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CEP 21st Birthday Lecture Series

The Centre for Economic Performance, based at the LSE, celebrated 21st anniversary in 2011. Established in 1990 with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, the Centre is now one of the leading economic research centres in Europe. In that time the Centre has pioneered innovative economic research into the determinants of economic performance at the level of the company, the nation and the global economy.

To celebrate the centre's 'coming of age' a series of lectures were given by notable economists and academics in 2010 and 2011

Mental Health: The New Frontier for the Welfare State

CEP founder Richard Layard will close this series of 21st birthday lectures with a discussion on the economic and social costs of mental illness. Richard Layard is co-director CEP's programme on Community Wellbeing. View video...
The Price of Civilization: Economics and Ethics After the Fall

The world economy remains in a precarious state after the global recession - where quick fixes were implemented instead of sustainable solutions to systemic problems. Jeffrey Sachs will discuss why we must - and how we can - change our entire economic culture in the time of crisis. Read more...

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Tuesday 06 March 2012 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Lecture - Mental Health: The New Frontier for the Welfare State

CEP founder Richard Layard will close this series of lectures with a discussion on the economic and social costs of mental illness.... Read more...

Richard Layard (CEP)

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Tuesday 28 February 2012 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Lecture: Comparing Real Wages: the McWage Index

Real wages measure worker welfare and the cost of labour. Professor Ashenfelter reports the results of a decade long study of wage rates at McDonald's restaurants in over 60 countries.... Read more...

Orley Ashenfelter (Princeton University)

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Monday 05 December 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Event: The Price of Civilization: Economics and Ethics After the Fall

The world economy remains in a precarious state after the global recession - where quick fixes were implemented instead of sustainable solutions to systemic problems. Jeffrey Sachs will discuss why we must - and how we c... Read more...

Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University)

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Monday 28 November 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Event: Herd Behaviour and Keeping up with the Joneses

Herd behaviour is very often natural and individually rational, but it has the potential to be disastrous for the group. In this lecture, Andrew Oswald will discuss human herd behaviour and its links to ‘Keeping up with ... Read more...

Andrew Oswald (University of Warwick)

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Tuesday 15 November 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Event: Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman In Conversation with Richard Layard

Why do smart people make bad decisions? How come the best laid plans can go so wrong? What really makes us happy? Kahneman will discuss these questions and more with Richard Layard.... Read more...

Daniel Kahneman (Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton) joint with Richard Layard

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Tuesday 21 June 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: Too Many People in Britain? Immigration and the Housing Problem

Professor Steve Nickell (Warden, Nuffield College, Oxford). This lecture will look at Immigration and its economic effects including the contribution to population growth. Why does housing not keep up with population gro... Read more...

Steve Nickell (Nuffield College, Oxford)

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Tuesday 31 May 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: Health Care Reform in the US

Spiraling health care costs are currently threatening the future of the U.S. economy. Peter Orszag offers insight on the possible approaches to reduce health-care costs over time without impairing the quality of medical ... Read more...

Peter Orszag (CitiGroup)

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Tuesday 22 March 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: Exhorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar

Is the dollar now poised to lose its exorbitant privilege as the leading international currency? Barry Eichengreen discusses how it can remain at the heart of the global financial system.... Read more...

Barry Eichengreen (University of California, Berkeley)

Venue to be Confirmed

Tuesday 15 March 2011 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: Changes in Labour Market Inequality

Professor Machin Stephen Machin surveys significant research findings on wage inequality that have emerged from the Centre over the past three decades.... Read more...

Stephen Machin (LSE and CEP)

Venue to be Confirmed

Tuesday 16 November 2010 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st Birthday Lecture Series

The Centre for Economic Performance, based at the LSE, is 21 years old this year. Established in 1990 with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, the Centre is now one of the leading economic research cen... Read more...

Various Venues

Tuesday 16 November 2010 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: Restoring 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?... Read more...

John Van Reenen (LSE, CEP and POID)

Old Theatre, Ground Floor, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Thursday 04 November 2010 18:30 - 20:00

CEP 21st BIRTHDAY LECTURE SERIES: The State of the World Economy

A strong and sustained world recovery requires two rebalancing acts. Internal, with a shift, in advanced countries, from fiscal support to private demand. External, with an increase in net exports in deficit countries, n... Read more...

Olivier Blanchard (International Monetary Fund)

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