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Growth and productivity are often talked about in UK politics but how are they linked and what affect do they have on the economy? LSE’s John Van Reenen explains.

Raghuram Rajan delivers this lecture in honour of LSE's Charles Goodhart.

Our society faces multiple crisis — culture wars, unprecedented dissatisfaction with democracy, vast inequalities, a climate and ecological emergency — but where is the alternative?

In this episode, we examine the interaction of climate change with migration.

With the rise of Giorgia Meloni, commentators have expressed concern that the far right has once again become ascendent in Italian politics.

This event discusses Peter Trubowitz’s and Brian Burgoon’s new book, Geopolitics and Democracy.

What is the US’ role in the climate crisis, and can a climate change framework exist without addressing climate change reparations and the different experiences of climate change across the globe?

The Washington Consensus laid out a series of do´s and don’t´s for policymakers around the world. The world has changed a great deal since 1989 and so has the collective wisdom on what sound policies look like.

This podcast investigates how the knowledge surrounding Chinese investments in Africa is produced through Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

Is it possible to compute the shortest route through a large number of stops? The task, known as the traveling salesman problem, or TSP for short, sounds simple enough.