Speaker(s): Kenneth Clarke, Professor Tony Travers | This event, in memory of Maurice Fraser, will see former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke in conversation with LSE's Tony Travers and Kevin Featherstone. Kenneth Clarke, MP for Rushcliffe since 1970, held several Ministerial offices in the Governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major - as Secr ... Show More
Jul 2018
Adam Smith: what he thought, and why it matters [Audio]
Speaker(s): Jesse Norman MP | At a time when economics and politics are both increasingly polarized between left and right, this book, Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters, which Jesse Norman will discuss at this event, returns to intellectual first principles to recre ... Show More
1h 3m
Jun 2018
Can Society Once Again Make Finance Servant, Not Master of the Economy? [Audio]
Speaker(s): Ann Pettifor | In February 2018, Jeremy Corbyn accused bankers of taking the economy hostage, and said in a speech that Britain's financial sector will be "the servant of industry not the masters of all" if the Labour Party wins the next election. How realistic is tha ... Show More
1h 24m
Oct 2018
The neurotic academic: anxiety, casualisation, and governance in the neoliberalising university
Dr Vik Loveday, Goldsmiths, speaks at SRHE Higher Education Policy Network Event - Casualisation and the academy: Considering the implications for academics, students and higher education policy (Audio length - 00:32:56)
32m 56s
Jun 2023
Peachy Keenan On How to Win the Culture War
Guests: Matthew Spalding, Peachy Keenan, & Bruno Cortes Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Spalding, Vice President of Washington Operations and Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale, about the dangers that the DEI agenda poses to academia. Peachy Kee ... Show More
49m 52s