Month: December 2020
Bristol Talks Economics: Jonathan Haskel, Bristol alumnus
Bristol Talks Economics continued in December, welcoming Professor Jonathan Haskel. University of Bristol alumnus, Jonathan is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School and Director of the Doctoral Programme at the School.
…Bristol Festival of Economics Student Review – ‘Ask an Economist’ with Malindi Myers
Ask an Economist: Bank of England Monetary Policy Report with Malindi Myers, presented at Bristol Festival of Economics in November, review by undergraduate student Ben Pimley.
Malindi Myers, as the South West Agent of the Bank of England, is one of the best-placed experts to talk about the real impact Covid-19 is having on the UK economy.…
Bristol Festival of Economics Student Review – Ha-Joon Chang asks ‘What next after globalisation?’
This November saw the return of the annual Bristol Festival of Economics by Festival of Ideas. Undergraduate student Ben Pimley provides a review of Economist Ha-Joon Chang’s talk, ‘What Next After Globalisation?’
Ha-Joon Chang may be a household name to many young economists given that he wrote the Personal Statement staple ’23 Things They Don’t Teach You About Capitalism’, but as an academic economist at Cambridge University he is particularly interested in the role of the state in economic policy.…