Economics

john van reenen

Restoring Economic Growth

The financial crisis and the great recession dealt the global economy a massive shock. How can growth be put back on a sustainable path? What policy lessons have we learned? And how should Britain respond? John Van Reenen lectures.

raj patel

The Value of Nothing

“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” Credit has crunched, debt has turned toxic, the gears of the world economy have ground to a halt. So says Raj Patel.

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

How to predict the future with game theory

Hailed as “the new Nostradamus,” Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has been shaking the world of political science to its foundations with his predictions of world events. His systems based on game theory have an astonishing 90%+ ratio of accuracy and are frequently used to shape US foreign-policy decisions.

west to east debate

Power Shift: West to East

The world is tilting away from the West to the East, from the United States to China, from the Transatlantic to the Pacific. Or is it? London School of Economics (LSE) experts with very different answers to these questions battle it out in an open forum.

tim besley

The Political Economy of Development

It is widely recognized that the interplay of political and economic forces has a major bearing on the path of development. How do the developments in the recent political economy literature bear on the practical problems that some countries face in achieving sustainable development paths?

costas markides

How to Avoid Financial Crises in the Future

There was a great deal of stupidity that lead to our current financial mess. Now, the government is stepping up efforts to impose stricter financial regulations to ensure that such things do not happen in future. Will more regulation work? If history is any guide, the answer is no.

Financial Markets lecture by Robert Shiller

Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why it Matters for Global Capitalism

Robert Shiller is a Professor of Economics at Yale University. In this video, Shiller proposes new ideas that he believes will transform economics and restore prosperity after the global financial crisis.

nouriel roubini

Financial Crises And Crisis Economics: Past, Present And Future

As early as 2005 Professor Nouriel Roubini speculated that house prices would soon sink the economy, and in 2006 warned the IMF that the United States was likely to face a catastrophic housing bust resulting in deep recession.

emerging-markets-perils

The Perils and Rewards of Emerging Markets

Bill Browder and Bruce Greenwald. Browder has been enormously successful in making money for his investors and tells his story on how his pushing for governance reforms in Russia came to clash with Russia’s business elite. Greenwald is a professor who discusses his experiences in Russia.

Richard Thaler Behavorial Economics

Richard H. Thaler on Behavioral Economics

In this video, Professor Thaler discusses theories in economics, how human behavior can contradict predictions made by theories, and what implications behavioral economics has for public policy. He also uses behavior economics to help us understand the 2008 economic collapse and the shaping of future regulation.

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