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Renowned political philosopher Michael Sandel delivers an exclusive address on the birth of a better, wiser politics for the 21st century.
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Economics for Uncertain Times
The world is rapidly changing and the future is more unknown than ever – Jens Beckert and Richard Bronk explore the narratives and predictions we use to help navigate economic uncertainty.
Building A Citizens’ Economy
As the Citizens’ Economic Council launches its final report, we hear from participants and public figures including Andrew Haldane, Bank of England; Patricia Wharton, CEC member; Anand Menon, UK in a Changing Europe; and ...
The Citizens’ Story - building stronger economic democracy
How is money created? How much of it is real? Follow three citizens on their journey debating and questioning economists, Bank of England officials and business on crucial social and economic issues in their lives.
Publications
Just 21% of Britons we survey think the country will be better in 2030 than today. think In a series of four essays we map out how a more optimistic future might be secured.
Engaging citizens in the ethical use of AI for automated decision-making.
This final report concludes the two year Citizens Economic Council programme with five recommendations towards creating a public culture of economics
This report is about how best to address the growing distance between citizens and those that make economic decisions about citizens.
Articles & Blogs
The decade since the financial crash has been one in which society’s divides have been revealed to be stark and destructive. In a series of essays published today we map out how a more optimistic future might be secured.
The banks got bailed out, the public got sold out. That’s what happened ten years ago when the collapse of one private financial institution in the US caused the biggest global recession since the Great Depression.
Post-Crash, we seemed set for a revolution in economics. Even The Economist magazine, defender of free markets, concluded that a new economics was needed. Yet we are still waiting! We think the answer is to legitimise the ...
Anthony Painter explores the UK's economic and cultural divides and concludes that we all have 'deep stories' that need to be acknowledged.
Projects
In partnership with Power to Change, RIO and Sheffield University Management School the RSA is exploring the unique leadership challenges faced by community businesses.
The Citizens Economic Council is a programme which will give citizens a say on national economic policy, and influence the future of the UK economy.
Events
Renowned political philosopher Michael Sandel delivers an exclusive address on the birth of a better, wiser politics for the 21st century.
The world is rapidly changing and the future is more unknown than ever – Jens Beckert and Richard Bronk explore the narratives and predictions we use to help navigate economic uncertainty.
How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
Thursday 13th September 2018
Great Room Auditorium, RSA House
Academic, author and broadcaster, Hannah Fry lifts the lid on the algorithms that rule our lives - their inner workings, their growing power and their very real limitations.
- Fellow Event
RSA Scotland: The Devil's in the Caveats - Basic Income event ...
Friday 20th July 2018
STUC, Glasgow
The devil’s in the details is a common saying about policy proposals. Perhaps we need a similar saying for policy research, something like the devil’s in the caveats..