Sinopsis
Public lectures and events hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science. LSE's public lecture programme features more than 200 events each year, where some of the most influential figures in the social sciences can be heard.
Episodios
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Visions of inequality: from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War
30/05/2024 Duración: 01h33minBranko Milanovic discusses his latest book, Visions of Inequality: from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War.
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The divine economy: how religions compete for wealth, power, and people
29/05/2024 Duración: 01h16minPaul Seabright discusses his latest book, The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People.
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England: seven myths that changed a country – and how to set them straight
28/05/2024 Duración: 01h32minTom Baldwin and Marc Stears discuss their new book, England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country – and How to Set Them Straight.
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Shadows without bodies: war, revolutionary nostalgia, and the challenges of internationalism
22/05/2024 Duración: 01h00sDr Christina Heatherton reflects on the challenges of internationalism at present.
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The importance of central bank reserves
21/05/2024 Duración: 01h00sGovernor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey delivers his lecture on the key role that central bank reserves play in financial stability and monetary policy in honour of LSE's Charles Goodhart.
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Living in the past: exploring memory in humans, animals, and artificial agents
20/05/2024 Duración: 01h00sOur panel from philosophy, psychology and computer science explore episodic memory from its function – the ability to recall everyday events whether experienced or stated to its future in AI and more.
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The sixth suspect: Stephen Lawrence, investigative journalism and racial inequality
16/05/2024 Duración: 01h00sBBC correspondent, Daniel De Simone will offer previously unheard insights into his two-year investigation and how the sixth suspect was identified with responses by a panel of experts drawn from academia and politics.
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Data grab: the new colonialism of big tech and how to fight back
14/05/2024 Duración: 01h00sThe book launch of Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back
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Will the US remain the world’s superpower?
13/05/2024 Duración: 35minThe idea of an America in decline has gained traction in recent years and has, of course, been capitalized on by President Trump. Is America’s ‘greatness’ under threat?
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Are universities creating a new political divide?
13/05/2024 Duración: 01h00sOur panel explore large and growing gap between highly educated university graduates and those whose education finished at school.
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The bankers' new clothes: what's wrong with banking and what to do about it
09/05/2024 Duración: 01h00sProfessor Anat Admati discusses her latest book, The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It.
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Human rights: the case for the defence
07/05/2024 Duración: 01h00sBaroness Chakrabarti, delivers this year’s annual Wollstonecraft Society Lecture on her latest book, Human Rights: The Case for the Defence, which explains why human rights are essential for our future.
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Why women won
02/05/2024 Duración: 01h00s2023 Nobel Prize in Economics winner, Claudia Goldin delivers the first of two Economica-Coase lectures on US women obtaining legal rights equal to men's decades after winning the right to vote.
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Addressing climate inequality
02/05/2024 Duración: 01h00sThis event presents new thinking on how to design and finance loss and damage funds as a result of climate change.
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Lessons for monetary policy from the latest inflationary-disinflationary episode
01/05/2024 Duración: 01h00sGovernor Hernández de Cos addresses the lessons learned so far from the latest inflationary-disinflationary episode in the euro area and the European Central Bank’s response to it.
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Is the risk of nuclear war increasing?
30/04/2024 Duración: 01h00sAs Nuclear security issues and risks are back on the international agenda, our panel examine the steps that can be taken to reduce them.
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This time no mistakes
29/04/2024 Duración: 01h00sPolitical economist, journalist, and bestselling author, Will Hutton discusses his new book, This Time No Mistakes in which he shows how the right and left have gone wrong over the course of the last century – and how we can remake a better Britain.