5-April-2022
English
New Approaches to Understanding and Managing Inflation
What does the upsurge in inflation tell us about the effect of the pandemic on the economy? What were the demand, supply and structural factors at work? How much inflation is useful for the economy in current conditions? This seminar discusses the prospects for inflation given current economic and geopolitical dynamics and what it tells us about how well we understand the macro economy.
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10-February-2022
English
The Resilient Society - Markus K. Brunnermeier
"The Resilient Society" addresses business leaders, policymakers, and concerned global citizens and argues that the only way to protect our social and economic institutions from climate change, cyberattacks, and other shocks to come is to build resilience and invest in mechanisms for bouncing back.
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24-November-2021
English
Public Debt in a Post Pandemic World - Barry Eichengreen
Public debts have exploded to levels unprecedented in modern history as governments respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis. Their dramatic rise has prompted warnings about the dangers of heavy debts on economic growth and the burden for future generations.
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4-November-2021
English
Launch of Government Economists for New Economic Systems (GENESYS)
NAEC has established Government Economists for New Economic Systems (GENESYS) as a platform for debating, experimenting and discussing policy alternatives and the analytical approaches which underpin them.
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29-October-2021
English
Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy - Adam Tooze
Social organisation, political interests, and economic policy interact with devastating human consequences, from the local hospital to the World Bank, Tooze analyses what the unintended consequences of the vaccine race might be, the role climate change played in the pandemic, and how no unilateral declaration of ‘independence” or isolation can extricate any modern country from the global web of travel, goods, services, and finance.
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1-September-2021
English
Value(s): Building a Better World for All - Mark Carney
Mark Carney discusses the radical, foundational change that is required if we are to build an economy and society based not on market values but on human values.
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17-June-2021
English
Anthro-Vision - How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life - Gillian Tett
In an age when the business world is dominated by technology and data analysis, award-winning financial journalist and anthropology PhD Gillian Tett presents a radically different strategy for success: businesses can revolutionize their understanding of behaviour by studying consumers, markets, and organisations through an anthropological lens
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28-April-2021
English
A Systemic Recovery
The scale and scope of the existential problems we are facing are now evident. They are systemic and solving them will require rebuilding the whole system. This is the role of NAEC. Two years ago we looked at Systemic Collapse. NAEC has since been Confronting Planetary Emergencies with some of the world’s leading economists and will now facilitate a debate on policy approaches to develop the resilience necessary for a Systemic Recovery.
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25-March-2021
English
Innovations to Address Women’s Brain Health Inequalities
As part of the OECD March on Gender initiative, this seminar looks into differences in neurological outcomes between men and women, supported by the NAEC Neuroscience-inspired Policy Initiative.
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25-February-2021
English
The Deficit Myth? - Stephanie Kelton
Vice-president Dick Cheney famously boasted, “Reagan proved deficits don’t matter.” Was he right? Do deficits matter? Stephanie Kelton leads a debate on whether deficits matter and how we think about government spending today and the implications for future generations. Can deficits be used to sustain life and build a more just economy that works for the many and not just the few?