Join us for this conversation between journalist and author Ben Chu and LSE's Richard Davies about Ben's new book Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails.

In Exile Economics Ben Chu argues that nations are turning away from each other. Faith in globalisation has been fatally undermined by the pandemic, the energy crisis, surging trade frictions and swelling great power rivalry. A new vision is vying to replace what we’ve known for many decades. This vision – what Ben calls exile economics - entails a rejection of interdependence, a downgrading of multilateral collaboration and a striving for greater national self-sufficiency. The supporters of this new order argue it will establish genuine security, prosperity and peace. But is this promise achievable? Or a seductive delusion?

Meet our speaker and chair

Ben Chu (@BenChu_) is Policy and Analysis Correspondent at BBC Verify. Previously he was the Economics Editor of BBC Newsnight. Ben was nominated for business journalist of the year at the 2015 British Journalism Awards and for business commentator of the year at the 2018 Comment Awards. He sits on the international advisory board of the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI). He is also a member of the Society of Professional Economists.

Richard Davies is an economist and author. He teaches courses on economics and data science, both with a focus on policy, in the School of Public Policy. Richard is also the Director of the Growth Co-Lab at LSE, a research collaboration with Harvard University’s Growth Lab that provides advice to governments on inclusive growth practices, with recent projects covering Ukraine, the UK, Namibia, Tanzania and South Africa.

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