Audio, video and pdf files from the LSE Director's channel. Some items were recorded prior to 2 May 2011 when Howard Davies was LSE's Director. LSE's current Director is Professor Craig Calhoun (from 1 September 2012) - see the LSE website for details.http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/LSE Film and Audio Teamcomms.filmandaudio@lse.ac.ukhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/Copyright © Terms of use apply see http://www.lse.ac.uk/termsOfUse/SQL Serverhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/assets/richmedia/webFeedImages/the_directors_channel1400_craig_calhoun.jpg2016-11-17T12:36:21.090Z

Contributor(s): Professor Julia Black | Welcome to all LSE students and staff from Professor Julia Black, interim Director

Professor Julia Blackhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=35852016-09-26T12:00:00Z

Contributor(s): Craig Calhoun | Craig Calhoun, Director of LSE and world-renowned social scientist, discusses his research and the future of LSE.

Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=31532015-07-02T12:00:00Z

2014 was another extraordinary year for LSE. We saw accolades for our staff, students and graduates, a stellar array of public lectures and events, and the opening of our state-of-the-art, multiple award winning Saw Swee Hock Student Centre. As we are about to enter 2015, and LSE’s 120th year, here is a short film which gives a glimpse of the School’s rich history, our dynamic student body and some of the exciting developments which have taken place. …And there is plenty more to come. Season’s Greetings and a Happy New Year! Professor Craig Calhoun - Director and President, LSE.

http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=27692014-12-17T12:00:00Z

Contributor(s): Professor Craig Calhoun | World War One was the most catastrophic event of the last century, responsible for the transformation of nation states and empires, the re-organisation of European society and the loss of millions of lives. LSE hosts a conference on Friday 3 October which will explore not only how the Great War changed the world but the broader meaning of politics, of struggle, of suffering and the human dimension of nationalist conflicts.

Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=25862014-09-25T12:00:00Z

Contributor(s): Amy Mollett, Craig Calhoun | To celebrate and support the LSE Literary Festival the LSE Review of Books is asking prominent LSE academics and event speakers about the books that inspired them into their academic subject. In this podcast, The Director of the LSE and world-renowned sociologist, Professor Craig Calhoun, tells us about the classical social theorists who inspired him early in his career, and why the most inspiring books are the ones with which you find a multitude of limits and problems. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Other contributor: Craig Calhoun. Music courtesy of Podington Bear for his song Lilywhite on Freemusicarchive.org.

Amy Mollett, Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=22572014-02-17T12:00:00Z

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun | Humanitarian emergencies are not simply brute facts, appealing directly to our emotions or our moral sensibilities. They are one of the important ways in which perceptions of human life, sympathy for suffering, and responses to social upheaval have come to be organized in recent decades. Like nations and business corporations, they are creatures of social imaginaries, but no less materially influential for that. They are shaped by a history of changing ideas about the human; moral responsibility for strangers; structures of chance and causality; and the imperative and capacity for effective action, even at a distance. They reflect the context of the modern era generally and more specific features of the era since the 1970s. And they are embedded in a complex institutionalization of responses. First, grasping human suffering as humanitarian emergencies is made possible by a long history of changes in how we – Westerners especially – construct the categories of the human, the emergency, and moral obligation. Second, though they are influenced by both state politics and economic activity, humanitarian emergencies appear as anomalies outside the putatively normal stable functioning of political and economic systems. Third, emergencies and humanitarian sympathies are produced importantly through large-scale media systems, including especially visual media. Fourth, they have commanded attention especially since the 1970s as responses to an era of market-driven globalization and declining faith in political action. Fifth, they have occasioned a new institutional field of response in which NGOs and voluntary action are pivotal (even though states remain crucial funders), and they are shaped by the way such response organizes both what we see and what happens materially on the ground. Sixth, they reflect a view from relatively ‘core’ locations in the modern world-system on seeming chaos in its periphery, a view often linked at once to a managerial orientation, an idea of charity, and the reassurance of grasping suffering and chaos precisely as distant. The specific historical circumstances that gave rise to humanitarian response are changing, and with them this specific project of cosmopolitan care for distant strangers may be undergoing a deep transformation. Professor Calhoun is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics. He took up his post as LSE Director on 1 September 2012, having left the United States where he was University Professor at New York University and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge and President of the Social Science Research Council. Professor Calhoun is an American citizen but has deep connections with the United Kingdom. He took a D Phil in History and Sociology at Oxford University and a Master's in Social Anthropology at Manchester. He co-founded, with Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology at LSE, the NYLON programme which brings together graduate students from New York and London for co-operative research programmes. He is the author of several books including Nations Matter, Critical Social Theory, Neither Gods Nor Emperors and most recently The Roots of Radicalism (University of Chicago Press, 2012).

Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=20862013-11-05T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun | Professor Calhoun is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics. He took up his post as LSE Director on 1 September 2012, having left the United States where he was University Professor at New York University and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge and President of the Social Science Research Council. Professor Calhoun took a D Phil in History and Sociology at Oxford University and a Master's in Social Anthropology at Manchester. He co-founded, with Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology at LSE, the NYLON programme which brings together graduate students from New York and London for co-operative research programmes. He is the author of several books including Nations Matter, Critical Social Theory, Neither Gods Nor Emperors and most recently The Roots of Radicalism (University of Chicago Press, 2012).

Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=19712013-07-23T14:00:00Z

Speaker(s): Dr David Graeber, Professor Craig Calhoun | From the earliest meetings for Occupy Wall Street, David Graeber felt that something was different from previous demonstrations. What was it about this particular movement that worked this time? And what can we now do to make our world more democratic again? Graeber presents a vital new exploration of anti-capitalist dissent, looking at the actions of the 99% and revealing the alternative political and economic possibilities of our future. David Graeber is an anthropologist at Goldsmiths, University of London, who has been involved with the Occupy movement most actively at Wall Street. He is widely credited with coining the phrase "We are the 99%" and is the author of the widely praised Debt: The First 5000 Years. His new book The Democracy Project is published by Allen Lane. Craig Calhoun is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics. He took up his post as LSE Director on 1 September 2012, having left the United States where he was University Professor at New York University and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge and President of the Social Science Research Council. He is the author of several books including Nations Matter, Critical Social Theory, Neither Gods Nor Emperors and most recently The Roots of Radicalism (University of Chicago Press, 2012).

Dr David Graeber, Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=18732013-04-30T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun | In this lecture LSE Director Professor Craig Calhoun, considers the threats, internal and external to global capitalism.

Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=19142013-03-20T12:00:00Z

Contributor(s): Professor Craig Calhoun | In this short film Professor Craig Calhoun talks about his academic career and intellectual development. Find out what drew him to anthropology and about his love of film.

Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=17302013-02-04T12:00:00Z

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun | Craig Calhoun took up his post as LSE Director on 1 September 2012, having left the United States where he was University Professor at New York University and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge and President of the Social Science Research Council. Professor Calhoun is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics. Professor Calhoun is an American citizen but has deep connections with the United Kingdom. He took a D Phil in History and Sociology at Oxford University and a Master's in Social Anthropology at Manchester. He co-founded, with Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology at LSE, the NYLON programme which brings together graduate students from New York and London for co-operative research programmes.

Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=17312013-01-30T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun | Drawing on his decades of research on social protest, Professor Calhoun will explore the roots of radicalism and the relationship between social movements and social change. Professor Calhoun is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics. He took up his post as LSE Director on 1 September 2012, having left the United States where he was University Professor at New York University and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge and President of the Social Science Research Council. Professor Calhoun is an American citizen but has deep connections with the United Kingdom. He took a D Phil in History and Sociology at Oxford University and a Master's in Social Anthropology at Manchester. He co-founded, with Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology at LSE, the NYLON programme which brings together graduate students from New York and London for co-operative research programmes. He is the author of several books including Nations Matter, Critical Social Theory, Neither Gods Nor Emperors and most recently The Roots of Radicalism (University of Chicago Press, 2012). Describing his own approach to academic work, Professor Calhoun says: "We must set high standards for ourselves, but in order to inform the public well, not to isolate ourselves from it."

Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=16732012-11-27T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun | The university is an institution in upheaval. In his Inaugural Lecture as Director of LSE, Professor Craig Calhoun explores the options for the future. Professor Calhoun is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics. He took up his post as LSE Director on 1 September 2012, having left the United States where he was University Professor at New York University and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge and President of the Social Science Research Council. Professor Calhoun is an American citizen but has deep connections with the United Kingdom. He took a D Phil in History and Sociology at Oxford University and a Master's in Social Anthropology at Manchester. He co-founded, with Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology at LSE, the NYLON programme which brings together graduate students from New York and London for co-operative research programmes. He is the author of several books including Nations Matter, Critical Social Theory, Neither Gods Nor Emperors and most recently The Roots of Radicalism (University of Chicago Press, 2012). Describing his own approach to academic work, Professor Calhoun says: "We must set high standards for ourselves, but in order to inform the public well, not to isolate ourselves from it."

Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=16482012-11-13T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Professor Anne Applebaum, Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Michael Cox, Gideon Rachman | After a closely fought election, this highly topical LSE public debate will look ahead to Obama’s second administration and assess the challenges it faces at home and how it is likely to address them, as well as how its relationships with Britain, Europe and the rest of the world are likely to develop. Author and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum has taken up the post of Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at the School for 2012-13. She is the first woman to ever hold this position. Anne Applebaum is the Director of Political Studies at the Legatum Institute in London, and a columnist for the Washington Post and Slate. After graduating from Yale University, Anne Applebaum was a Marshall Scholar at both the LSE and St. Anthony’s College Oxford. She has also lectured at Yale and Columbia Universities, amongst others. Anne Applebaum’s journalistic work focuses on US and international politics, with a particular focus on economic and political transition. Craig Calhoun is director of LSE. He is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics. He took up his post as LSE Director on 1 September 2012, having left the United States where he was University Professor at New York University and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge and President of the Social Science Research Council. Michael Cox is founding director of LSE IDEAS. `Professor Cox is a well known speaker on global affairs and has lectured in the United States, Australia, Asia, and in the EU. He has spoken on a range of contemporary global issues, though most recently he has focused on the role of the United States in the international system, the rise of Asia, and whether or not the world is now in the midst of a major power shift. Gideon Rachman became chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times in July 2006. He joined the FT after a 15-year career at The Economist, which included spells as a foreign correspondent in Brussels, Washington and Bangkok. He also edited The Economist’s business and Asia sections. His particular interests include American foreign policy, the European Union and globalisation.

Professor Anne Applebaum, Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Michael Cox, Gideon Rachmanhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=16452012-11-12T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Michael Cox, Dr Pippa Malmgren, Professor Sir Robert Worcester | With just a week to go to the US presidential election, this panel of experts will assess the state of the race, look back at Barack Obama’s first term, what a second term would bring, or what "President Romney" would mean for the US and the wider world. Craig Calhoun is director of LSE. Michael Cox is Founding co-director of LSE IDEAS. Pippa Malmgren is the president and founder of Principalis Asset Management, former financial market advisor in the White House and member of the National Economic Council. Robert Worcester was the founder of MORI and is an honorary fellow of LSE.

Professor Craig Calhoun, Professor Michael Cox, Dr Pippa Malmgren, Professor Sir Robert Worcesterhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=16232012-10-29T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Professor Todd Gitlin, Professor Craig Calhoun | Erupting in September 2011, Occupy Wall Street was jump-started by a radical core who devised a form of action, occupation, that combined face-to-face with electronic elements. In an election year, the ingenuity of the original core has been overshadowed by the momentum, the stakes, and not least the money of the presidential campaign. Whether an Occupy movement takes shape and endures, focused on transformation of a political system overwhelmingly shaped by plutocrats, depends on the actions of many networks that were mobilized within and around the Occupy moment. Todd Gitlin is professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University and is the author of 15 books, including, Occupy Nation: the roots, the spirit, and the promise of Occupy Wall Street. Professor Calhoun is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics. He took up his post as LSE Director on 1 September 2012, having left the United States where he was University Professor at New York University and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge and President of the Social Science Research Council.

Professor Todd Gitlin, Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=16042012-10-18T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Davies | In the 6th of an annual series of lectures, Howard Davies reviews the development of the Chinese financial system over the last year. He has been a member of the International Advisory Board of the Chinese banking regulator since 2003 and has observed the dramatic changes in Chinese banks at first hand. The Chinese system has been remarkably insulated from the crisis. What does that mean for the future? Will China turn its back on free-market financial reform? Howard Davies is director of LSE. Prior to this, from 1997-2003 he was Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the single regulator for the UK financial sector, which was created under his leadership from nine separate regulatory agencies. From 1995-1997 he was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. His latest books include The 'Financial Crisis: Who is to Blame?' and 'Banking on the Future: the fall and rise of central banking'.

Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=7532010-10-14T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Davies | Howard Davies delivers an orientation lecture to LSE students giving an insiders perspective on monetary policy and the mechanics of policy making. Howard Davies is the Director of LSE.

Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=7362010-10-06T13:00:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Daves, Robert Peston | There is still no consensus on who or what caused the financial crisis which engulfed the world, beginning in the summer of 2007. A huge number of suspects have been identified, from greedy investment bankers, through feckless borrowers, dilatory regulators and myopic central bankers to violent video games and high levels of testosterone among the denizens of trading floors. There is not even agreement on whether the crisis shows a need for more government intervention in markets, or less: some maintain that government encouragement of home ownership lay at the heart of the problem in the US, in particular. In this public event to mark the launch of his new book 'The Financial Crisis: Who is to Blame?' Howard Davies charts a course through these arguments, and the evidence advanced for each of them.

Howard Daves, Robert Pestonhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=7262010-09-28T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Davies and Paul Volcker | Howard Davies is director of LSE. Prior to this, from 1997-2003 he was Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the single regulator for the UK financial sector, which was created under his leadership from nine separate regulatory agencies. From 1995-1997 he was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. His latest book is Banking on the Future: the fall and rise of central banking, written with David Green, which will be launched at LSE at a public debate on 12 May.

Howard Davies and Paul Volckerhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=6502010-05-13T17:00:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Davies, David Green | Not long ago, national central banks were endowed with wide-ranging authority, enormous prestige, and a high degree of independence. Today, in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, rethinking their functioning and their modus operandi is both natural and needed. Howard Davies and David Green write on this issue with authority, reflecting their practical experience, political sensitivity, and high analytic skills.

Howard Davies, David Greenhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=6492010-05-12T18:30:00Z

Contributor(s): Howard Davies | Dr Jonathan Leape, in conversation with Howard Davies, Director of LSE, about LSE100: The LSE Course.

Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=8822009-10-19T12:00:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Davies | Howard Davies sits on the International advisory councils of the China banking and securities regulatory commissions. In the fifth lecture of an annual series he reviews the progress of reform in china's financial markets, and the implications for the rest of the world.

Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=4382009-10-13T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Davies, Stephen Green | As the world's financial order is in a state of flux, how do we align our desire to improve material human wealth, and capitalism, with our spiritual and psychological needs? Do businesses and banks in particular have a duty to society that goes beyond the creation of profit? Does open market capitalism remain our best hope for creating wealth that benefits all of society? Green and Davies discuss history, politics, religion and economics. This event marks the launch of Stephen Green's book Good Value.

Howard Davies, Stephen Greenhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=3732009-07-02T17:45:00Z

Speaker(s): Bill Gates Sr., Howard Davies | Bill Gates Sr., is a prominent lawyer, civil activist, and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is the author of Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime, a memoir that shares reflections on lessons from a lifetime of 'showing up' - lessons he learned growing up during the Great Depression, and that he instilled in his children and continues to practice on the world stage as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill Gates Sr., Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=3622009-06-04T11:40:00Z

Contributor(s): Howard Davies | The educational experience at the London School of Economics greatly extends the depth and breadth of student’s knowledge of their subject and of the Social Sciences, producing graduates who a have a wide variety of skills. Howard Davies, Director of LSE, explains how the student experience at LSE develops key skills that recruiters look for in an applicant. The attributes that Howard suggests LSE graduates have are; a global outlook, strong analytical skills, and considerable self confidence.

Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=8812009-05-26T12:00:00Z

Speaker(s): Lord Goldsmith QC, Howard Davies | The separation of powers idea is at the heart of all legal democracies. Yet within those democracies there will often be positions of high office which require their holders to perform functions which are both legal and political. In this series of events senior figures who hold or have held positions of this type talk about their lives in the law, the nature of their office, the institutions which they serve, their roles and responsibilities within those institutions, the role of lawyers in government and their understanding of the relationship between law and politics.

Lord Goldsmith QC, Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=372009-03-17T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Alex Brummer, Vince Cable MP; Evan Davis; Gillian Tett; Professor Willem Buiter | This event will discuss the reporting leading up to the global credit crash of 2008. Alex Brummer has been City Editor for the Daily Mail since 2000. He has over thirty years' experience in the media. Vincent Cable is the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and speaks for his party on issues of Finance, European Economic and Monetary Union and the City. Evan Davis is a presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today programme. He was the BBC's Economics Editor from 2001-2008.

Alex Brummer, Vince Cable MP; Evan Davis; Gillian Tett; Professor Willem Buiterhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=662009-02-23T18:30:00Z

Contributor(s): Howard Davies | An LSE education greatly extends the depth and breadth of our students’ knowledge of their subject and of the Social Sciences. Howard Davies, Director of LSE, explains how LSE equips its graduates with the skills and abilities to build successful careers across the globe.

Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=6552009-01-21T16:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Dr Ben S. Bernanke | Ben S. Bernanke was sworn in on February 1, 2006, as Chairman and a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Bernanke also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, the System's principal monetary policymaking body. He was appointed as a member of the Board to a full 14-year term, which expires January 31, 2020, and to a four-year term as Chairman, which expires January 31, 2010. Before his appointment as Chairman, Dr. Bernanke was Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, from June 2005 to January 2006.

Dr Ben S. Bernankehttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=992009-01-13T13:00:00Z

Speaker(s): Professor Robert J. Shiller | Bubbles in the stock market and the housing market are the cause of a financial crisis that is wreaking havoc around the world. The bubbles in turn are caused, at their core, by popular misunderstandings. This contradicts the 'rational expectations' view of the economy that has guided much economic theorizing. In dealing with this crisis in the short run, some kind of bailout of injured parties is necessary to prevent damage to the social fabric. In the long run, we can help mitigate such crises by improving the financial information infrastructure, by expanding market coverage of important risks, and introducing new retail financial products. Robert J. Shiller is the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, and Professor of Finance and Fellow at the International Center for Finance, Yale School of Management.

Professor Robert J. Shillerhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=1122008-11-26T16:00:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Davies | Howard Davies is working on a book about the future of central banking to be published in 2009 by Princeton University Press. He will assess the ways in which central banks around the world have responded to the credit crisis and what that implies for their role in financial sector regulation in the future. Howard Davies is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Prior to this, from 1997-2003 he was Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the single regulator for the UK financial sector, which was created under his leadership from nine separate regulatory agencies. From 1995-1997 he was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.

Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=1312008-10-30T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Davies | Howard Davies sits on the International advisory councils of the China banking and securities regulatory commissions. In the fourth lecture of an annual series he reviews the progress of reform in china's financial markets, and the implications for the rest of the world. Howard Davies is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Prior to this, from 1997-2003 he was Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the single regulator for the UK financial sector, which was created under his leadership from nine separate regulatory agencies. From 1995-1997 he was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.

Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=1412008-10-15T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): George Soros and Howard Davies | In the midst of the worst financial upheaval since the Great Depression, George Soros explores the origins of the crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivalled, places the current crisis in the context of decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity. "This is a once in lifetime moment", says Soros in characterising the scale of financial distress spreading across Wall Street, the London Stock Exchange, and financial centres around the world. This event marks the launch of George Soros new book 'The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means' (PublicAffairs, May 2008).

George Soros and Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=1682008-05-21T17:00:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Davies, David Green, John McFall, Sir Steve Robson, Gillian Tett | As international financial markets have become more complex, so has the regulatory system which oversees them. The Basel Committee is just one of a plethora of international bodies and groupings which now set standards for financial activity around the world, in the interests of investor protection and financial stability. These groupings, and their decisions, have a major impact on markets in developed and developing countries, and on competition between financial firms. Yet their workings are shrouded in mystery, and their legitimacy is uncertain. Howard Davies was the first chairman of the UK's Financial Services Authority, the single regulator for the whole of Britain's financial sector. He was a member of the main international regulatory committees for several years, and is now director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). David Green was head of International Policy at the FSA, after 30 years in the Bank of England, and has been particularly closely associated with the development of the European regulatory system. He now advises the Financial Reporting Council. John McFall MP is Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee of the House of Commons since 2001. He was re-elected to this post in October, 2005. In 1997 John served as a Government Whip and in July 1998 he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office. His portfolio included responsibility for the Department of Education, Community Relations, the Training and Employment Agency and the Department of Health and Social Services and the Department of Economic Affairs. Sir Steve Robson is a former senior UK civil servant, who had responsibility for a wide variety of Treasury matters. His early career included the post of private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and secondment to ICFC (now 3i). He was also a second permanent secretary of HM Treasury, where he was managing director of the Finance and Regulation Directorate. He is a non-executive director of JP Morgan Cazenove Holdings, RBS, Xstrata Plc, The Financial Reporting Council Limited and Partnerships UK plc, and a member of the Chairman's Advisory Committee of KPMG.

Howard Davies, David Green, John McFall, Sir Steve Robson, Gillian Tetthttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=1822008-05-01T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Davies | Howard Davies, who has advised the Chinese government on financial reform for the last four years, reviews the implications of China's rise for the world's financial markets.

Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=2762007-10-29T18:30:00Z

Speaker(s): Howard Davies | Three of China's big four banks are now quoted on the Hong Kong exchange. Full World Trade Organisation membership is around the corner, but some in China are now calling for a halt in the reform programme. What can we expect in the next year?

Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=3462006-10-17T18:30:00Z