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Alternatives to neoliberalism

Hosted by the Programme on Cohesive Capitalism

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

Speakers

Professor Sir Paul Collier

Professor Sir Paul Collier

Professor Mariana Mazzucato

Professor Mariana Mazzucato

Professor Debra Satz

Professor Debra Satz

Chair

Professor Larry Kramer

Professor Larry Kramer

At the first of two events to launch LSE’s new Programme on Cohesive Capitalism, a distinguished panel, chaired by LSE President and Vice Chancellor Larry Kramer, will seek to answer the central economic question of our time: what is the alternative to neoliberalism?

Meet our speakers and chair

Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and a Professorial Fellow of St Antony’s College. He is currently a Professeur invité at Sciences Po and a Director of the International Growth Centre. He has written for the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. His research covers the causes and consequences of civil war; the effects of aid and the problems of democracy in low-income and natural resources rich societies; urbanisation in low-income countries; private investment in African infrastructure and changing organisational cultures. Paul has authored numerous books, his latest, co-authored with John Kay, is Greed is Dead: Politics After Individualism.

Mariana Mazzucato (@MazzucatoM) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is Founding Director of the Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP). She is the author of four books: The Entrepreneurial State: debunking public vs. private sector myths which investigates the critical role the state plays in driving growth; The Value of Everything: making and taking in the global economy which looks at how value creation needs to be rewarded over value extraction; Mission Economy: a moonshot guide to changing capitalism rethinks the capacity and role of government within the economy and society; and most recently The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies.

Debra Satz is the Vernon R. & Lysbeth Warren Anderson Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, the Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society and Professor of Philosophy.

Larry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A constitutional scholar, university administrator, and philanthropic leader, he was previously the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School. 

More about this event

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Established in 1978, the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (@sticerd_lse) carry out research within nine research programmes. It also houses the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) and self standing programmes such as Beveridge 2.0 and the Hayek Programme. 

The Programme on Cohesive Capitalism is a major multi-disciplinary initiative to investigate new politico-economic paradigms, institutions and policies that could serve the common interest. Led by Professor Tim Besley, and housed in STICERD and the Department of Economics, it will bring together world-class thinkers in political philosophy and the social sciences to address some of the fundamental questions about the kind of world that we want to create and what is needed to bring it about.

A second event to mark the launch of the Programme on Cohesive Capitalism will take place on 4 June, How to build a cohesive society.

Hashtag for this event: #LSECohesiveCapitalism

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