Events

Capitalism in Crisis?

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09 December 2008

5.30pm - 8.30pm
Central London

Our financial markets are experiencing a period of extraordinary turmoil: lax lending practices in the US have led to a global credit crunch, resulting in the collapse of banks, plummeting stock markets, and a range of unprecedented bail-outs and rescue plans from governments around the world.

With an audience of economists, business leaders, politicians, policymakers and commentators, the debate explored the implications of the current financial crisis and asked what needs to happen to ensure that it does not happen again, as well as addressed the wider consequences for capitalism.

Read an article by Google UK director Matt Brittin published ahead of the event.

Speakers

Chair: Paul Mason, BBC Newsnight's Economics Editor

Confirmed speakers: Vince Cable MP, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson and former Chief Economist of Shell, Will Hutton, Executive Vice Chair, The Work Foundation, Dr Diane Coyle, Freelance economist and member of the Competition Commission, Dr Nitin Parekh, Managing Director, Hume Capital LLP and Anatole Kaletsky, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Times.

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