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SUMMARY:The Max Watson Lecture: Demise of doctrine: Policy making in the r
 eal world - Caroline Atkinson (Former Head of Global Policy at Google)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180612T170000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180612T184500
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DESCRIPTION:The post-World War 2 economic doctrine that guided the West --
  international cooperation in line with a global market system of rules la
 rgely defined by United States and its allies -- has been under growing pr
 essure since the turn of this century.  Skepticism in the model was fueled
  by the global financial crisis triggered in the US and the painfully draw
 n out Eurocrisis.  But recent political events have delivered a bigger sho
 ck to the system. This is most striking from the US. On taking office in J
 anuary 2017\, President Trump rejected the major trans-pacific partnership
  (TPP) trade agreement that embodied not just trade liberalization but als
 o key norms and rules that govern economic relations in market economies. 
  Later came the US decision to leave the Paris Climate accord -- which had
  been fashioned to support cooperative behavior-- and most recently the Ir
 an agreement. In Europe\, challenges to the doctrine have come from the Br
 exit decision and messy aftermath together with weakened mandates for gove
 rnment in Germany\, uncertainty in Italy and challenges to Western-style r
 ules in Poland and Hungary.  How can policy making in the world of today b
 est react to these challenges\, and what is the role for the much-maligned
  experts -- in economics and finance -- in manoeuvring in this political e
 conomy?\nSpeakers:\nCaroline Atkinson (Former Head of Global Policy at Goo
 gle)
LOCATION:St Antony's College (Nissan Lecture Theatre)\, 62 Woodstock Road 
 OX2 6JF
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/8f74cdce-4e90-44be-a456-16fa0114a744/
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