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Autumn 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf

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Audio and pdf files from LSE"s autumn 2015 programme of public lectures and events.

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00:32:13

Shaken but not Stirred? The Banking System Seven...

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2015/10/29

Contributor(s): Dr Andreas Dombret | While bankers and regulators are still busy implementing the lessons learnt from the crisis, new challenges have arisen that might once again change the banking landscape. Andreas Dombret is a Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank. He trained as a bank clerk with Dresdner Bank before studying business management at the Westfälische Wilhelms University in Münster. He was awarded his PhD by the Friedrich-Alexander University in

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01:26:14

Towards the Flame: empire, war and the end of Tsarist...

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2015/10/29

Contributor(s): Professor Dominic Lieven | This lecture and new book Towards the Flame: Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia is a study of the international crisis of 1900-19 from a largely Russian angle. It is based on significant research in Russian archives. Professor Dominic Lieven provides a radically different interpretation of the crisis to the one that dominates anglophone historiography. Dominic Lieven is Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the British

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01:20:50

Anthropology and Development: challenges for the 21st...

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2015/10/28

Contributor(s): Professor James Fairhead, Professor Katy Gardner, Professor David Lewis, Professor David Mosse | This is a panel discussion in support of the following publication Anthropology and Development Challenges for the Twenty-First Century, which will include both authors, Katy Gardner and David Lewis who are both LSE academics. Anthropology and Development is a completely rewritten new version of the best-selling and critically acclaimed book Anthropology, Development and the Post-Modern

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01:20:09

Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals: a new...

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2015/10/27

Contributor(s): Sir Suma Chakrabarti | President Chakrabarti’s lecture will focus on the importance of the partnership between the state and the private sector in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SGGs). The state alone will not be able to deliver on the ambitious vision for global sustainable growth and inclusive development that is at the core of the SDGs. The private sector can and should become a key partner in this process. This approach has been endorsed by the international

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01:21:57

A Theory of Everything: evolution, history and the...

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2015/10/27

Contributor(s): Professor Ian Morris | In the last 50 years, knowledge of archaeology, anthropology, history, evolution, genetics and linguistics has exploded. A new synthesis of history is emerging, suggesting that people are all much the same and the societies we create all develop in much the same ways. What varies is the places in which societies develop. Biology and geography have driven a 150,000-year story of cooperation and competition. By projecting forward the patterns of the past and the

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00:55:43

Europe 2.0: The new challenges of the European Union

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2015/10/27

Contributor(s): Xavier Bettel | With Luxembourg chairing the EU Council of Ministers, the Luxembourg Prime Minister will focus on the various challenges the Luxembourg Presidency had to face since July and the implementation of its ambitious programme of work in order to prepare the EU for the challenges ahead. Xavier Bettel (@Xavier_Bettel) is Prime Minister of Luxembourg. Following the legislative elections of 20 October 2013, Xavier Bettel was appointed Prime Minister, Minister of State, Minister

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01:21:57

Jobs only for the most skilled at the right age?

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2015/10/26

Contributor(s): Fredrik Reinfeldt | Structural changes and several crises in recent years have put tremendous pressure on the labour market. Many jobs are gone, but a lot of new jobs have been created. The challenge which emerges is that many new jobs have very different skills profiles to jobs that have been lost. Many people risk ending up outside the labour market. The Swedish example shows the need for a framework which covers all parts of the labour market, to be able to create the right

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01:26:15

Paris and Beyond: how will we gain traction and build...

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2015/10/22

Contributor(s): Rachel Kyte | The Paris Accord, the hoped for ambitious agreement, to be decided at the 21st Convention of the Parties of the UNFCCC, this December, will set us on a new pathway towards zero carbon growth. When the negotiators go home, what messages will they have sent to economic actors globally? How will an orderly transition to zero carbon growth be managed and financed? In response to overwhelming scientific consensus and a compelling economic case that we need to change the

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01:20:49

Too Many Children Left Behind: the US achievement gap...

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2015/10/21

Contributor(s): Professor Jane Waldfogel, Dr Lee Elliott Major | The belief that with hard work and determination, all children have the opportunity to succeed in life is a cherished part of the American Dream. Yet, increased inequality in America has made that dream more difficult for many to obtain. In Too Many Children Left Behind, an international team of social scientists assesses how social mobility varies in the United States compared with Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Bruce

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01:20:03

Between Debt and the Devil: money, credit and fixing...

