021? Are Covid and Brexit an opportunity to rethink British farming and the provenance of the food we eat? Kamala Dawar (University of Sussex) and Dieter Helm (University of Oxford) discuss with broadcaster Charlotte Smith (Farming Today). \nIn our ninth Festival of Economics\, co-programmed by Diane Coyle and Richard Davies\, economists and experts from around the world debate with each other – and their audiences – some of the key economic questions of our time.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/brexit-farming-and-the-food-supply-chain/
LOCATION:Online
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