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The economic government of the world, 1933-2023

Hosted by the Department of Economic History and the Economic History Advisory Board

In-person and online public event (Old Theatre, Old Building)

Speaker

Professor Martin Daunton

Professor Martin Daunton

Chair

Professor Albrecht Ritschl

Professor Albrecht Ritschl

In his latest book, which forms the basis of this lecture, Martin Daunton pulls back the curtain on the institutions and individuals who have created and managed the economy over the last ninety years, revealing how and why one economic order breaks down and another is built.

Meet our speaker and chair

Martin Daunton studied economic history at the University of Nottingham and completed a PhD at the University of Kent. He served as Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences on two occasions; outside Cambridge, he was President of the Royal Historical Society, a trustee of the National Maritime Museum, and chair of the Leverhulme Trust Research Awards Committee. He has held visiting professorships in Japan and Australia, and is a Visiting Professor at Gresham College in London. His latest book is The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023.

Albrecht Ritschl (@AlbrechtRitschl) is Professor of Economic History in the Department of Economic History at LSE.  His expertise covers debt crises, financial crises, historical business cycles, macroeconomic history; and monetary history.

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This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2023, taking place from 21 October to 17 November with events across the UK.

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