Economic Growth: Bane or Boon? Introduction to The Great Debate head to head between Daniel Ben-Ami, author Ferarris for All, and Jonathon Porritt held at Northumbria University, 19 October 2010.
The Price of London Life: Demanding More
I appeared in a new Worldwrite video report on the difficulties many people face in earning enough to live on in London.
Worldwrite charity.
Trust: 10 years after the financial crisis, have we learnt the lessons?
In this insightful Battle of Ideas debate, panelists discuss the fallout from the global financial crisis of a decade ago. Do we trust financial institutions more or less today? Is the economic fall-out responsible for populism? Were the finance sector’s woes the cause of economic problems or a symptom of underlying economic weakness?
The speakers are: Daniel Ben-Ami, Philippe Legrain, Maggie Mcghee, Dr Linda Yueh and the chair is Rob Lyons.
Battle of Ideas festival, London.
Do we need economic growth
We are told again and again that GDP growth is good for the economy; it is said to lift people out of poverty, provides jobs and investment, and improves lives. While there is general agreement about the need for growth in the developing world, what about the costs of growth in the rich world? Is growth accelerating environmental damage? Is it causing greater inequality?
Owen Bennett Jones is joined by Tim Jackson from the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity; Daniel Ben-Ami, Journalist; Jared Bernstein, economic adviser to President Barack Obama; and Annie Quick of the New Economics Foundation, to discuss who really benefits from growth and whether we can have prosperity without it.
The podcast is available on the BBC website.
Head to Head: Daniel Ben-Ami and Jonathon Porritt
Economic Growth: Bane or Boon? Introduction to The Great Debate head to head between Daniel Ben-Ami, author Ferarris for All, and Jonathon Porritt held at Northumbria University, 19 October 2010.
