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• Sun 15 Oct 17 · Why It’s Time for Doughnut Economics (Conway Hall, London)

• Wed 5 Jul 17 · Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 28 May 15 · The State Monopoly & Capitalism (Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School, London)

• Thu 21 May 15 · Monopoly & Imperialism (Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School, London)

• Thu 23 Oct 14 · The Real Story Behind the Invisible Hand (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Wed 15 Oct 14 · The Summit: the biggest battle of the Second World War – fought behind closed doors (Sheikh Zayed Theatre (New Academic Building, LSE), London)

• Thu 13 Mar 14 · Tragedy of the European Union: Disintegration or Revival?: how Europe must now choose between econom (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Thu 12 Dec 13 · Is Europe Working? (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Tue 29 Oct 13 · Work as a Value (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 16 Oct 13 · Grassroots Innovation and the Spread of Flourishing (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 8 Oct 13 · Why Growth Theory Requires a Theory of the State Beyond Market Failures (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Sun 22 Sep 13 · The Economics of Killing (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 24 Jun 13 · Against the Consensus: Reflections on the Great Recession (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Wed 29 May 13 · The Amartya Sen Lecture at LSE (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 21 Feb 13 · Creativity and Recovery from Recession (New Theatre, East Building, London)

• Wed 23 Jan 13 · Eurozone Deadlock – Finding a Path Out of the Crisis (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Wed 16 Jan 13 · Masters of the Universe: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics (Old Theatre, London)

• Fri 29 Jun 12 · The Price of Inequality (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Fri 1 Jun 12 · In Conversation with Daniel Kahneman (Peacock Theatre, London)

• Tue 29 May 12 · Kiss of the Dragon? China's Geoeconomic Strategy in a Changing Global Order (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Wed 25 Apr 12 · Decent Capitalism: what protestors should protest for (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, London)

• Tue 28 Feb 12 · Comparing Real Wages: the McWage Index (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, London)

• Thu 23 Feb 12 · Climate Change and the New Industrial Revolution (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Wed 22 Feb 12 · Climate Change and the New Industrial Revolution (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Wed 15 Feb 12 · Maonomics: Why Chinese Communists Make Better Capitalists Than We Do (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Mon 13 Feb 12 · How the clash between John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek continues to define the difference be (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, London)

• Thu 9 Feb 12 · OECD Labour Markets in the Great Recession (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Wed 11 Jan 12 · About time – Examining the case for a shorter working week (London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 8 Dec 11 · China Model 2 (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Tue 6 Dec 11 · A New Synthesis of Public Administration: serving in the 21st century (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Mon 28 Nov 11 · Herd Behaviour and Keeping up with the Joneses (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 15 Nov 11 · Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman in conversation with Richard Layard (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 10 Nov 11 · Central Europe – the Engine for Growth (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Thu 10 Nov 11 · The Darwin Economy: liberty, competition, and the common good (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 10 Nov 11 · The Darwin Economy: liberty, competition, and the common good (London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 3 Nov 11 · Resisting Control: Dissent, Protest and Organised Beligerence (Bishopsgate Institute, London)

• Tue 27 Sep 11 · How Much Money do we Need to Lead a Good Life? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Wed 27 Jul 11 · Monetary policy and banking fragility (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Tue 26 Jul 11 · Keynes v Hayek (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 29 Jun 11 · A lecture by Felipe Larraín Bascuñán, Minister of Finance of the Government of Chile (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, London)

• Sun 5 Jun 11 · The Flaw (Wolfson Theatre, London)

• Tue 24 May 11 · An Economist Tries to Grapple with Catastrophic Climate Change (New Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 16 May 11 · Can China's Political System Sustain its Peaceful Rise? (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Wed 30 Mar 11 · The Economic Outlook and Financial Industry Challenges (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 24 Mar 11 · A Vision of the Next Economy: from macro to metro (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Tue 22 Mar 11 · Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Mon 21 Mar 11 · LSE Director's Dialogue (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 17 Mar 11 · The Globalisation Paradox – Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can't Coexist (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 15 Mar 11 · Changes in Labour Market Inequality (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 14 Mar 11 · New Zealand and the Global Economy (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Thu 3 Mar 11 · Britain: a country divided? (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 24 Feb 11 · The Lure of Authority: Motivation and Incentive Effects of Power (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 23 Feb 11 · Private Equity Insider: A candid chat with Tony James (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 17 Feb 11 · Where is Future Growth Going to Come From? (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Wed 16 Feb 11 · Ann Pettifor (Hugh Aston Building, Leicester)

