Part of Words on Monday
Curated by The Guardian
Featuring:
John Gray, Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics
Terry Smith, chief executive, Tullett Prebon plc
Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
More panellists to be confirmed
Chaired by Larry Elliott, economics editor, the Guardian
The Great Depression of the 1930s led to major reform of the financial and economic system. This time around, the current crisis has led to similar calls for tougher regulation on banks and tighter controls on credit. An expert panel will consider what kind of reform we want and how we go about it.
Capitalism in crisis promises to be an enlightening and thought-provoking series of events. The events will explore the reasons for the current turmoil, the subsequent impact on the individual and what the future holds.
SPEAKERS
John Gray, Writer and Philosopher
John Gray is Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics. From 1998-2007 he was Professor of European Thought at the LSE. Before that he was Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford. He has been Visiting Professor at Harvard, Yale and the Autonomous University of Madrid.
His recent books include Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia (Penguin), Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (Granta), Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions (Granta), Al Qaeda and What It Means To Be Modern (Faber) and False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism (Granta). Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings, is published by Penguin in March 2009.
He writes articles and reviews for The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Review of Books, Harper's Magazine, The New Statesman, The Spectator, The Literary Review and other journals.
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Date: Monday 2 March
Time: 19:00
Venue: Hall One
Please note that online booking closes 90 minutes prior to the start of the performance.
