Date: Tuesday 23 February 2010
Time: 7-9.30pm
Venue: Thai Theatre, New Academic Building

The LSE SU Economics Society is proud to present the LSE Economic Policy Challenge 2010: Grand Final.

Four finalist teams have beaten candidates from across the country and emerged triumphant from the 1st round. At the finale, their proposals will be reviewed by a panel of distinguished academics and practitioners, and face a demanding audience.

An outstanding judging panel has been assembled:
Prof. Richard Jackman, Department of Economics, LSE
Mr. Oliver Greenfield, Head of Sustainable Business and Economics WWF-UK
Mr. Colin Lawrence, Director of Prudential Risk Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Mr. Antonio Spilimbergo, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Dr. Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, Department of Government, LSE

The aim of this initiative is to encourage students to think critically about economic issues and propose solutions to the challenges raised in the midst of the global financial crisis. At the event, the teams will present policy proposals that answer questions from an array of monetary, fiscal, environmental, business, public, and trade topics. As a member of the audience, you could put the finalist under your intellectual fire! On top of that there will small discussion sessions where the judges will give their perspectives on the difficulties and the conflicts of interests that exist in the policy-making process.

At the finale, their proposals will be reviewed by a panel of distinguished academics and practitioners, and face a demanding audience.

The four finalists and their chosen topics are:
Paradigm, LSE, "Monetary policy frameworks based on national targets have failed to deal with the impact of global imbalances."Discuss
UCL Globalist, UCL, "Is it time to look beyond national governments for solutions to the world's most pressing economic policy problems"
Fresh Futures, University of Oxford, "Should governments prepare for a world that has run out of oil? And if so, what should they do?"
Econobrum, University of Birmingham, "Should governments prepare for a world that has run out of oil? And if so, what should they do? "

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, email epc@economics-society.com or contact R Rabheru on r.rabheru@lse.ac.uk or 07969815940. You can also visit www.economics-society.com.

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