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Every last girl: a journey to educate India’s forgotten daughters
October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 15 minThis public event celebrates Every Last Girl: A Journey to Educate India's Forgotten Daughters, a book by Safeena Husain. In conversation with Stephan Chambers, she will discuss the journey of Educate Girls and its mission to find and…
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Socialism after AI
October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 28 minThe old socialist calculation debate asked whether markets or planners could allocate resources more rationally. But neoliberalism long ago shifted the terrain from calculation to creativity, experimentation and worldmaking — and AI now…
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America as a revisionist power (and what it means for the rest of the world)
October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 29 minWe are witnessing something unique in history. The most powerful and technologically advanced nation in the world is tearing down the very international order that it constructed eighty years ago.
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Do social media platforms make people happy?
September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 28 minMany people use social media simply because everyone else does. While these platforms help us stay connected, some argue that society would be better off if social media use were significantly reduced or even eliminated. This event…
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In conversation with Alberto Musalem, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
September 29, 2026 · 60 minJoin us for a conversation between Ricardo Reis, A. W. Phillips Professor of Economics at LSE, and Alberto Musalem, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, where they will talk about monetary policy and recent economic…
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The road to COP32: an African agenda for climate action and economic development
September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 28 minAs the world looks ahead to COP32 in Addis Ababa, Africa has a unique opportunity to shape the direction of global climate negotiations. At a pivotal moment for international climate policy, the continent is setting the agenda on how…
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From the Archive: Why women won
September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 13 minHow, when, and why did women in the US obtain legal rights equal to men’s regarding the workplace, marriage, family, Social Security, criminal justice, credit markets, and other parts of the economy and society, decades after they gained…
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What happened to liberal democracy?
September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minIn this conversation with Nobel Prize-winner and LSE alumnus Daron Acemoglu he will be talking about his new book, What Happened to Liberal Democracy?