果冻影院

International Conference - "175 Years of The Economist"

On 24 and 25 September 2015 we welcomed a variety of historians, political and economic scholars to 果冻影院 to debate the origins, culture and development of The Economist magazine. The conference began with a fascinating insight into the inner workings of the magazine, as we were joined by former editors Andrew Knight, Rupert Pennant-Rea, Bill Emmott, and 聽the recently appointed editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes. This opening roundtable served as an excellent springboard for two days of stimulating discussions on political economy, the development of liberalism and editorial control in economic journalism.

The EconPublic team is now taking this forward by preparing an edited volume which will consolidate and extend the excellent scholarship from the conference into a timely examination聽of the political, economic and cultural impact of one of the most significant news publications in the modern world聽as it reaches its聽175th anniversary.

Opening event

Roundtable with editors of The Economist.聽

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Venue:聽Gordon House 106, 29 Gordon Sq, London WC1H 0PY

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Thursday 24 September, 2015聽

13:3-14:00.听Introductions

• 鈥淓pochs of The Economist鈥�, Tiago Mata (ECONPUBLIC, 果冻影院-STS)

14:00-15:45.听Crises

• 鈥淓conomic media as 铿乶ancial observatory: the panic of 1866鈥�, Alexandre Mendes Cunha & Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak (Federal University of Minas Gerais)
• 鈥淗ow to Prevent a Banking Panic: the Barings Crisis of 1890鈥�, Eugene White (Rutgers University)
• 鈥淚n Search of Ef铿乧iency: The Economist鈥檚 coverage of GFC to 1873, 1929 & 1987鈥�, Shant Fabricatorian (Columbia University)

16:00-17:15.听Print Culture

• 鈥溾�業t鈥檚 anonymous. It鈥檚 The Economist.鈥� The journalistic and business value of anonymity鈥�, Angel Arrese (University of Navarra)
• 鈥淭wo brands of cosmopolitan journalism: The Atlantic and the Economist鈥�, Francisco Seoane Perez (University of Castilla-La Mancha)

17:30-18:45.听Liberalism

• 鈥淭he Economist and the Liberal Party: false friend or critical ally?鈥�, Peter Sloman (New College, Oxford)
• 鈥淲alter Layton and John Maynard Keynes: Debating Liberal Economic Orthodoxy in the聽Interwar Economist鈥�, Alexander Zevin (City University of New York)

19:00-20:00.听The Economist Archive

• Jeannette Strickland (The Economist)

Friday 25 September, 2015聽

10:15-11:30.听Peripheries

• 鈥淭he Other Half of Europe: The Economist for Bulgarian Internal & External Affairs鈥�, Vasil Paraskevov (Konstantin Preslavsky University)
• 鈥溾�楥omplexo de vira-lata鈥�: The Economist on Brazil domestic disputes鈥�, Tom谩s Undurraga (ECONPUBLIC, 果冻影院-STS)

11:45-13:00.听Financial Mobilization

• 鈥溾�業mperial Folly鈥�: The Economist and the high-tide of metrication c 1960-80鈥�, Aashish Velkar (University of Manchester)
• 鈥淔inancial heroism: 铿乶ancing the First World War in Britain and Germany鈥�, Josephine Maltby (University of Shef铿乪ld) & Janette Rutterford (Open University)

14:00鈥�15:45.听Science, Technology, Medicine

• 鈥淭he Economist and the Early Telecommunications Industry鈥�, James Foreman-Peck (Cardiff University)
• 鈥淏eating the drum quickly: The Economist鈥檚 Technology Quarterly and Innovation鈥�, Jonathan Coopersmith (Texas A&M)
• 鈥淭he Economist on Drugs鈥�, Jonas von Hoffmann (University of Oxford)

16:00-17:15.听In the Beginning鈥�

• 鈥淛ames Wilson, The Economist, and liberalism in the 1840s鈥�, C.P. Read (University of Cambridge and The Economist)
• 鈥淧olitical Economy and the voice of The Economist鈥�, Harro Maas (University of Lausanne)

More information on the conference website at聽.