LSE Events | Stephen D. King | The End of Globalisation, the Return of History

Recorded Monday 12 June 2017
Speaker: Stephen D. King
Chair: Nick Oulton

Hosted by the Department of Economics and Centre for Macroeconomics

Globalisation, long considered the best route to economic prosperity and the apparent norm for decades, may not be as inevitable as we think. It now threatens to go abruptly into reverse. What went wrong? And what is the likely impact upon our future prosperity?

Nick Oulton is an associate at the Centre for Economic Performance, a member of the Centre for Macroeconomics and a Visiting Professor at UCL.

[bonghead]

Ever considered that as Australia's former PM Paul Keating pointed out that people accept Globalisation but reject Globalism and for good reasons in my view.

[advocate]

Recommended - articulate speaker with a strategic take which makes it as relevant in 2019 as 2017. How one reconciles global governance (to tackle extremely complex issues) in the context of borders and the principle of taxation/representation is the question.... I share his pessimism that the current political and psychological frameworks of both governing and governed will not prevail for our common good. We probably have to pass through some darkness to reach enlightened self-interest, but that is a universal story of mankind. At least its Saturday the sun's shining and I can do some gardening :)

[yttean]

A very good speech because Mr King is an excellent communicator. Highly recommended video.

[sfk]

Great presentation and still very relevant material one year later!

[vivianoosthuizen]

London School of Economics could surely afford better chairs for the speakers

[Seastallion]

This guy seems like a 2nd hand Zeihan or Friedman, but with less relevant information.