• Tue 15 Feb 11 · The Nobel Lecture: Equilibrium in the Labour Market with Search Frictions (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 10 Feb 11 · LSE Director's Dialogue (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Wed 9 Feb 11 · Uprising: will emerging markets shape or shake the world economy (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 8 Feb 11 · Absolute beginners: behavioural economics and human happiness (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 1 Feb 11 · The City of London and its Tax Haven Empire (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Mon 31 Jan 11 · Phase Three of the Global Crisis (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 27 Jan 11 · The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 25 Jan 11 · The Future of Global Economic Governance (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 24 Jan 11 · China's Stimulus: path to sustainable growth or bubble machine? (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 20 Jan 11 · How did London Get Away With it? The Recession and the North-South Divide (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Mon 17 Jan 11 · The Tensions of International Power: Restructuring in a Shifting Global Economy (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 7 Dec 10 · Economic Sciences as Mostly a Procrustean Bed (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Thu 25 Nov 10 · Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk among Us (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Mon 22 Nov 10 · How to Avoid Financial Crises in the Future (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 16 Nov 10 · What if Latin America Ruled The World? (Instituto Cervantes London, London)

• Tue 16 Nov 10 · Restoring Growth (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 9 Nov 10 · Welfare State Reform Over the (Very) Long-run (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 8 Nov 10 · Greece is Changing (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Sun 7 Nov 10 · The Spirit Level Delusion (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 4 Nov 10 · The State of the World Economy (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Wed 3 Nov 10 · The Future of UK Banking (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Mon 1 Nov 10 · Phase Three of the Global Crisis (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 28 Oct 10 · Financial Crisis and Economic Recession (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 28 Oct 10 · Celebrating the Work and Legacy of Professor Lord Meghnad Desai (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 13 Oct 10 · Economics after the Crisis: Economic Freedom and Public Policy: Economics as a Moral Discipline (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 12 Oct 10 · Economics after the Crisis: Market Efficiency and Rationality: Why Financial Markets are Different (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 11 Oct 10 · Economic Growth, Human Welfare and Inequality (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 4 Oct 10 · Capitalism: can it ever be moral? (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 4 Oct 10 · Hong Kong's changing financial landscape (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 30 Sep 10 · Can We Still Afford Europe? (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 28 Sep 10 · The Financial Crisis: Who is to Blame? (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 27 Sep 10 · Private Equity: leveraged expertise or leveraged bets? (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 1 Jul 10 · Living in the End Times (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Wed 30 Jun 10 · Too Big to Fail: The Aftermath and What Next? (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 10 Jun 10 · Why England lose (The Royal Institution of Great Britain, London)

• Sat 5 Jun 10 · The Future of Economics (Birckbeck College, London)

• Tue 25 May 10 · A Manifesto for Giant Funds: resolving the dysfunctionality of finance (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 20 May 10 · How Much Does Good Management Matter? Evidence from India (Wolfson Theatre, London)

• Thu 13 May 10 · China's 21st Century Market-Authoritarian Challenge (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 13 May 10 · Obliquity: why our goals are best pursued indirectly (New Theatre, London)

• Wed 12 May 10 · Banking on the Future: the fall and rise of central banking (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Wed 5 May 10 · Victims or Survivors? The Emerging Economies and the Economic Crisis (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Wed 5 May 10 · Crisis in the Body and in the Body Politic (The Counting House, London)

• Wed 5 May 10 · Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: assessing the economic rise of China and India (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Wed 14 Apr 10 · India and the Global Financial Crisis - Managing Money and Finance (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 18 Mar 10 · Crisis Economics (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Wed 10 Feb 10 · Uncertainty and Ambiguity in American Fiscal and Monetary Policies (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 8 Feb 10 · Freefall (Peacock Theatre, London)

• Thu 4 Feb 10 · Economics 0-Reality 1 (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 4 Feb 10 · Climate Crunch: making the economics fit the science (Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics &Political Science, London)

• Wed 3 Feb 10 · Lloyd's is the McDonald's of the Insurance Industry (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 28 Jan 10 · New Economics (New Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 26 Jan 10 · Why Aid is Not Working and How There Is Another Way for Africa (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 21 Jan 10 · UCL Lunch Hour Lecture (UCL, London)

