How can we end the doom and gloom? 

10:30-11:45 Tuesday 18 November | Cinema 1, Watershed | Part of the Festival of Economics 2025

Britain has faced a barrage of bad economic news—from shocks to policy mistakes—over the past 20 years. Today, confidence in the economy and in economists is waning. What can be done to make the UK more resilient? Do we need a new economic model? Or new ways for economists to influence policy, or both?

Panel: Ben Chu (BBC), Ruth Curtice (Resolution Foundation), Richard Davies (Economics Observatory), Xiaowei Xu (IFS)

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