Scotland's Economics Festival
Description
If you believe Scotland needs BIG ideas, not just small tweaks, join us in Edinburgh across three days for over twenty talks on future-shaping conversations.
In a time of economic uncertainty and growing inequality, Scotland’s Economics Festival offers a space to step back, ask BIG questions, and hear BIG IDEAS from fresh perspectives.
The festival is rooted in the belief that the economy should serve people, place, and planet.
We welcome anyone interested in community, economics, ecology, politics, or society. Whether you’re frustrated by the status quo, confused by economic jargon, or simply curious about how things could be different – this festival is for you.
Supporting Organisations:
The Democracy Collaborative, Global Justice Now, SKOTIA, WEALL Scotland
Find out more at www.scoteconfest.org or click on Get tickets to join us in March.
City centre venues to be announced
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Lineup
Our speakers
A selection of our speakers from across the economic spectrum (and beyond)
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Agenda
- 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm
Scotland's unique economic landscape
A Just Transition, a wellbeIng economy, Community Wealth Building. We do it differently. But do we do it better?
- 2:00 pm - 3:10 pm
Scotland's Energy Future
Will renewables end the extractive nature of Scotland’s energy economy?
- 3:40 pm - 4:50 pm
After AI - What are humans for?
The Economics of Good and Evil
- 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
Unlected power?
Modern central banks (like the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the Bank of England) function in ways no one ever imagined. COVID and the GFC changed the rules of the game. But who voted for that?
- 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Economics for the Twenty-First Century
In Conversation with Professor James K. Galbraith
- 7:55 pm - 9:10 pm
The Future of Economics
Beyond Conventional Wisdom. Our economy is broken because mainstream economics has failed. But there is an alternative. Join Professor Galbraith and friends to find out what lies beyond the mainstream vision for our economy and society.
- 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
The Economic Jargon Buster
IMF, GDP, QE and More! Grab a drink and laugh at the absurdity of it all. A comedic look at our not-so-funny economy
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