Upcoming events this month which will not feature in any IFoA updates, but which may be of interest from an economic perspective:

RSA – The Great Debt Debate: 23 September 2021 18.00-19.00 – Michael Hudson and Thomas Piketty meet on the first anniversary of David Graeber’s death to debate the most serious problems facing today’s finance-capital economies – and what to do about them.

The World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit: 20-23 September 2021

Upcoming events this month which will not feature in any IFoA updates, but which may be of interest from an economic perspective:

If you’re in London then the Extinction Rebellion Impossible Rebellion Day 5 is underway. Ann Pettifor is speaking outside the Bank of England at 12.30pm. Events elsewhere in the UK can be found here. Events outside the UK can be found here.

Rethinking Economics Festival for Africa (REFA): Economics and the COVID-19 Crisis: One Year On – 31 August-2 September 2021

RSA – Time is running out: the journey towards short-termism – part of the RSA’s 8 part online event themed around Re-claiming the Future: 9 September 2021 9.00-10.30

Upcoming events this month which will not feature in any IFoA updates, but which may be of interest from an economic perspective:

UK in a Changing Europe Isolation Insight: Economics of COVID-19 and Brexit, Revisited – 22 July 2021 12pm-1.15pm BST

Rethinking Economics Festival: An Exploration of Our Economic Futures – 27-29 July 2021

CUSP Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: Why does the impact investing market not fully work? – 1 August 2021 5pm-6.30pm BST

Upcoming events this month which will not feature in any IFoA updates, but which may be of interest from an economic perspective:

The Economist: Global Trade Virtual Week 28 June – 2 July 2021

Radix – 6 July 2021 4-5pm: Measurement is not a proxy for progress – Kenneth Pucker

The Big Tent Ideas Festival 2021 – 10 July 2021 9am-6pm, Coventry

Finntopia: What we can learn from the world’s happiest country – Danny Dorling – 21 July 2021 7.30-10.30pm

Upcoming events this month which may be of interest from an economic perspective:

Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs – 2 June 2021 4-5.15pm: Bidenomics and Beyond: A Conversation with Mark Blyth and John Friedman

Hay Festival – 5 Jun 2021 3-4pm: Slowdown and Post-Growth – Danny Dorling and Tim Jackson talk to Katherine Trebeck

Radix – 9 June 2021 6-7pm: Achieving Above Trend Growth

CoGx Festival 2021 – 14 June 2021 5-5.40pm: New monetary policy and the deficit myth – Stephanie Kelton and Azeem Azhar

Upcoming events this month which may be of interest from an economic perspective:

Radix – 18 May 2021 6-7pm: The Conundrum of China

RSA – 19 May 2021 6-7pm: A New Framework for Change