The Adam Smith Business School in conjunction with Friends of the Earth Scotland and Jubilee Scotland will hold the debate on 10th of September 2014 and the conference on 11th of September 2014, to discuss how we can steer our economy in a bold new direction.

Debate

Date: Wednesday, 10th September 2014

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LX, UK

WELLBEING, WORK, EQUALITY AND ENVIRONMENT:

What path for a sustainable economy?

• Ann Pettifor (ex Jubilee 2000)
• Jo Armstrong (CPPR, Glasgow University)
• Richard Murphy (Tax Justice Network)
• Professor Richard Werner (Southampton University)

Conference

REINVENTING OUR ECONOMY FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET:

An enquiry about an alternative sustainable economic policy

Date: Thursday, 11th September 2014

Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm

Venue: The University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School, Kelvin Gallery, Main Building, West Quadrangle, Gilbert Scott Building, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQUK

REINVENTING OUR ECONOMY FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET:

An enquiry about an alternative sustainable economic policy

We’ll set out to answer questions like:

• How do we ensure investment goes where we need it to create jobs, tackle climate change and transform our public infrastructure?
• How can we extend control over our economy and the financial sector?
• Can we reverse the trend towards deepening inequalities?
• What economic pathways can create well-being and sustainability?

Speakers include:

• Professor Malcolm Sawyer (Leeds University)
• Ann Pettifor (ex Jubilee 2000)
• Richard Murphy (Tax Justice Network)
• Professor Richard Werner (Southampton University)
• Professor David Bell (Stirling University)
• Professor Molly Scott-Cato MEP (Roehampton University)
• Professor Andrew Cumbers (Glasgow University)
• Tim Jenkins (New Economics Foundation)
• Professor Robert McMaster (Glasgow University)

Workshops on Controlling money and the banks; Latin America’s Economic Alternatives; Democratising pension investments; Beyond carbon pricing; Circular Economy; Runaway Consumption

For additional information and registration please visit our webpage

http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/newsandevents/headline_351548_en.html

Or Reinvent Our Economy webpage

http://reinventoureconomy.uk/

Kind regards,

Tanja Bozic

Events Administrator

University of Glasgow

Adam Smith Business School