'There's absolutely nothing that you can't achieve'

The selection of the World Trade Organization's new Director General presents an opportunity for reform, but it could also result in a further weakening of the institution.

How well has the UK news media kept the public informed and held the authorities to account during the COVID-19 crisis?

Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Silvana Tenreyro discusses some of the emerging academic research on the macroeconomics of COVID-19, including how it has influenced her recent monetary policy decisions.

Recent elections in the advanced western democracies have undermined the basic foundations of political systems that had previously beaten back all challenges-from both the left and the right.

The UK government’s response to COVID-19 has seen sudden growth in public spending accompanied by a sharp fall in tax receipts.

The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated government fiscal policies across the globe, and economies worldwide are heading into historic recessions.

With more and more information about us available electronically and online, this episode of LSE IQ asks, ‘Is big data good for our health?’

LSE and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) discuss the policies to fight the pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Envision a world that moves in only one direction: forward. A world where inequality is shrinking.