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How much does Britain cost?

23 Feb 2023
Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, follows the £1 trillion it now costs to run the UK economy, exploring where the money comes from, how it’s spent and what reforms might be needed to prepare for future challenges.
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Inside stories of 21st–century diplomacy

26 Jan 2023
Diplomacy often takes place behind closed doors, but what does this vital role really look like in today’s world? Baroness Catherine Ashton reflects on her time as the EU’s first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
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A new economic paradigm for people and planet

30 Jan 2023
Dennis Snower, influential economist and policy adviser to the G20, joins leading evolutionary theorist David Sloan Wilson to ask: can we re-define and re-design economics to respond more effectively to the complex collective challenges facing us now, and in the future?
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Slouching towards utopia

13 Oct 2022
One of the world’s most celebrated economists, Brad DeLong, explains just how and why the long twentieth century’s explosion of technology and prosperity has failed to deliver us a real utopia.
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Building a politics of the common good

18 Oct 2022
Lisa Nandy and Maurice Glasman look afresh at Blue Labour thinking – a prescription for broken politics rooted in people, place and community.
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After the summer of discontent: where next and what’s needed now?

20 Oct 2022
Morgan Wild, Citizens Advice, Katherine Chapman, Living Wage Foundation and Kate Bell, TUC, reflect on the worsening pressures on the cost of living and what Britain’s ‘summer of discontent’ can teach us about the power of collective action.
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Where next for the UK’s local and regional economies?

05 Jul 2022
Combined authority mayors Andy Burnham and Andy Street visit the RSA to discuss how extended local powers and long-term funding will unlock the potential in people and places and improve outcomes for all communities.
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Levelling up – where next?

05 Apr 2022
Join RSA chief executive Andy Haldane at RSA House, where he will examine how this ambitious national vision and mission can be made real for people and places in every part of the UK.