Summer 2011 | Public lectures and events | Video
by London School of Economics and Political Science · 113 episodes
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Video files from LSE's summer 2011 programme of public lectures and events, for more recordings and pdf documents see the corresponding audio collection.
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Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
Contributor(s): Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger | Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is the Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford. His research focuses on the role of…
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1 h 01
What next for Rupert Murdoch? The Man Who Owns The News
Contributor(s): Michael Wolff | Rupert Murdoch is currently engulfed in one of the most extraordinary news stories of recent times, his own. Michael Wolff has long argued that a tr…
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1 h 18
An Evening with Michael Atherton
Contributor(s): Michael Atherton | A conversation and Q&A with cricketer Michael Atherton, author of Glorious Summers and Discontents: Looking Back on the Ups and Downs from a Dram…
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1 h 22
Monetary policy and banking fragility
Contributor(s): Professor David Miles | The banking sector across many developed economies proved fragile – insufficiently robust to prevent worries about the value of bank assets…
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1 h 33
Keynes v Hayek
Contributor(s): Professor George Selgin, Professor Lord Skidelsky, Duncan Weldon, Dr Jamie Whyte | How do we get out of the financial mess we're in? Two of the great economic think…
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53 min
I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
Contributor(s): Douglas Edwards | Comparing Google to an ordinary business is like comparing a rocket to a wheelbarrow. No academic analysis or bystander's account can capture it.…
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1 h 23
The End of the Peer Show?: A debate on the future of the House of Lords
Contributor(s): Professor Tim Bale, Professor Patrick Dunleavy, Mark Harper MP, Rt Revd Lord Harries | The draft House of Lords Reform Bill, published in May 2011, sets out a numbe…
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1 h 26
Change in the Middle East? Democracy, Authoritarianism and Regime Change in the Arab World
Contributor(s): Professor Lisa Anderson | This lecture is an examination of the recent uprisings in the Arab world, highlighting where they happened, where they succeeded and what…
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1 h 22
Migrants and Intellectual life
Contributor(s): Sir Harry Kroto, Philippe Sands QC, Mike Phillips, Gita Sahgal, Barbara Roche | Migrants are often presented as a burden, but no one can deny the impact they have h…
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1 h 27
Phone-hacking: is it time to get tough on the press?
Contributor(s): David Aaronovitch, Charlotte Harris, Martin Moore, Paul Staines | The furore around the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World has raised wider issues aroun…
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1 h 26
ED: The Milibands and the making of a Labour leader
Contributor(s): Mehdi Hasan, James Macintyre | Ed Miliband is perhaps the least understood political leader of modern times. Mehdi Hasan and James Macintyre's book, ED: The Miliban…
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1 h 25
Arab Revolutions in the Making: Not a Perfect Storm
Contributor(s): Professor Fawaz A Gerges | Fawaz Gerges is a Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Scienc…
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1 h 35
Powerful Portraits: What's in a Face? A slideshow lecture by Platon
Contributor(s): Platon | Portrait photographer Platon shares his experience photographing an eclectic mix of presidents, politicians, celebrities and artists through to his award w…
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53 min
An Integrated Networking Approach for a Sustainable Textile Sector in Solapur City, India
Contributor(s): Rahul Hiremath | The textile sector in India plays an important role in the country's economy, providing employment to a significant population in rural and semi-ru…
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1 h 31
Family Futures: Childhood and poverty in urban neighbourhoods
Contributor(s): Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Dr Katharine Rake, Professor Anne Power, Jane Waldfogel | Family futures is about family life in areas of concentrated poverty and social…
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2 h 19
Quality in Health and Social Care
Contributor(s): Dr Zack Cooper, Professor Julien Forder, Professor Mireia Jofre-Bonet, Dr Irini Papanicolas | In this lecture, organised by LSE Health and Social Care, and supporte…
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1 h 31
The Caribbean in a Changing Global Environment
Contributor(s): Professor Sir Hilary Beckles | This event is part of the celebrations that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Caucus of High Commissioners are organising to celebrat…
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2 h 22
London Integration Forum 2011 - Exploring Diversity
Contributor(s): Liz Fekete, Dr Naika Foroutan, Dr Myria Georgiou, Nazia Hussain, Lamya Kaddor, Profressor Julian Petley | How can we formulate a vision of the future after the wide…
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49 min
The LSE Big Questions Lecture: East beats West? Is the East taking over the world? with Prof. Danny Quah
Contributor(s): Professor Danny Quah | Your clothes, trainers, Xboxes, TVs and much, much more are all made in the East. And by selling us all this stuff, countries such as China a…
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1 h 12
A lecture by Felipe Larraín Bascuñán, Minister of Finance of the Government of Chile
Contributor(s): Felipe Larraín Bascuñán | Since March 2010, Felipe Larraín Bascuñán has been the Minister of Finance of the Government of President Sebastián Piñera. Felipe gained…