Events

Upcoming in:

Dambisa Moyo on 'Winner Take All: China's race for resources and what it means for us'

27 June 2012 | Dambisa Moyo on 'Winner Take All: China's race for resources and what it means for us'

  • Nations are competing over increasingly scarce commodities: oil, food and water. Shortages mean dizzying price rises. Meanwhile, China has embarked on one of the greatest commodity rushes in history. In Winner Take All Dambisa shows how this scramble for resources threatens world stability and discusses what action is needed for a just, balanced and peaceful global economy.

    • Policy Fight Club - In the age of austerity we cannot afford to ring fence the international aid budget

    28 May 2012 | Policy Fight Club - In the age of austerity we cannot afford to ring fence the international aid budget

  • With Ian Birrell, Emma Boon, Max Lawson and Chris Mullin.

    • Rewarding success not failure: What can policymakers do to reform executive pay?

    24 May 2012 | Rewarding success not failure: What can policymakers do to reform executive pay?

  • The government's consultation process on the reform of executive compensation is now well underway and submissions are starting to be made. Policy Exchange's own proposals for reform are due to be published in May. This event brings to the table the thoughts of opinion formers in Government and opposition, Policy Exchange and one of the world's leading legal firms on the subject.

    • Dr. Richard Pomfret on The Age of Equality

    22 May 2012 | Dr. Richard Pomfret on The Age of Equality

  • Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide Dr Pomfret will examine the battles of different economic systems in the 20th Century, how market economics can protect the vulnerable whilst still promoting equal opportunity and how can we face the challenges of the 21st century, and successfully live in an interdependent world?