From 2014 to 2018, I delivered four series of evening lectures at Gresham College as the Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Commerce at Gresham College. I tried to explain basic economic thinking at these lectures and apply them to current problems we confronted. They were filmed and I provide the links to each lecture series below. Each series comprised 6 separate one hour lectures. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
Money, Monetary Policy and Central Banks: The Meeting of Art and Science
From Gold to Paper and Back Again
The Great Depression and its Legacy
Fine Tuning Out of Control
The Science of Monetary Policy
Where the Great Experiment went Wrong
The New Art of Central Banking
Some Macroeconomic Puzzles: Conjectural Refutations
The Costs of Business Cycles
The Equity Premium and Low Interest Rates
The Carry Trade and Uncovered Interest Rate Parity
Why Doesn't Capital Flow From High To Low?
The Efficient Markets Hypothesis
Assessing the Economic Risks from Brexit
Where are we after the Storm? The UK Economy in the Aftermath of Financial Crisis
Recession and Recovery
Employment and Unemployment
Macroeconomics, Capitalism and Inequality
Debt and the Household Balance Sheet
The External Financing Position
The Policy Responses
The Productivity Puzzle
Mobilising Savings for Investment
The Housing Market
The Structure of Finance
Regional, Industrial and Infrastructure Policies
The British Economy: Can We Build a Successful Future?