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Will Capitalism survive the 21st century? 

05 December 2024, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm

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UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies presents its inaugural Annual Conversation with Gillian Tett, Ash Sarkar, and Thomas Piketty.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Centre for Capitalism Studies

Location

Logan Hall
Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way
UCL, Gower St, London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

Join us for the inaugural UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies (CCS) Annual Conversation as we engage one of the most pressing questions of our time.

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Thomas Piketty’s monumental work 'Capital in the 21st Century', this event will bring together some of the most influential voices on capitalism to debate its future.

  • Gillian Tett (Financial Times & King’s College Cambridge)
  • Ash Sarkar (Novara Media)

with

  • Thomas Piketty (Paris School of Economics)

Free and open to all, but spaces are limited! Registration is essential: https://ccs-will-capitalism-survive.eventbrite.co.uk

Doors open at 5.30pm

We recommend arriving early to take seats as the event will start promptly at 6pm.

Centre for Capitalism Studies is a world-leading centre for critical interdisciplinary research into the past, present, and future of capitalism. It brings together UCL faculty and students studying how markets, finance and economic institutions shape our everyday life, structure societies’ capacity to change, and are contested and remade across time and space.

About the Speakers

Gillian Tett

Provost at King's College, Cambridge

An anthropologist by training, Gillian was previously Chairman of the US Editorial Board and America Editor-at-Large at the Financial Times. Alongside her role as Provost, she continues to write a weekly column and is a member of the editorial board for the FT. She is the author of, among other books, Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life and the New York Times bestseller Fool's Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe.

More about Gillian Tett

Ash Sarkar

Senior editor at Novara Media

Ash Sarkar is a British journalist, economic and political commentator, and senior editor at Novara Media. Sarkar is a contributor to The Guardian and The Independent.

Thomas Piketty

Chaired Professor at Paris School of Economics

Thomas Piketty is Professor of Economics and Economic History at EHESS and at the Paris School of Economics, and author of the international best seller Capital in the 21st century (2014). His research lies at the intersection of historical political economy and socio-economic history. He has done historical and theoretical work on the interplay between economic development, the distribution of income and wealth, and political conflict.These works have led to emphasize the role of political, social and fiscal institutions in the historical evolution of income and wealth distribution. Thomas Piketty is also co-director of the World Inequality Lab and the World Inequality Database, and one of initiators of the Manifesto for the democratization of Europe.

More about Thomas Piketty