Nice to have the platform though...
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> On 5 Feb 2014, at 09:48, "Vassilis Monastiriotis" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Interesting - this was not at all the impression I got. Lagard stayed with the obvious (demographics, climate, inequality) and her solutions were in line with the recipe 'structural reforms - education - free trade'. The references to multilateralism / global governance were also rather banal: IMF, WTO, G20. Her praise to Keynes was also in relation to multilateralism than to demand-side management. All in all, I felt that there was little new/inspiring in this lecture - in fact, anybody could have delivered this, without much difference.
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> From: Nicholas James [[log in to unmask]]
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> Subject: Richard Dimbleby Lecture, BBC 4th Feb 2014
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> As a lecture this was very clear; it was far from what might be expected from the head of the IMF.
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> BBC Radio 3<http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03t0d93/Free_Thinking_Christine_Lagarde/> unpack some of the elements of the lecture.
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> This is the lecture on BBC<http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03ttn4b/The_Richard_Dimbleby_Lecture_04_02_2014/>, last night. Apologies for those of you not able to access it via this link.
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> Three things stood out. One, a focus on climate change as a serious issue to be addressed. Two, addressing inequality head-on. Three, some return to Keynesian economics.
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