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Posted on: February 11th 2022
Economics Society
We recently had speakers in to talk to Economics Society.
The first was Victoria Hewson (Head of Regularoty Affairs) who spoke to our Women in Economics Society - here is an article written by Matilda in Year 12:
Women in Economics society was very pleased to welcome to CGS Victoria Hewson, head of Regulatory Affairs and a trained solicitor from the Institute of Economic Affairs, a think tank. She discussed her career path and her current work, outlining a variety of relevant topics which will be at the forefront of our future economy. These included the rapidly expanding use of automation, the Northern Ireland Protocol and it's subsequent impact on trade, as well as whether working from home actually improves productivity for the younger generation being introduced to the work environment, and therefore whether hybrid working will become the new normalcy. It was fascinating to hear about how varied her daily working life is, from research into navigating through the post-Brexit world to numerous interviews on live television. This was a very inspiring talk, with an exciting opportunity of an internship with the IEA also mentioned.
The second was Alexander Hammond (Director of the IATP) - here is an article written by Adam in Year 12:
To summarise the presentation by Alex Hammond, Director of the IATP, “The Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity”, given in December; it was demonstrated that despite the media sensationalisation of proportionately more slight, that is compared to the likes of the malaria epidemic when it first surfaced, yet topical economic shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, that globally the economy has been developing in recent memory into a far more “fair” place, especially for those from developing and/or lower socio-economic backgrounds. For example, he stressed that lately every 12 hours, the life expectancy of sub-Saharan African people increases by 1 day. One attributing factor to this omission of positive news is quite simply that bad news sells, as a result there has been to some extent a greater level of uncertainty and hysteria among the public. Very briefly, contrary to popular belief the world is becoming subjectively greater at a rapider rate than realised.
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