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Latest 300 audio and pdf files from LSE's programme of public lectures and events.
Latest episodes
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1 h 28
Peak Inequality - Britain's Ticking Time Bomb [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Danny Dorling | When we think of economic inequality we tend to think of a trend that is ever rising and destined to continue rising; that is far from inevita…
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1 h 03
Adam Smith: what he thought, and why it matters [Audio]
Speaker(s): Jesse Norman MP | At a time when economics and politics are both increasingly polarized between left and right, this book, Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matte…
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1 h 24
Can Society Once Again Make Finance Servant, Not Master of the Economy? [Audio]
Speaker(s): Ann Pettifor | In February 2018, Jeremy Corbyn accused bankers of taking the economy hostage, and said in a speech that Britain's financial sector will be "the servant…
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1 h 23
The Thatcher and Major Governments in Retrospect: reflections on 18 years in power [Audio]
Speaker(s): Kenneth Clarke, Professor Tony Travers | This event, in memory of Maurice Fraser, will see former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke in conversation with LSE's…
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1 h 37
The Middle East after ISIS: what is at stake? [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Gilles Kepel | ISIS has been defeated militarily, but the fight for the Middle East is just beginning. At this event Gilles Kepel, author of The Rise of Jihad…
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1 h 38
Flying the Flag for Openness: why liberalism still matters [Audio]
Speaker(s): Sir Nick Clegg | Battered, bruised and blamed for so many of the world's problems, liberal values have found themselves under attack from left and right. But these valu…
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1 h 25
Mastering the Multi-Generational Workplace [Audio]
Speaker(s): Lorraine Ansell, Saj Jetha, Dr Sunita Malhotra, Nina Mohanty, Professor Sandy Pepper | Organisations are increasingly leveraging diversity to drive success, with genera…
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1 h 34
Tracking the Rise in Global Economic Inequality: new evidence from the world inequality report 2018 [Audio]
Speaker(s): Lucas Chancel, Duncan Green, Rebecca Simson, Paul Segal | The first World Inequality Report (WIR2018), documents a sharp rise in global economic inequality since the 19…
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1 h 28
Finance, Competition and Innovation-Based Growth [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Philippe Aghion | This event is the annual Economica Coase lecture. Philippe Aghion is a professor at the College de France and LSE, and a fellow of the Econo…
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1 h 29
The Challenge to Diversity and Democracy in India Today [Audio]
Speaker(s): Yogendra Yadav | What can we learn from the current challenge to the idea of a diverse and democratic India? Does this demand rethinking the idea of India as a “State-N…
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1 h 26
Football [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Simon Critchley, Dr Gerald Moore, Dr Emily Ryall | ‘All that I know most surely about morality and obligations, I owe to football’, observed Albert Camus. And…
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1 h 26
How to Lose a Referendum [Audio]
Speaker(s): Jason Farrell, Paul Goldsmith | In their book, How To Lose A Referendum, which they will talk about at this event, Sky News senior political correspondent Jason Farrell…
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1 h 32
The French Revolution: one year on [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Jean Pisani-Ferry, Christine Ockrent | The lecture takes stock of the transformation of French economic policy following the sweeping electoral success of Emm…
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1 h 04
Fluctuating Formality: anthropology and the structure of difference [Audio]
Speaker(s): Dr Maxim Bolt | This lecture will reflect on an apparently dated concept: structure. Spanning institutions of state and market, it will focus on formality as a kind of…
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1 h 31
School Autonomy, School Choice and the Quality of Education: evidence from England [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Olmo Silva, Amy Finch | Olmo Silva will discuss the conceptual framework and empirical evidence underpinning the idea that autonomy and choice can lead to imp…
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School Autonomy, School Choice and the Quality of Education: evidence from England [Slides]
Speaker(s): Professor Olmo Silva, Amy Finch | Olmo Silva will discuss the conceptual framework and empirical evidence underpinning the idea that autonomy and choice can lead to imp…
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1 h 32
Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: in conversation with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala [Audio]
Speaker(s): Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s new book, Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines, draws on her years as Nigeria’s Finance Minis…
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1 h 22
Texas, Trump and the Future of America [Audio]
Speaker(s): Lawrence Wright | Come learn about the most controversial state in America and what it tells us about Donald Trump and the future of the US. This event marks the public…
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Transparency: the most important pillar in a functional democracy [Audio]
Speaker(s): Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez | President Juan Carlos Varela R. (@JC_Varela) studied primary and secondary in Javier College, under the direction of the Company of Jesus…
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1 h 02
Collusion: how central bankers rigged the world [Audio]
Speaker(s): Nomi Prins | In her new book, which she will talk about at this event, former Wall Street insider Nomi Prins shows how the 2007–2008 financial crisis turbo-boosted the…