Capitalism on the edge - Lord Adair Turner: Capitalism and human welfare in the hi-tech/hi-touch world

Wed 27 April 2016

Murray Edwards College

This free talk is part of our two-year lecture series, Capitalism on the Edge, exploring capitalism and its future.

Lord Adair Turner has been a Senior Fellow at the Institute of New Economic Thinking since 2013.

Adair Turner's lecture will explore the changing nature of economic activity in a world which is simultaneously "high-tech" and "hi-touch", and will support the need for major policy changes to ensure that capitalism can deliver enhanced human welfare.

The capitalist tide is meant to raise all boats, ensuring growth delivers increased human welfare. And technological progress - particularly in information and communication technology - continues to surge ahead.

But the assumption that free markets will deliver increased human welfare is challenged by increasing inequality: and technological progress may exacerbate that trend.
Event schedule

• 5.15pm-6.30pm - Talk and Q&A session.
• 6.30pm-7.00pm - Drinks reception.

The event is being held in our Buckingham House lecture house on Buckingham Road, opposite our Porters' Lodge.

Cost: Free Admission