Is the growth in the emerging economies additional? - Professor Douglas McWilliams

What are the limits to world economic growth from an environmental and economic perspective? Will inflation caused by rising primary product prices be likely to be the key constraint on economic growth? Douglas McWilliams, Thras Moraitis and Mike McWilliams consider whether this constraint will bite at a sufficiently slow rate for the impact of the extra growth in emerging economies to mean that the West will have to grow more slowly.

Markets in their Place: Moral Values and the Limits of Markets - Lord Plant

How are we to understand the moral basis of markets? For example property rights, the role of trust in economic exchange and questions of justice in relation to markets.

Darwin and Derivatives - Charles Taylor

How might the modern financial sector learn lessons from Darwin's theory of evolution?

The Greatest Ever Economic Change - Professor Douglas McWilliams

Are we sleepwalking into the most serious economic challenge that we have ever faced? An examination of the industrialisation of two thirds of the world in its historical context, some comparisons with previous major economic challenges and a survey of some of the implications of the huge speed with which transformation is taking place.

The Roman Denarius and the Euro: A precedent for monetary union? - Dr Andrew Burnett

A look at the way the Roman Empire has sometimes been used as an historical precedent for the European Union, and specifically the way that the integration of the Roman monetary system has been seen as a (sometimes justifying) precedent for modern European monetary union.

Gresham's Law in Economics: Background to the Crisis - Professor Victoria Chick

Gresham's Law states that "Bad money drives out good", but in economics it seems that bad theory has driven out good. Is this behind the economic depression in which we are now caught?

Unweaving the Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing System - Dr Dionysios S Demetis

An unravelling of the complexity surrounding Anti Money Laundering, with some practical advice for financial institutions.

How do we deal with rewards for failure while supporting growth? - Matthew Hancock

Bonuses in the banking sector are at an all-time high even as the system teeters on the edge of collapse. How are we to combat the culture of rewards for failure, without negatively affecting growth in the econbomy? The policy solutions are there, but are we re brave enough to take them?

The Future of the EU and Global Markets - Dr Robert Barnes

After the largest financial crisis in the history of the capital markets, what changes do we need to promote liquidity recovery? What insights can Equities offer Over-The-Counter markets and vice-versa? Come and learn the bold ideas shaping the new financial and economic landscape.

The Price of Fish: Making sense of the way the world really works - Professor Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris

A lecture on issues related to 'real' (as opposed to 'transactional') commerce: the complex ways in which people, organisations and societies communicate and deal with each other. The ultimate aim is to make sense of the way the world really works beyond economics.

Get Shorty: Short-Term Thinking and Financial Stability - Andy Haldane

Patience is a virtue. But does it have value? Andrew Haldane will discuss the importance of patience to growth and stability, its recent evolution and its implications for financial markets and systems. There is evidence that capital market myopia – short-termism – may be mounting. If so, what if anything should be done about it?

Does Bursting One Bubble Lead to Another? - John Redwood MP

John Redwood delivers the keynote speech for the Long Finance 2011 Autumn conference, which focussed on market bubbles and their effects on efforts to ensure sustainability.

Emerging Markets and Climate Change - Dr Cameron Hepburn

Climate change means that the future will become "low-carbon" sooner or later. What will this mean for global markets? Who is in the best position for this economic shift? Why and how is China leaving the West behind?

Financing Retirement: History and Policy Changes - Malcolm Small

Trying to balance the books on retirement: was it ever going to be possible?

Leadership at a Time of Transition and Change - Peter Sutherland

Peter Sutherland, Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, reflects on the marks of great leadership that he has met throughout his career.