Is the growth in the emerging economies additional or are we growing more slowly? Speakers look at the limits to world economic growth from...
Human Livelihoods Depend on Wild Flowers: Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank explained In this talk Dr Robin Probert explains why human livelihoods...
The Roman Denarius and the Euro: A precedent for monetary union? A look at the way the Roman Empire has sometimes...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
Gresham's Law in Economics: Background to the Crisis Sir Thomas Gresham said that "bad money drives out good"...
Unweaving the Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing System: Complexity, Simplicity and Paradox Despite the onslaught of legislative initiatives surrounding AML/CTF, it is...
Emerging Markets and Climate Change This lecture considers the economic impact of climate change on...
The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Development in the Western World since 1700 BOOK LAUNCH At the end of the eighteenth century, the...
Sir Hans Sloane: 350 years of preserving history An overview of the history of botanical collecting: the characters...