This year is the eightieth anniversary of the death of John Maynard Keynes. Join us for a discussion of his life, work and legacy – from an excellent venue in Bloomsbury, the area of London that Keynes called home. 

Dr Jennifer Churchill is a senior lecturer in economics at the University of West of England, Bristol, and a trustee of the Post Keynesian Economics Society (PKES). She previously taught at Kingston University and at SOAS, where she did her doctorate on comparative pension systems in Europe from a post-Keynesian perspective. A relative latecomer to economic inquiry, Jennifer did her BA in Philosophy at University College London, and worked outside of academia in public affairs and policy roles, focusing on social welfare. Jennifer has taught modules in macro, micro, finance, business strategy & ethics, all from a pluralist perspective. She splits her research time between reviewing pension systems across the world (using a critical finance macro framework) and chewing-over topics from within the philosophy of economics. She has been hailed as a leader of the “nascent pragmatist turn” in post-Keynesian economics.

Mario Pisani is Senior Civil Servant at His Majesty’s Treasury, where he currently serves as Deputy Director for the Financial Stability Group. Mario also co-chairs the Treasury History Network, and is a Visiting Professor at King’s College London – in these roles he researches the institutional history of HM Treasury.

Geoff Tily is head of economics at the Trades Union Congress, where he has worked since 2014. Before that his career was in government statistics and economics, mainly in the Office for National Statistics but also in HM Treasury (including in the macro team when George Osborne was Chancellor). He currently serves as the chair of the working group on economic policy on behalf of TUAC (the trades union advisory committee to the OECD).  He did a PhD at University College London with Professor Victoria Chick, later published by Palgrave Macmillan as Keynes Betrayed: The General Theory, the rate of interest and ‘Keynesian’ economics.

Jennifer, Mario, Geoff and other speakers, to be confirmed, will lead what is sure to be a greatly enjoyable and informative evening in the heart of Keynes’ London. 

The discussion will be followed by networking drinks. 

HOW TO REGISTER

Pre-event registration is required.   

Members can register via the SPE notices. Non-members interested in attending for a ‘taster’ session should email office@spe.org.uk