Battle of Ideas 2014
Festival weekend: Economics
Saturday 18 October: 12.00-13.00
Austerity Dilemmas Garden Room
Business bashing: should corporates ‘care’?
Saturday 18 October: 14.00-15.30
Austerity Dilemmas Garden Room
From Canary Wharf to China: is the bubble going to burst again?
Saturday 18 October: 16.00-17.15
Austerity Dilemmas Garden Room
PIGS can't fly? Surviving austerity
Saturday 18 October: 17.30-18.45
Austerity Dilemmas Garden Room
Multinationals: curse or blessing for the developing world?
Sunday 19 October: 14.00-15.30
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Growth is good: mission or mania?

From bullet trains to driverless cars: where is transport going?

"Although 'battle' suggests destruction, these were some of the most constructive debates I've taken part in. This was civilised conflict in the best sense of both words."
Julian Baggini, author, Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind, and The Ego Trick

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