LSE Department of Management Business in the Global Age lecture series
Date: Wednesday 30 January 2008
Time: 6:30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Lord Maurice Saatchi
Americans today may be perplexed and confused about the way America is perceived in the world. They may feel like Josef K in Kafka's 'The Trial': "Someone must have laid false accusations against Josef K because one morning he was arrested without having done anything wrong." Accusations against America have spread into a global phenomenon, crossing boarders, classes, religions, and generations. A Pew Trust research poll in 2005 concluded that anti-Americanism is deeper and broader than at any time in modern history. What to do?
Maurice Saatchi co-founded Saatchi and Saatchi Advertising in 1970 and is now a partner in M&C Saatchi. He was elevated to the peerage in 1996. Lord Saatchi served as Conservative Shadow Minister in the House of Lords for the Treasury and the Cabinet Office 1999-2001. He was Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2003-2005.
Podcast
A podcast of this event is available to download from the LSE public lectures and events podcasts channel.
The next lecture in this series will take place on Monday 4 February and is entitled An Open Economy - the Progressive Response to Global Change.