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ippr's Thinking on Thursdays

These informal Thursday lunchtime seminars and presentations see host to some of the world's leading thinkers and authors for lively policy debates in an intimate setting.

Past events include:

• Does class matter anymore, for culture or for politics? Drawing on new research, Professor Mike Savage challenges the current orthodoxy, arguing that class does, in fact, matter for our social and cultural identities.
• Addressing the psychology of financial markets with Professor David Tuckett and Hugh Pym, BBC senior economics correspondent (Chair).
• The Warhol Economy: How cultural drivers are shaping the urban economy, with Elizabeth Currid, Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development, and author of The Warhol Economy.
• Human Trafficking: What can be done to protect the rights of the vulnerable? With Baroness Mary Goudie and Lucy Kralj, Helen Bamber Foundation
• Conditional cash transfers: are they an effective way to reduce child poverty? with Larry Aber (New York University) and Caroline Abrahams (Local Government Association)
• Beyond the myth of the market – principles for a new economic policy with Larry Elliott, Economics editor, The Guardian. (podcast available)
• A New Green Deal with Caroline Lucas, MEP and Ann Pettifor, New Economics Foundation.
• Can Labour win the next election? with Professor John Curtice, University of Strathclyde and Steve Richards, Chief political commentator, The Independent.
• The Sub-Prime Solution with Professor Robert Shiller, Yale University, John McFall MP, Chair of the Treasury Select Committee, and Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times. (podcast available)

Please contact the events team on events@ippr.org for more information.

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