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SUMMARY:The end of free markets and return of the state? In conversation w
 ith Professor Diane Coyle and Martin Sandbu - Professor Diane Coyle and Ma
 rtin Sandbu
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CONTACT:Rebecca Leam
DESCRIPTION:*The pandemic is putting a spotlight on the inequalities in ou
 r society. What policies will be needed to address these deep fractures?* 
 \n\nProfessor Diane Coyle and Martin Sandbu have both published books expl
 oring the  economics relating to current policy questions.  Although both 
 agree economic policy must play a vital role\, they differ in their prescr
 iptions for tackling the symptoms and causes of inequality and other press
 ing social challenges.\n\nJoin them for an enlightened conversation\, chai
 red by Professor Michael Kenny\, to discuss the role of the state\, coveri
 ng issues such as environmental policy\, productivity\, regional differenc
 es and the case for and against universal basic income.\n\n"Book your plac
 e":https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-end-of-free-markets-and-return-of-the-
 state-tickets-124538031605\n\n*Profiles:*\n\n* *Professor Diane Coyle* (@D
 ianeCoyle1859)\, author of "Markets\, State\, and People: Economics for Pu
 blic Policy\,":https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691179261/m
 arkets-state-and-people is the inaugural Bennett Professor of Public Polic
 y at the University of Cambridge. She is a director of the Productivity In
 stitute\, a Fellow of the Office for National Statistics\, and was a membe
 r of the Furman Panel on digital competition.\n\n* *Martin Sandbu* (@MESan
 dbu)\, author of "The Economics of Belonging\,":https://press.princeton.ed
 u/books/hardcover/9780691204529/the-economics-of-belonging is the Financia
 l Times’s European Economics Commentator. He also writes Free Lunch\, th
 e FT’s weekly newsletter on the global economic policy debate. He has be
 en writing for the FT since 2009\, when he joined the paper as Economics L
 eader Writer.\n\n* *Professor Michael Kenny* (@michaelkenny_) is the inaug
 ural Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University
  of Cambridge.  He leads the Institute’s place and public policy program
 me and has research interests in governance\, territorial politics\, Briti
 sh politics and political ideas.\n\n"Book your place":https://www.eventbri
 te.com/e/the-end-of-free-markets-and-return-of-the-state-tickets-124538031
 605
LOCATION:Online Event on Zoom
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