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Rethinking Capitalism with Philippe Aghion
01 December 2022, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm
Philippe Aghion's public lecture will consider policy approaches that foster innovation while making growth more inclusive
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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James Baggaley
Location
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Wilkins Gustave Tuck Lecture TheatreGower StreetLondonWC1E 6BT
This event is jointly hosted by the Stone Centre on wealth concentration, inequality and the economy at UCL and the UCL Policy lab.
At a time of increasing economic uncertainty and upheaval, Philippe Aghion's lecture will be a timely assessment of policy approaches to innovation, growth and (in)equality. There is a prevailing view that countries that aim for frontier innovation should forgo the quest for social insurance and equality. In this lecture Aghion will argue against that view, showing how policies for education, competition and the labour market can both foster innovation and make growth more inclusive.
This lecture and the discussion with the audience afterwards will be chaired by Henry Curr, Economics Editor of the Economist.
Please note that this event will be followed by a reception and will be recorded and live streamed.
About the Speakers
Philippe Aghion
Professor of Economics at College de France and at the London School of Economics
Philippe Aghion is a Professor at the College de France and at the London School of Economics, and a fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on the economics of growth. With Peter Howitt, he pioneered the so-called Schumpeterian Growth paradigm which was subsequently used to analyze the design of growth policies and the role of the state in the growth process. Much of this work is summarized in their joint book Endogenous Growth Theory (MIT Press, 1998) and The Economics of Growth (MIT Press, 2009), in his book with Rachel Griffith on Competition and Growth (MIT Press, 2006), and in his survey “What Do We Learn from Schumpeterian Growth Theory” (joint with U. Akcigit and P. Howitt. In 2001, Philippe Aghion received the Yrjo Jahnsson Award of the best European economist under age 45, in 2009 he received the John Von Neumann Award, and in March 2020 he shared the BBVA “Frontier of Knowledge Award” with Peter Howitt for “developing an economic growth theory based on the innovation that emerges from the process of creative destruction".
More about Philippe AghionHenry Curr
Economics Editor at The Economist
Henry Curr oversees The Economist’s economics coverage and is their chief commentator on economics. He joined The Economist in 2014 and became the Economics Editor in 2018. He has written over 20 cover stories for The Economist on subjects ranging from the future of central banking to “millennial socialism”, as well as special reports on inflation and on the world economy after the covid-19 pandemic. His journalism has been cited by policymakers in Europe and America. In 2019 he was highly commended in the “Journalist of the year” category at the Wincott Awards for business, economic and financial journalism and in 2021 he won the Society of Professional Economists’ Rybczynski Prize for economics writing.
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