http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/Video 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.Video 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.comms.filmandaudio@lse.ac.uk (LSE Film and Audio Team)LSE Film and Audio Teamcomms.filmandaudio@lse.ac.ukcomms.filmandaudio@lse.ac.uk (LSE Film and Audio Team)en-ukCopyright © Terms of use apply see http://www.lse.ac.uk/termsOfUse/Social SciencenoLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceNoSQL Serverhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/assets/richmedia/webFeedImages/the_directors_channel144_craig_calhoun.jpghttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/144144Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:42:00 GMTThu, 17 Nov 2016 12:42:00 GMTProfessor Julia Blackhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=358500:02:14PD6356Contributor(s): Professor Julia Black | Welcome to all LSE students and staff from Professor Julia Black, interim DirectorContributor(s): Professor Julia Black | Welcome to all LSE students and staff from Professor Julia Black, interim DirectorMon, 26 Sep 2016 12:00:00 GMT1Professor Julia Blackhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=358500:01:36PD6357Contributor(s): Professor Julia Black | Welcome to all LSE students and staff from Professor Julia Black, interim DirectorContributor(s): Professor Julia Black | Welcome to all LSE students and staff from Professor Julia Black, interim DirectorMon, 26 Sep 2016 12:00:00 GMT2Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=315300:07:02PD5732Contributor(s): Craig Calhoun | Craig Calhoun, Director of LSE and world-renowned social scientist, discusses his research and the future of LSE.Contributor(s): Craig Calhoun | Craig Calhoun, Director of LSE and world-renowned social scientist, discusses his research and the future of LSE.Thu, 2 Jul 2015 12:00:00 GMT3http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=276900:01:50PD51572014 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.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.Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:00:00 GMT4Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=258600:02:54PD4874Contributor(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.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.Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:00:00 GMT5Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=208601:30:20PD4075Speaker(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).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).Tue, 5 Nov 2013 18:30:00 GMT6Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=173000:06:09PD3589Contributor(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.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.Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT7Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=164801:29:41PD3501Speaker(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."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."Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT8Professor Todd Gitlin, Professor Craig Calhounhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=160401:28:31PD3427Speaker(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.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.Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT9Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=75301:27:54PD2120Speaker(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'.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'.Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:30:00 GMT10Howard Davies and Paul Volckerhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=65001:00:32PD1863Speaker(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.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.Thu, 13 May 2010 17:00:00 GMT11Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=88200:04:15PD2053Contributor(s): Howard Davies | Dr Jonathan Leape, in conversation with Howard Davies, Director of LSE, about LSE100: The LSE Course.Contributor(s): Howard Davies | Dr Jonathan Leape, in conversation with Howard Davies, Director of LSE, about LSE100: The LSE Course.Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT12Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=43801:31:43PD1770Speaker(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.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.Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT13Howard Davies, Stephen Greenhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=37300:33:16PD1415Speaker(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.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.Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:45:00 GMT14Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=88100:11:55PD2052Contributor(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.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.Tue, 26 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT15Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=65500:01:42PD2051Contributor(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.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.Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:30:00 GMT16Dr Ben S. Bernankehttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=9901:00:34PD1471Speaker(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.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.Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:00:00 GMT17Professor Robert J. Shillerhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=11201:11:19PD1473Speaker(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.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.Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:00:00 GMT18George Soros and Howard Davieshttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/theDirectorsChannel/player.aspx?id=16800:57:35PD1479Speaker(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).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).Wed, 21 May 2008 17:00:00 GMT19