• Thu 14 Jan 10 · Crisis as Motivation? The Challenges of Sustaining Growth in Southeast Asia (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Thu 3 Dec 09 · Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for Christmas (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 25 Nov 09 · First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: The Double Death of Neoliberalism and the Idea of Communism (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 23 Nov 09 · How Markets Fail: The Problem of Rational Irrationality (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Wed 18 Nov 09 · Are Europeans Heading Toward the Same Economy? (New Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 17 Nov 09 · Emotional Prosperity: biomarkers, economics and the Stiglitz commission on human progress (Wolfson Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 28 Oct 09 · The New Economic Settlement: building sustainable growth (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 12 Oct 09 · Justice and the Moral Limits of Markets (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Mon 12 Oct 09 · Optimal Financial Structure and Economic Development (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 6 Oct 09 · The Consolations of Economics (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 22 Sep 09 · International Growth Centre Launch Event for Growth Week (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, London)

• Thu 30 Jul 09 · Fireside Chats: What is consciousness for? The view from neuroscience (Burgh House, LONDON)

• Tue 30 Jun 09 · The Post-American World and the Rise of the Rest (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 10 Jun 09 · The Return of Depression Economics Part 3 (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 9 Jun 09 · The Return of Depression Economics Part 2 (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 8 Jun 09 · The Return of Depression Economics Part 1 (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 1 Jun 09 · Religion and the Market: are they in conflict? (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 25 May 09 · The Return of Revolution? (the globe at hay, Hay on Wye)

• Sun 24 May 09 · Banks, Bonuses and Inequality (the globe at hay, Hay on Wye)

• Tue 19 May 09 · Opening up ‘Illiberal’ Regimes: do media and communications matter? (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 18 May 09 · Bulls or Bears in the China Shop? Global Crises, Global Linkages and Asian Manufacturing (Wolfson Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 14 May 09 · Fireside Chats: Another Great Depression? Reflections on the world crisis (Burgh House, LONDON)

• Wed 6 May 09 · Controversies in the Economics of Climate Change (Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics &Political Science, London)

• Thu 30 Apr 09 · Do Tax Havens Cause Poverty? (New Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 30 Apr 09 · European Integration in the Era of the Market -State (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Mon 27 Apr 09 · The logic of life (The Royal Institution, London)

• Wed 22 Apr 09 · Imagining India: ideas for the new century (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 2 Apr 09 · What makes a successful global financial centre? (Allen & Overy, Docklands)

• Thu 26 Mar 09 · In praise of weak incentives (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Mon 23 Mar 09 · Nudge: improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Fri 13 Mar 09 · Extraordinary Times Demand Extraordinary Actions (Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics &Political Science, London)

• Tue 10 Mar 09 · Will the Rich Man's Crisis Crush the Emerging Economies? (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Thu 26 Feb 09 · The Story of the Euro: past, present and future (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 19 Feb 09 · Individual and Corporate Responsibility (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 17 Feb 09 · The Global Economic Crisis – Meeting the Challenge (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 11 Feb 09 · Reforming Pensions in Europe: four policies in search of a politician (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Wed 11 Feb 09 · A Good Childhood: searching for values in a competitive age (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 10 Feb 09 · Keeping Score: new approaches to the standard of living (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Thu 29 Jan 09 · The Global Financial Crisis and Implications for Developing Countries like Bangladesh (Lab 5, Whitechapel Idea Store, Brick Lane Circle, London)

• Wed 21 Jan 09 · Designing Policies for Growth (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 20 Jan 09 · Designing Policies for Growth (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 19 Jan 09 · Designing Policies for Growth (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 13 Jan 09 · The Stamp Memorial Lecture (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 16 Dec 08 · The Political Significance of the Economic Crisis (Room E171, New Theatre, East Building, LSE, London)

• Tue 18 Nov 08 · Revisiting Marx: is Marxism still relevant? (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Thu 13 Nov 08 · "Dishonesty" Evan Davis (Newington Green Unitarian Church, London)

• Wed 12 Nov 08 · Free Trade: Why the Recent Critiques are Mistaken (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 28 Oct 08 · Is Europe A Place Or An Idea? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Wed 15 Oct 08 · China and Financial Reform (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Tue 14 Oct 08 · Economic Agendas in a Global Context: reflections on the role of Korea (Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics &Political Science, London)

