Latest Documents - New Approaches for Economic Challenges

30-October-2019

English

Measuring Economic Performance and Social Progress

The High Level Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (HLEG) argues that we need to develop dashboards and tools to examine the factors that determine what really matters for people and the places in which they live: who is benefitting from growth, whether that growth is environmentally sustainable, how people feel about their lives, what factors contribute to an individual’s or a country’s success.

14-October-2019

English

Big Business - Tyler Cowen

We love to hate the 800-pound gorilla. Walmart and Amazon destroy communities and small businesses. Facebook turns us into addicts while putting our personal data at risk. From sceptical politicians to millennials, belief in big business is at an all-time low. But are big companies inherently malevolent? If business is so bad, why does it remain so integral to the basic functioning of our economies?

17-September-2019

English

Averting Systemic Collapse

This conference examined the potential for financial, economic, environmental and societal collapse and crucially the interconnections between these different systems. It explored the latest scientific findings on the extent of stress on these systems as well as the policies that could place them on a sounder footing by building buffers, safeguards and systemic resilience.

11-September-2019

English, PDF, 676kb

NAEC seminar programme Sept 19-Jan 20

11-September-2019

French, PDF, 704kb

Programme des séminaires NAEC - sept 19 - jan 20

Programme des séminaires NAEC -sept 19 - jan 20

5-September-2019

English

Narrative Economics - Robert J. Shiller

The epidemiology of narratives relevant to economic fluctuations. The human brain has always been highly tuned towards narratives, whether factual or not, to justify ongoing actions, even such basic actions as spending and investing. Stories motivate and connect activities to deeply felt values and needs. Narratives “go viral” and spread far, even worldwide, with economic impact.

25-June-2019

English

Data and Democracy - Catherine Rampell

Data and democracy and attacks on the integrity and credibility of official statistics.

6-May-2019

English

The Future of Capitalism - Sir Paul Collier

In the 1840s and the 1930s, capitalism has come off the rails. This time it has opened deep rifts within all major economies between a booming metropolis and broken provincial cities, and between a rising class of the college-educated with new skills, and a falling class of the less-educated with manual skills.

15-April-2019

English

New Analytical Tools and Techniques for Economic Policymaking

A timely opportunity for policymakers, academics and researchers in economics to discuss the state-of-the-art policy applications emerging from the new analytical tools and techniques that can be applied to economic policymaking.

4-April-2019

English

The Globotics Upheaval: Globalisation, Robotics and the Future of Work - Richard Baldwin

Trade and technology are reshaping the world of work once again. They shifted workers from farms to factories in the 19th century and from factories to offices in the 20th century. Today, globalisation and robotics (“globotics”) are disrupting service-sector and professional jobs at an eruptive pace. Digital technology is training “white-collar robots” to take over many service-sector and professional jobs.