CEP Public Events
Hosted with CEPR and the British Academy
CEP Trade Week 2019
Lost generations? Globalisation and the left-behinds of tomorrow
Various speakers
Tuesday 04 June 2019 18:00 - 20:00
Various Venues
About this event
How can we ensure the gains from economic changes are shared more equitably - and what can stakeholders do to overcome the economic and political polarisation that we see today?
Recent political developments have tested the stability of the world trading system. Many commentators have suggested that the current political upsets are a populist backlash against the status quo of the international economic system by those who feel left behind by the recent wave of globalisation. Economists agree that the decline of left-behind regions, like manufacturing cities and sea-side towns, had less to do with offshoring to low-wage countries. They were much more a result of technological changes that have largely benefited educated mobile workers.
The fact remains that there are many communities whose suffering was intensified by the concurrent rise in globalisation. Policies to regenerate these areas and to re-skill their workers have not had much success. Empirical research in the last couple of decades has made much progress in understanding the processes of displacement and the challenges to re-employment.
Looking at what we've learned to date, our panellists will address the following questions:
- How can we ensure the gains from economic changes are shared more equitably?
- What can stakeholders do to overcome the economic and political polarization that we see today?
This event is open to invited guests only, for more information please contact mchan@cepr.org.
The organisers thank the ERC Starting Grant 760037 for funding.
Speakers
Elhanan Helpman is the Galen L. Stone Professor of international trade at Harvard University and a fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
Marion Jansen is chief economist and director of the Division of Market Development at the International Trade Centre (ITC).
Beata Javorcik is a professor of economics at the University of Oxford and a fellow of All Souls College.
Stephen Machin is a professor of economics at the London School of Economics and director of CEP.
Dame Minouche Shafik (chair) is director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. She was previously a senior leader of the Bank of England, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.
Participants are expected to adhere to the CEP Events Code of Conduct.
Directions
This event will take place in Various Venues.