Date: Monday 5 December 2011
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Jeffrey Sachs
Chair: Professor Lord Richard Layard

The world economy remains in a precarious state after the global recession. Jeffrey Sachs will discuss why we must – and how we can– change our entire economic culture in the time of crisis.

Jeffrey Sachs is director of The Earth Institute and Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University.

Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #lsecivilisation

Slides

A copy of Jeffrey Sachs' powerpoint presentation is now online. Download 'The Price of Civilization: economics and ethics after the fall' (PDF - should be viewed in internet explorer or firefox).

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