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Shaping the Post-COVID World

London School of Economics and Political Science

Building on the important conversations and research being undertaken as part of LSE"s COVID-19 response, the Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative convenes a debate about the direction the world could and should be taking after this crisis and what policies national and global actors should pursue.

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01:35:20

Opportunities for Stronger and Sustainable...

Shaping the Post-COVID World ·

2021/10/07

Contributor(s): Dr Eduardo Cavallo, Marla Dukharan, Dr Andrew Powell, Professor Andrés Velasco | The year 2020 will be remembered as one of the most challenging in modern history. Latin America and the Caribbean lost 7.4% of GDP, the largest drop on record in a single year. The region is expected to recover in 2021 but faces a hazardous time ahead. Most countries will require some type of adjustment to maintain fiscal sustainability. While the way forward will be challenging, specific public

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01:03:28

The Plague Year: America in the time of COVID-19

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2021/10/06

Contributor(s): Lawrence Wright | From the fateful first moments of the outbreak in China to the storming of the US Capitol to the extraordinary vaccine rollout, Lawrence Wright’s The Plague Year tells the story of COVID-19 in authoritative, galvanising detail and with the full drama of events on both a global and intimate scale, illuminating the medical, economic, political, and social ramifications of the pandemic. A vivid, sweeping, panoramic account of the pandemic’s origins and the missed

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00:59:11

From Crisis to Transformation: a path forward

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2021/10/05

Contributor(s): Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter | Join us for this event discussing Anne-Marie Slaughter's new book, Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics. Like much of the world, America is deeply divided over identity, equality, and history. Renewal is Anne-Marie Slaughter’s candid and deeply personal account of how her own odyssey opened the door to an important new understanding of how we as individuals, organisations, and nations can move backward and forward at

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01:35:03

Why is Latin American Inequality So Extreme?...

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2021/09/29

Contributor(s): Dr Santiago Levy, Professor Nora Lustig, Dr Marcela Meléndez, Professor James Robinson | For as long as data on income inequality has been available, Latin America has stood as one of the world’s two most unequal regions (along with sub-Saharan Africa). Despite some promising declines during the 2000s, inequality in many countries remains higher today than it was in the 1970s, suggesting a persistent high-inequality political economy equilibrium. Inspired by the Deaton Review of

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00:59:09

The Social Instinct

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2021/09/28

Contributor(s): Professor Nichola Raihani | Join us for this event with Nichola Raihani who will be talking about her new book, The Social Instinct. Exploring evolution, animal behaviour and human psychology, The Social Instinct reveals how and why cooperation has shaped and defined humankind - and what happens when it goes wrong. This is the first book by Professor Raihani, drawing on decades of research in the field. Written at a time of global pandemic, when the challenges and importance of

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01:28:57

Reciprocity and the Welfare State

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2021/09/28

Contributor(s): Professor Nicholas Barr, Professor Sir Tim Besley, Dr Tania Burchardt, Gregg McClymont | Join our panelists as they come together to discuss the new issue of the LSE Public Policy Review, Beveridge 2.0: Reciprocity Across the Life-Cycle. The welfare state plays a central role in managing risks and tackling vulnerability across the life-cycle. This new issue of the LSE Public Policy Review focuses on the relationships between individuals and between generations that underpin welfare

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00:58:19

Survival of the City: living and thriving in an age...

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2021/09/23

Contributor(s): Professor David Cutler | From New York to New Delhi, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world, turning the physical proximity which is central to the creative energy of the city into a potentially deadly threat to our health and wellbeing. Most of us live or work in cities. They are a vital part of both local and global economies and shape the lives we lead and our interactions with others. How can we adjust to this new reality and what lessons can we learn from the

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01:37:13

Germany After Merkel: end of an era or more of the same?

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2021/09/23

Contributor(s): Dr Ulrike Franke, Dr Christian Odendahl, Mujtaba Rahman, Professor Daniela Schwarzer | After 16 years of Angela Merkel's chancellorship, the signals for a new beginning in German politics are ambiguous. Her own party has gone for a candidate who promises continuity. But the Green Party has become the second strongest contender for office and this opens up new possibilities for coalition governments. What does either continuity or change mean for key policies and for European

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01:30:39

Media Freedom

Shaping the Post-COVID World ·

2021/09/20

Contributor(s): Professor David Kaye, Dr Damian Tambini, Alan Rusbridger, Professor Jean Seaton | Join us for the launch of Damian Tambini’s new book, Media Freedom, where we'll be joined by media experts to discuss media freedom and international human rights law standards in media governance today. The contentious role of social media in recent elections and referendums has brought to the fore once again the fundamental question of media freedom and the extent to which, and the way in which, the

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00:19:20

SHORTCAST | The Work of the Future: where will it...