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2015/10/21

Contributor(s): Lord Turner | Too much private debt led to the disastrous crisis of 2008. In future public policy must constrain the quantity and influence the allocation of private credit creation. And we should ‘print money’ to escape the post crisis mess. That sounds dangerous – but relying on private credit to drive growth is more so. Adair Turner (@AdairTurnerUK) has combined careers in business, public policy and academia. He became Chairman of the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority

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01:32:16

Justice, Accountability and Human Rights in India

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2015/10/21

Contributor(s): Dushyant Dave | India has faced serious challenges from internal and external armed groups and terrorists. Tens of thousands of citizens and several thousand security personnel have lost their lives in recent years. Reprisals by security forces have in turn led to serious human rights violations. Large scale sectarian violence (such as that which targeted Sikhs in 1984 and Muslims in 2002) has highlighted the serious failure of the Indian state in protecting lives and providing

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01:18:01

Other People's Money

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2015/10/20

Contributor(s): Professor John Kay | Modern economies need finance, to enable us to make payments, transfer wealth across our lifetimes and between generations, allocate capital and maintain the corporate and physical infrastructure, and to help us manage the risks of everyday life. Instead, we have created a financial world that talks to itself, trades with itself, and is increasingly divorced from the activities of the real economy. John Kay explains how this came about – and what can be done to

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01:16:59

Natural Capital: valuing the planet

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2015/10/20

Contributor(s): Professor Dieter Helm | Natural capital is what nature provides to us for free. Renewables - like species - keep on coming, provided we do not drive them towards extinction. Non-renewables - like oil and gas - can only be used once. Together, they are the foundation that ensures our survival and well-being, and the basis of all economic activity. In the face of the global, local, and national destruction of biodiversity and ecosystems, economist Dieter Helm offers a crucial set of

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01:26:50

The Modern Mercenary: private armies and what they...

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2015/10/19

Contributor(s): Sean McFate | It was 2004, and Sean McFate had a mission in Burundi: to keep the president alive and prevent the country from spiralling into genocide, without anyone knowing that the United States was involved. The United States was, of course, involved, but only through McFate's employer, the military contractor DynCorp International. Throughout the world, similar scenarios are playing out daily. The United States can no longer go to war without contractors. Yet we don't know much

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01:24:41

The Book and the Believer: are Catholics, Jews and...

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2015/10/15

Contributor(s): Sughra Ahmed, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Dr Ruth Gilbert, Dr Edward Kessler | The Institute of Public Affairs, in partnership with the Pears Foundation and the Woolf Institute, Cambridge, will host an interfaith discussion on the theme “The Book and the Believer: are Catholics, Jews and Muslims still outsiders in British society?” Three public figures will share their interesting and provocative perspectives, from their experience of belonging to a minority religious tradition in modern

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01:10:25

Before Theory Comes Theorizing or How to Make Social...

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2015/10/15

Contributor(s): Professor Richard Swedberg | By paying more attention to what happens in actual practice before a theory is formulated – what may be called the methods of habits of theorizing – social science and sociology may be considerably improved. Richard Swedberg is Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. His two main specialties are economic sociology and social theory. Nigel Dodd (@nigelbdodd) is a Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, and Editor-in-Chief of the

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01:24:26

The Silo Effect: why putting everything in its place...

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2015/10/14

Contributor(s): Gillian Tett | As global organisations become increasingly sophisticated and complex, they also become interlinked but subdivided to increase productivity. Added to this, the human element of competitiveness and protectiveness enhances the conditions for silos to take shape. Drawing on her background in anthropology, award-winning journalist and author Gillian Tett demonstrates how this silo effect can interrupt innovation and even cause disasters and sheds light on how these silos

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01:11:05

Cameron at 10 - the inside story of Cameron's...

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2015/10/14

Contributor(s): Dr Anthony Seldon, Peter Snowdon | On 11 May 2010, David Cameron entered Downing Street as the youngest prime minister since Lord Liverpool in 1812. He stood at the head of the first Coalition government in 65 years. From the early heady days of the Rose Garden partnership with the Lib Dems - through the phone hacking crisis, defeat over Syria and ‘plebgate’ - to the most bitterly contested general election in years, authors Anthony Seldon and Peter Snowdon reveal the highs, lows,

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01:24:59

Shobhana Bhartia in conversation with Mukulika Banerjee

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2015/10/13

Contributor(s): Shobhana Bhartia | Shobhana Bhartia and Mukulika Banerjee will debate the sensitive relationship between media and politics in contemporary society, weaving in issues of reportage, print and electronic coverage, online news, 24/7 news knowledge, and the like. Focusing on The Hindustan Times daily newspaper in India, the discussion will also confront new challenges -- of online portals, social media and the reporting of breaking news, and the increasing role that the media plays in

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01:27:06

Confronting Gender Inequality: findings from the LSE...

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2015/10/13

Contributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi, Anne Perkins | The LSE Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power will present their findings at this public debate, and copies of the Final Report will be available for attendees. Examining persisting inequalities between women and men in the UK, the Commission has focused on the media, the economic sphere, political life, and the legal profession. Commission findings on current gender inequalities and ways forward will be debated by the

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