London Consensus Book Talk
Who can attend?
- Faculty
- Staff
- Students
Description
Tim Besley and Andrés Velasco from the London School of Economics will join Johns Hopkins Professors Bhaven Sampat (School of Government and Policy), Mine Senses (School of Advanced International Studies), and Pravin Krishna (SAIS) to discuss their upcoming publication: The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century.
A generation ago, the so-called Washington Consensus laid out a series of dos and don'ts for policymakers around the world. Today that vision is recognized to have fallen short in a number of dimensions. The world has changed a great deal since 1989 and so has the collective wisdom on what sound policies look like. Drawing from the research and skills of over 50 high-profile scholars, this project strives to build a "London Consensus" around which new ideas can coalesce, providing practical solutions at the local, national, and global levels.
The goal of this work is to identify an alternative to the Washington Consensus and a set of new ideas—and policies—that can provide guidance to policymakers in dealing with the seemingly intractable global problems today.
The book is available to download open access from Oct. 16.
Who can attend?
- Faculty
- Staff
- Students
