{"id":25983,"date":"2014-09-09T14:26:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=25983"},"modified":"2014-09-09T14:27:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:27:44","slug":"if-youre-in-glasgow-tomorrow-and-thursday-so-am-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2014\/09\/09\/if-youre-in-glasgow-tomorrow-and-thursday-so-am-i\/","title":{"rendered":"If you&#8217;re in Glasgow tomorrow and Thursday, so am I"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/schools\/business\/newsandevents\/headline_351548_en.html\" target=\"_blank\">Reinventing Our Economy for People and the Planet Conference and Wellbeing, Work, Equality and Environment Debate<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/schools\/business\/newsandevents\/headline_351548_en.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Adam Smith Business School in conjunction with Friends of the Earth Scotland and Jubilee Scotland<\/a> will hold a debate on 10th September and a conference on 11th September 2014, to hear how we can steer our economy in a bold new direction.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0panel of top economic thinkers\u00a0has been\u00a0assembled\u00a0by\u00a0partnership of civic organisations in Scotland\u00a0to help us understand the\u00a0big\u00a0questions\u00a0about the economy\u00a0and to give their answers\u00a0to them.\u00a0 The Adam Smith Business School is delighted to invite students to register for the conference and the debate\u00a0for free.<\/p>\n<p>Owing to generous sponsorship from the Institute for New Economic Thinking, the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow and the Carnegie Trust, we are pleased to announce that we are now able to lift the requirement for delegate fees.<\/p>\n<h3>Debate<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Wednesday, 10th September 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a07.30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong>\u00a0Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8LX<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WELLBEING, EQUALITY AND ENVIRONMENT:\u00a0 what path for a sustainable economy?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ann\u00a0Pettifor\u00a0(ex Jubilee 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Jo Armstrong (CPPR, University of Glasgow)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Murphy (Tax Research UK)<\/li>\n<li>Professor Richard Werner (Southampton University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Debate registration<\/h4>\n<p>Registration for the\u00a0Debate is now available through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/wellbeing-equality-and-environment-which-direction-for-a-sustainable-economy-tickets-12473030169\">Eventbrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Conference<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday, 11th September 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a09.00am - 5.00pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong>\u00a0The University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School, Kelvin Gallery, Main Building, West Quadrangle, Gilbert Scott Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>REINVENTING OUR ECONOMY FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET:\u00a0 An enquiry about an alternative sustainable economic policy - re-inventing our economy for people and the planet.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll set out to answer questions like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do we ensure investment goes where we need it\u00a0to\u00a0create\u00a0jobs,\u00a0tackle climate change and transform our public infrastructure?<\/li>\n<li>How can we extend control over our economy and the financial sector?<\/li>\n<li>Can we reverse the trend towards deepening inequalities?<\/li>\n<li>What economic pathways can create well-being and sustainability?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speakers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Malcolm Sawyer (Leeds University)<\/li>\n<li>Ann\u00a0Pettifor\u00a0(ex Jubilee 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Murphy (Tax Justice Network)<\/li>\n<li>Professor Richard Werner (Southampton University)<\/li>\n<li>Professor David Bell (Stirling University)<\/li>\n<li>Professor Molly Scott-Cato MEP (Roehampton University)<\/li>\n<li>Professor Andrew Cumbers (University of Glasgow)<\/li>\n<li>Tim Jenkins (New Economics Foundation)<\/li>\n<li>Professor Robert McMaster (University of Glasgow)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Workshops<\/strong>\u00a0on Controlling money and the banks;\u00a0Latin America\u2019s Economic Alternatives;\u00a0Democratising pension investments;\u00a0Beyond carbon pricing;\u00a0Circular Economy;\u00a0Runaway Consumption<\/p>\n<h4>Conference registration<\/h4>\n<p>Registration for\u00a0the Conference\u00a0is now available through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/re-inventing-our-economy-for-people-and-the-planet-tickets-12472592861\">Eventbrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please read the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/media\/media_356744_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Wellbeing and Sustainability Flyer<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<h3>Enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>For any queries on both events please email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Tanja.Bozic@glasgow.ac.uk\">Tanja.Bozic@glasgow.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0or call 0141 330 4066.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reinventing Our Economy for People and the Planet Conference and Wellbeing, Work, Equality and Environment Debate The Adam Smith Business School in conjunction with Friends<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2014\/09\/09\/if-youre-in-glasgow-tomorrow-and-thursday-so-am-i\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}