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Democracy - a failed strategy?


Worldwide, 36 million people took part in demonstrations against Western intervention in the Middle East. Fast forward to 2021 and Joe Biden finally listened, pulling troops out of Afghanistan. Western liberals initially celebrated. But now the criticism has turned as the real consequences play out on the ground. This change of heart is part of a pattern. Sometimes it...
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Knowledge v creativity

Should we value one over the other?

Speakers: Jesse Norman, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Shreepali Patel
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The next environmental crisis

Are our current solutions just a short term fix?

Speakers: Martin Rees, Thomas Sterner, Judith Curry
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The eclipse of the West

Are we on the brink of a new world order?

Speakers: Peter Tatchell, Philip Collins, Cindy Yu
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The end of affluence

Are there limits to government debt?

Speakers: Vince Cable, Grace Blakeley, Stephen D. King
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Forests, hypocrisy and the West

How can we prevent rainforest destruction?

Speakers: Vince Cable, Aviva Chomsky, Virgilio Viana
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Corporations vs The People

Who rules the world?

Speakers: Nick Gillespie, Daron Acemoglu, Beata Javorcik

Biography

Economist and former BBC Chief Business correspondent Professor Linda Yueh holds positions as Fellow of Economics at St Edmunds College, Oxford, as well as Adjunct Professor of Economics at London Business School. Her most recent book - the Great Economists - was included in the Times's Best Business Books of the Year.

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