27 January 2020
Video: 2020 Outlook for the UK Economy
On 27 January 2020 Melanie Baker, Senior Economist, Royal London Asset Management and Philip Rush, Chief Economist, Heteronomics gave a dual perspective on that ever topical subject - the UK economy.
25 November 2019
Video: The Economic Case for Gender Equality
On 25 November, Vicky Pryce, CEBR, gave a Mastercass on the extent to which short-termism and bias in our liberal economic system creates market failures and a sub-optimal allocation of resources that need to be corrected by state intervention or other means.
14 October 2019
Speaker Series: Interview with Yael Selfin
Yael Selfin, KPMG's Chief Economist, talks to Sunil Krishnan on the sidelines of the Society's Annual Conference about why UK investment is struggling, and how economists can help businesses adapt and thrive.
14 October 2019
Speaker Series: Interview with Sir Ivan Rogers
Sir Ivan Rogers, former UK Permanent Representative to the EU, talks to Sunil Krishnan at the Annual Conference. They discuss how the immediate aftermath of the 2016 referendum cast a long shadow over the UK's subsequent negotiation struggles, and how economists should approach the task of adding insight to the political debate.
14 October 2019
Speaker Series: Interview with Professor Rachel Griffith
Professor Rachel Griffith, of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the University of Manchester, is President of the Royal Economic Society, She talks to the Society's Catherine Connolly about the challenges economists face in communicating with the wider public, and what they can learn from other disciplines.
14 October 2019
Speaker Series: Interview with Randall Kroszner
Professor Randall Kroszner, Deputy Dean for Executive Programs at Chicago Booth, and former Federal Reserve Governor, talks to Sunil Krishnan about a range of current international policy issues. They discuss strategic rivalry between the US and China, the challenge of managing global data, and the principles of regulating new financial technologies such as Facebook's Libra.
07 October 2019
Speaker Series: Interview with Janet Henry and Osama Rahman
Janet Henry, Global Chief Economist at HSBC, and Osama Rahman, Chief Scientific Advisor and Director of Analysis at the Department for Education, talk to Sunil Krishnan about their careers in economics and the outlook for the profession, on the sidelines of the Society's Careers for Economists event held at Aviva.
18 September 2019
Speaker Series: Interview with Jonathan Athow and Jill Leyland
Jonathan Athow, Interim National Statistician at the Office for National Statistics, and Jill Leyland, Member of the Advisory Panel on Consumer Prices, talk to Sunil Krishnan about the measurement of inflation in the UK. They discuss the challenges posed by modern consumption and price-setting behaviour, the development of new Household Cost Indices, and how modern "big data" techniques are starting to improve our collection of data.
01 July 2019
Speaker Series: Interview with Martin Wolf and Stephanie Flanders
Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator for the Financial Times, and Stephanie Flanders, head of Bloomberg Economics, speak to Sunil Krishnan about the phenomenon of populism, and what it means for liberal democracy and market economics.
28 September 2018
Speaker Series: Robert Chote, Chairman Office for Budget Responsibility
On the sidelines of the Society's Annual Conference, Robert discusses the changing environment for forecasting with fewer public sector staff having advanced sight of official data and countered by the challenges facing short-term forecasts against risks such as Brexit, trade and disruptive politics.