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Economics and Finance

How much does Britain cost?

RSA Event / Video / Online

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.
Inside stories of 21st–century diplomacy

RSA Event / Video / Online

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.
How our social connections impact our economic mobility

RSA Event / Video / Online

23 Nov 2022

Harvard economist Professor Raj Chetty and Lucy Makinson, Behavioural Insights Team discuss how connectivity, social cohesion and civic engagement can play a role in shaping income equality and economic opportunity.
Cash, cards, crypto: inside the war for our wallets

RSA Event / Video / Online

14 Jul 2022

Campaigner and monetary anthropologist Brett Scott explores the realities of a cashless society – how it works, who stands to gain, who will get left behind and what this future means for data privacy.
The story of disorder

RSA Event / Video / Online

03 Mar 2022

How should we understand the turbulent age we’re living through? Professor Helen Thompson examines the geopolitical, domestic, and economic histories of the current moment, and what we can learn from the challenges of today.
The cost of living precariously

RSA Event / Video / Online

24 Feb 2022

What could help those worst hit in economically difficult times? As the cost of living crisis tightens its grip on the nation, a panel discusses the mounting pressures on financially insecure young people.
What is economics - and what should it be?

RSA Event / Video / Online

03 Feb 2022

How must economics adapt to meet the challenges of today – and tomorrow? Professor Diane Coyle lays out a vision for economics fit for the twenty-first century and digital economy.
After shutdown, where next?

RSA Event / Video / Online

04 Nov 2021

Historian Adam Tooze and political economist Helen Thompson lay bare the economic impact of the pandemic and explore how we can apply the lessons we’ve learned from the past 18 months to the challenges ahead.
Michel Barnier on the EU and the UK – a new relationship

RSA Event / Video

29 Sep 2021

Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator for the EU in the Brexit talks, visits the RSA to reveal insights from the negotiations and to share his perspective on a new chapter in EU-UK relations.
The great debt debate

RSA Event / Video

23 Sep 2021

Renowned academic economists Michael Hudson and Thomas Piketty meet on the first anniversary of David Graeber’s death to debate the most serious problems facing today’s finance-capital economies - and what to do about them.