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13
Feb
2017
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Lionel Robbins Memorial Lecture Series 2017: Economics and the Cultivation of Virtue
Jeffrey Sachs
(Columbia University)
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12
Dec
2016
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Subjective well-being over the life course: Evidence and policy implications
Various Speakers
Understanding how people experience and feel about their lives provides valuable information for policy-makers. But for public policy to improve people’s subjective well-being, we need a good understanding of what drives it. This two-day conference will examine the latest evidence from UK and international research on the determinants of subjective well-being over the life course, and what this might mean for policy-making.
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6
Dec
2016
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LSE Growth Commission Evidence Session - Finance and the City of London
Various Speakers
Speakers include: David Miles (Imperial); Huw Evans (ABI); Charlie Bean (LSE); Jenny Tooth (UKBAA); Adam Jackson (Grant Thornton); Angus Canvin (Investment Association); Lindsey Naylor (Oliver Wyman); Peter Smith (Blockchain)
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22
Nov
2016
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LSE Growth Commission Evidence Session - Industrial Policy and Growth
Various Speakers
Speakers include: Mariana Mazzucato (Professor of Economics of Innovation at SPRU, Sussex University); Prof Philippe Aghion (Professor of Economics at Harvard University); Kate Collyer (Deputy Chief Economic Adviser at Competition and Markets Authority); Gary Elliottt (CEO Aerospace Technology Institute); Mark Littlewood (Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs); Alan Overd (Vice President at Charles River Associates).
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21
Nov
2016
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LSE Growth Commission Evidence Session - Openness, Trade and FDI
Various Speakers
Professor Gianmarco Ottoviano’s team are examining the best relationship for the UK to pursue with the EU to ensure the flow of exports, imports and FDI. It will also look beyond Brexit to trading with other countries, for example China.
Speakers include: Karolina Ekholm (State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Sweden); Karen Helene Ullveit-Moe (Member of Executive Board of the Bank of Norway); Lionel Fontagne’ (CEPII), Paola Conconi (ECARES); Will Page (Chief economist, Spotify)
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17
Nov
2016
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LSE Growth Commission Evidence Session - Labour Markets and Inclusive Growth
Various Speakers
Speakers include: David Autor (MIT), Richard Blundell (UCL & IFS), Gavin Kelly (Resolution Foundation) and Rain Newton Smith (CBI).
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3
Nov
2016
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Charles Booth Centenary Lectures:
Economy, Work, Pay, Class - Then and Now
Various Speakers
Speakers: Profs Alan Manning (LSE Economics Dept), Stephen Machin (LSE Centre for Economic Performance), and Fran Tonkiss (LSE Sociology Dept)
This is an event featuring CEP academics, but organised outside of the Centre
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2
Nov
2016
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LSE Growth Commission - post Panel Event - Interviews with Vince Cable, Alistair Darling, George Osborne and Stephanie Flanders
Various Speakers
The panel are interviewed about their views on UK growth post-Brexit
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2
Nov
2016
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LSE Growth Commission Panel Event - What Next for Growth in the UK? - Featuring Vince Cable, Alistair Darling, and George Osborne
Various Speakers
In the wake of the Brexit vote, the LSE Growth Commission has re-formed to publish a second chapter of our 2013 Manifesto for Growth.
On 2 November, Stephanie Flanders will chair a panel featuring Vince Cable, Alistair Darling, and George Osborne to feed in to our deliberations. Between them they have played a huge role in running and analysing the UK economy over the past decade. Their experience is unrivalled and their views on what the future might hold - and what should be done about it - promise to be fascinating.
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26
Oct
2016
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Lionel Robbins Memorial Lecture Series - Improving Equality of Opportunity: New Lessons from Big Data
Raj Chetty
(Harvard University)
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25
Oct
2016
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Lionel Robbins Memorial Lecture Series - Improving Equality of Opportunity: New Lessons from Big Data
Raj Chetty
(Harvard University)
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24
Oct
2016
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Lionel Robbins Memorial Lecture Series - Improving Equality of Opportunity: New Lessons from Big Data
Raj Chetty
(Harvard University)
Professor Raj Chetty will deliver this year's Lionel Robbins Memorial Lecture series on Equality of Opportunity Project.
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19
Sep
2016
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Annual Labour Economics Symposium 2016 (formerly ESSLE)
Various Speakers
The 2016 CEPR/IZA Annual Symposium in Labour Economics will take place on 19-20 September 2016, and is hosted by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics (UK).
This year's symposium features a keynote talk by Alex Mas, Princeton University.
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