• Thu 2 Oct 08 · The Two Faces of Asia: bridging the gap between high growth economies and the poor (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 24 Sep 08 · Are we talking ourselves into a recession? (Policy Exchange, London)

• Tue 16 Sep 08 · Is the Party Over? Sustainable hope (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 18 Jun 08 · Skills, Rights and Resources in the East Asian Path to Development (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Sat 14 Jun 08 · Climate Forum (South Camden Community School, London)

• Wed 21 May 08 · The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 20 May 08 · Why Economics Matters (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 21 Apr 08 · RSA Thursday: The Bin Ladens: a history of a family and its fortunes (RSA, London)

• Thu 17 Apr 08 · RSA Thursday: Pop Finance (RSA, London)

• Tue 8 Apr 08 · RSA Event: The Logic of Life (RSA, London)

• Wed 26 Mar 08 · Media Talk: Global Slowdown and Foreign Policy (The Frontline Club, London)

• Mon 17 Mar 08 · Behavioural Economics: Common Mistakes in Daily Decisions (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 13 Mar 08 · How Americans play baseball and the rest of the world plays soccer (Friends of Imperial College, London)

• Thu 7 Feb 08 · Schooling and Growth (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 6 Feb 08 · The Logic of Life (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 24 Jan 08 · Thinking Like a Social Scientist: a lecture by Professor Danny Quah (Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics &Political Science, London)

• Wed 9 Jan 08 · Oil, War and Geopolitics: the struggle over what remains (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Wed 21 Nov 07 · The Psychology of Saving and Investment: Sticky Biases and the Curse of Education (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 20 Nov 07 · The Psychology of Saving and Investment: Investment for Dummies (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 19 Nov 07 · The Psychology of Saving and Investment: Intertemporal Choice (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 30 Oct 07 · Gurukul public lecture (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 11 Oct 07 · Nigeria - Lifting the Resource Curse (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 31 May 07 · Social Policy, Economic Development and Income Inequality: Latin America in Comparative Perspective (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London)

• Wed 25 Apr 07 · Stamp Memorial Lecture: Economics and Identity (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 29 Mar 07 · Baaba Maal In Conversation with Robin Denselow (Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, London)

• Wed 28 Mar 07 · Over to you, Mr Brown (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 22 Mar 07 · European Social Models (London School of Economics, Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Wed 14 Mar 07 · Out of the Pits: traders and technology from Chicago to London (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 8 Mar 07 · The Economist Debate: "For Britain to thrive, it needs many more migrants" (City Hall, London)

• Sun 4 Feb 07 · Damned by Debt Relief (Secular Hall, Leicester)

• Thu 18 Jan 07 · The Economist Debate: "Women Are The Most Wasted Resource In The World" (RSA, London)

• Thu 5 Oct 06 · Will the US easily relinquish economic and political power to China and India in the 21st century? (Gresham College, London)

• Mon 18 Sep 06 · The Economist Debate: 'We must embrace nuclear power to solve global warming' (Telford Theatre, London)

• Wed 14 Jun 06 · Corporations and Human Rights: Is it any of their Business? (Royal Academy of Engineering, London)

• Sat 27 May 06 · The Economist Debate: 'Cars will kill the planet' (The Guardian Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye)

• Thu 11 May 06 · The Economist Debate: 'London hit Gold when it won the 2012 Games' (City Hall, London)

• Tue 25 Apr 06 · The Economist Debate: 'Putin’s energy policy is a disaster for both Europe and Russia' (Telford Theatre, London)

• Thu 6 Apr 06 · The Economist Debate: 'The United States is a responsible world economic leader' (Chatham House, London)

• Thu 23 Mar 06 · The Economist Debate: 'Free trade is the only way to make the poor world richer' (Telford Theatre, London)

• Thu 2 Mar 06 · The Economist Debate: 'India will overtake China in the next 25 years' (Chatham House, London)

• Sun 22 Jan 06 · Corporation Tax or Income Tax: Which is the greatest con? (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 7 Apr 05 · The Economist/RSA Debate: CSR (RSA, London)

• Wed 10 Nov 04 · Alternative economic actors in the forcibly globalised Latin American economies (Spanish and Latin American Studies, Middlesex University, London)

• Wed 6 Oct 04 · Can we halt the globalization of crime? (St. James's Church, LONDON)

• Sat 5 Jun 04 · Who Runs This Place? (The Guardian Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye)

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