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01:27:22

Peak injustice: Solving Britain’s inequality crisis

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2025/02/24

With child mortality rising in the UK and a majority of parents with three or more children going to bed hungry, Danny Dorling looks to the future, highlighting the challenges ahead and identifying solutions for change.

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29:58

Are we in danger of losing our communities?

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2025/02/21

With the cost-of-living crisis leading to the closure of community spaces around the UK, and the pressures on urban development projects, this episode of LSE iQ asks, are we in danger of losing our communities?

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01:30:12

The hidden victims: civilian casualties of the two...

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2025/02/20

In his latest book, which forms the basis of this lecture, Cormac O'Grada argues that previous estimates of civilian deaths in the two world wars are almost certainly too low.

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01:30:12

The hidden victims: civilian casualties of the two...

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2025/02/20

Contributor(s): Professor Cormac Ó Gráda | In his latest book, which forms the basis of this lecture, Cormac O'Grada argues that previous estimates of civilian deaths in the two world wars are almost certainly too low. By carefully evaluating the available evidence, he estimates that these wars cost not the 35 million lives commonly agreed on but, in reality, 65 million lives - nearly two thirds of the 100 million total killed. O'Grada's book is the first to attempt to measure and describe the full

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01:28:52

The last human job: AI, depersonalization and the...

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2025/02/19

Critics commonly warn about three primary hazards of AI-job disruption, bias, and surveillance/privacy concerns. Yet the conventional story of AI’s dangers is missing a vital issue and blinding us to its role in a cresting “depersonalisation crisis.”

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01:28:52

The last human job: AI, depersonalization and the...

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2025/02/19

Contributor(s): Professor Allison Pugh | Allison Pugh explains how we have ended up in a moment in which machines have time for people, while human workers rush by, bent to the dictates of the industrial clock, and maps out its implications for the future of our social health. Critics commonly warn about three primary hazards of AI – job disruption, bias, and surveillance/privacy concerns. Yet the conventional story of AI’s dangers is missing a vital issue and blinding us to its role in a cresting

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01:29:38

Climate capitalism: can market-based solutions save...

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2025/02/18

As the climate emergency intensifies, the efficacy of market-based solutions is under growing scrutiny. Can capitalism solve a crisis of its own making?

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01:29:38

Climate capitalism: can market-based solutions save...

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2025/02/18

Contributor(s): Dr Benjamin Braun, Professor Brett Christophers, Professor Daniela Gabor | As the climate emergency intensifies, the efficacy of market-based solutions is under growing scrutiny. Can capitalism solve a crisis of its own making? Is "green growth" a path to transformative change, or will it solely legitimise and perpetuate systemic inequalities? Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the opportunities and challenges of market-based solutions in bringing about a livable and fair

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01:27:45

Is it possible to achieve fair and inclusive...

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2025/02/17

In an era of rising inequality and economic transformation, the question of how to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity is more pressing than ever. At the same time, the green transition is reshaping industries, labor markets, & policies worldwide.

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01:27:45

Is it possible to achieve fair and inclusive...

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2025/02/17

Contributor(s): Teresa Ribera | Join us for this special event at which European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera will take to the stage at LSE. In an era of rising inequality and economic transformation, the question of how to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity is more pressing than ever. At the same time, the green transition is reshaping industries, labor markets, and policies worldwide. But can economic justice be realized without a strong environmental agenda? Is

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01:23:48

Trans* lives, histories and activism

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2025/02/13

Contributor(s): Dr Onni Gust, Professor Susan Stryker | This thought-provoking conversation will bring together diverse expertise to critically examine and address the urgent socio-political challenges of our time. As gender-critical feminism and right-wing populist movements gain traction globally, it becomes increasingly critical to examine the deep historical and structural roots of these ideologies in colonialism, neoliberalism, and biopolitical regimes. These systems have long functioned to

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01:23:48

Trans* lives, histories and activism

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2025/02/13

This thought-provoking conversation will bring together diverse expertise to critically examine and address the urgent socio-political challenges of our time.

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01:26:22

Power, freedom, and justice: rethinking Foucault

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2025/02/12

What are the implications of Michel Foucault’s critical social theories for how we think about freedom, power, and justice?

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01:24:55

Is there a new Washington consensus?

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2025/02/11

Contributor(s): Professor Stephanie J. Rickard, Professor Andrés Velasco, Professor Robert Wade | For roughly a quarter century after the Cold War, the Washington consensus or neoliberalism guided US foreign economic policymaking. Today, that market-oriented consensus is in tatters, as Republicans and Democrats alike have shifted toward government intervention, including industrial policy, and away from free trade.

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01:24:55

Is there a new Washington consensus?

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2025/02/11

For roughly a quarter century after the Cold War, the Washington consensus or neoliberalism guided US foreign economic policymaking.

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01:30:16

Racism, anti-racism and the politics of popular culture

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2025/02/06

Racism and antiracism clash on a daily basis in media discourse. This joint talk reflects on current practices of "othering" in popular media.

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29:24

Do we need to drive?

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2025/02/04

This episode of LSE iQ looks at whether we should still be driving.

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01:23:20

Does class inequality still matter? The Great British...

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2025/02/04

10 years since the seminal Social Class in the 21st Century was published, we will revisit the findings, ask if the trends have changed, why class seems to have fallen off the agenda, and what we can do to build solidarity in this new political era.

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01:31:51

Sustainability and prosperity in the age of...

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2025/02/03

In the present era, rising ecological scarcity and global environmental risks are a defining turning point for all economies, but especially those that are vying to win the “green competitive race” for leading global sectors and markets.

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01:31:00

Genesis: artificial intelligence, hope, and the human...

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2025/01/30

As AI absorbs data, gains agency, and intermediates between humans and reality, it will help us to address enormous crises, from climate change to geopolitical conflicts to income inequality.

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