Diversifying economics – it’s about more than the statistics
By Sheila Mutua For many, it will be unsurprising to learn that Black people and other racial minority groups are…
The Wise Man of Economics ★★★★
There is a point in the second LSE Economics podcast where interviewer Matthew Bradbury lets out an almost indiscernible chuckle.…
The Beverage Report Ep 1: Darling’s brilliance is a relic of Labour’s past ★★★★
Marking the launch of the LSE Economics Department podcast, Matthew Bradbury’s interview with Labour’s ex-chancellor Alistair Darling was insightful, informative,…
At LSE, Piketty lectures on worldwide inequality
On Thursday, 6 February, LSE alumnus Thomas Piketty, Professor at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and at…
Thatcher’s LSE: the Queen of Capitalism
Why the LSE’s core values of independence, hard work and enterprise are more in keeping with the philosophy of the…
Personal about politics: Cat MacLean and Jason Reed
photography by Sebastian Mullen As we come upon the UK’s third general election in four years, it makes sense to…
In Conversation: Tony Pua on Malaysia’s future
(c) LSESU Malaysia Club The LSESU Malaysia Club invited YB Tony Pua, Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance of…
Economics seeks to cleanse its name
(C) LSE Events On 14 October 2019, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Abhijeet Bannerjee, Esther Duflo, and Micheal…
“Pain au chocolat ou chocolatine?” Héloïse and Edouard weigh in on being French at LSE
You might think that all the French people at LSE already know each other, but you would be wrong: Héloïse…
Sir Arthur Lewis, today
Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it – especially in the case of economics. The vigorous…
