Topical Talk: “Economics – not dismal and probably not a science”

When:
April 12, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
2018-04-12T19:00:00+01:00
2018-04-12T20:00:00+01:00
Where:
Summertown Library
S Parade
Oxford OX2 7JL
UK
Cost:
Free: donations welcome
Contact:
Friends of Summertown Library

JOHN KAY, CBE, FBA, Fellow of St John’s College, is a former Financial Times columnist andauthor of several books including ‘Other People’s Money’.

John Kay explains why he fell in love with economics, what big banks and taxi drivers have in common, where modern finance has gone wrong, why economists should admit there are somethings you cannot predict, and previews the new book he is working on with his old colleague Mervyn King.