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2021/08/09

Contributor(s): Professor David Autor, Professor Judy Wajcman | This is an event shortcast, a digested version of our live online public events series. This event was recorded on May 5th 2021. A full version is available to download on the LSE player.

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00:25:33

SHORTCAST | Duck – Rabbit: what drives our polarised...

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2021/07/30

Contributor(s): Dr Lasana Harris, Professor Anil Seth, Dr Jennifer Sheehy Skeffington, Dr Tiffany Watt Smith, Professor Paul Dolan | This is an event shortcast, a digested version of our live online public events series. This event was recorded on 28th June 2021. A full version is available to download on the LSE player.

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00:19:34

SHORTCAST | How Much is Your Health Worth?

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2021/07/07

Contributor(s): Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Dr Clare Wenham | This is an event shortcast, a digested version of our live online public events series. This event was recorded on 17th March 2021. A full version is available to download on the LSE player.

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01:33:25

Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic

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2021/06/29

Contributor(s): Professor Francisco Ferreira, Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Professor Adnan Khan, Professor Lucinda Platt | Join us to discuss a special issue of LSE's Public Policy Review, a brand new public policy journal. The special LSEPPR issue on COVID 19 is now available LSE's Public Policy Review. The COVID-19 pandemic represents an extraordinary health and economic global challenge as well as an opportunity to re-evaluate many aspects of modern economy, society, and government. The crisis

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01:07:54

Duck – Rabbit: what drives our polarised culture?

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2021/06/28

Contributor(s): Dr Lasana Harris, Professor Anil Seth, Dr Jennifer Sheehy Skeffington, Dr Tiffany Watt Smith, Professor Paul Dolan | Join Paul Dolan and his guests to launch the latest series of his podcast, Duck - Rabbit, with a discussion of the neuroscience and social science behind our polarisation problem. Why do we respond to the world in one way and not another? What makes us want to be, or feel, part of a group? What drives our judgements, choices and assumptions? Think of this: you’re shown

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00:57:53

Recovery or Radical Transformation: the effect of...

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2021/06/17

Contributor(s): Sir Geoffrey Vos | In discussion with Andrew Murray, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, will be outlining the evolution of the civil justice system, including the potential of technology to alter fundamentally the administration of justice, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meet our speaker and chair Geoffrey Vos began his appointment as Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice in January 2021. Sir Geoffrey previously served as Chancellor of the High Court of England

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01:00:08

What Does Responsible Business Look Like in a...

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2021/06/14

Contributor(s): Alexandra Palt | As we emerge from a global pandemic, businesses are being forced to re-evaluate their role. More than ever, businesses are being held accountable for demonstrating purpose and acting responsibly. Alexandra Palt, Executive Vice-President and Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer of L’Oréal, the world’s number one cosmetics group, will discuss how companies can transform their business model to ensure the respect of planetary boundaries, encourage their ecosystem of

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01:27:30

Haldane and LSE: applying political philosophy to...

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2021/06/10

Contributor(s): Gordon Brown, John Campbell, Dr Jill Pellew, Professor Andrés Velasco | Richard Haldane pioneered cross-party and cross-sector cooperation. How might Haldane's approach - that of the philosopher-statesman - be applied to politics today? A close friend of Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Haldane was involved in the founding of LSE and his visionary thinking also laid the foundations for Imperial College, the ‘red brick’ universities, the University Grants Committee and the Medical Research

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01:06:18

Move On Up

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2021/06/09

Contributor(s): Professor Stephen Machin, Professor Anna Vignoles | Current Centre Director, Stephen Machin, reflects on 30 years of CEP research to look at the education and economic inequalities facing younger generations and asks what are the longer-term consequences for social mobility in the UK? Meet our speaker and chair Stephen Machin (@s_machin_) is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, has been President of

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00:59:56

The Response of Major Cities to the Challenges of the...

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2021/06/08

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01:30:00

Empires Past and Present: empires today

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2021/06/08

Contributor(s): Professor Odd Arne Westad | For the last seventy years, the United States has been the predominant state within the international system. Does it make sense to call the United States an empire? Is its power now irrevocably waning? Are we in the midst of a transfer of global power and wealth from west to east? Will China — another international power that can be seen as an empire — be the state benefitting most from the global changes we are now seeing? Meet our speaker and chair Odd

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