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Economics and Finance

The Age of Disruption

RSA Event

23 Apr 2015

Durham Street Auditorium, RSA House

The Economist’s management editor Adrian Wooldridge examines how widespread disruption and innovation will have an impact on the future of economics and work.
Good Times, Bad Times, Hard Times

RSA Event

19 Feb 2015

RSA House, London

Acclaimed academic Professor John Hills, and Guardian journalist and author Tom Clark join forces to investigate the realities of the welfare state in the post-recession era of austerity.
How to Innovate… and Survive

RSA Event

12 Feb 2015

RSA House, London

Myth-busting innovation expert Mark Payne reveals the secret to creating transformative products and services that will survive the rocky road to market.
Power to Create

RSA Event

08 Jul 2014

RSA House, London

In his 2014 Chief Executive’s lecture, Matthew Taylor will explore new thinking around the RSA’s core mission: to empower people to be capable, active participants in creating the world we want to live in.
Ha-Joon Chang on Economics

RSA Event

01 May 2014

RSA House, London

What is economics? In the second of our exciting series of events celebrating the return of the popular and accessible Pelican books, economist Ha-Joon Chang will provide the tools that every responsible citizen needs to understand - and address - our current economic woes. Chaired by Guardian columnist Zoe Williams.
A World Beyond Markets

RSA Event

29 Apr 2014

RSA House, London

How will the ‘collaborative commons’ transform our lives? Jeremy Rifkin, one of the world’s most popular public thinkers and political advisors, argues that capitalism will no longer be the dominant paradigm in the second half of the 21st century.
The Contradictions of Capitalism

RSA Event

09 Apr 2014

RSA House, London

One of the world’s most respected public thinkers visits the RSA to explore the hidden workings of capital. David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate School, unravels the paradoxes at the heart of capitalism and offers a manifesto for a new way forward.
How to Change the Post-Crash Economy

RSA Event

06 Mar 2014

RSA House, London

An expert panel convene to discuss the state of the UK economy today.
The Truth About Social Mobility

RSA Event

06 Mar 2014

RSA House, London

Many people assume that it is much easier to move between social classes today than in the past. But new research by economist Gregory Clark, based on tracking family names across generations, reveals that mobility rates are lower than conventionally estimated, and that inherited advantage remains a deeply entrenched force.
The Political Origins of Banking Crises

RSA Event

27 Feb 2014

RSA House, London

Economist Charles Calomiris examines the puzzling pervasiveness of dysfunctional banking, and argues that bank crises are often the predictable result of political bargains, and that these bargains are structured by a society’s fundamental political institutions.