Wednesday 16:00-16:30 Laurie Taylor discusses the latest social science research.
15 October 2008 repeat 19 Oct
PREDICTING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS Laurie Taylor is joined by Richard Dale, Emeritus Professor of International Banking at Southampton University, one of the very few professional economists who predicted the present crisis. They discuss his recipe for crisis.
WORK/LIFE BALANCE Dr Ben Fincham, Lecturer in the School of Social Science at the University of Brighton claims to have found a group – cycle couriers – for whom a clear distinction between work and leisure is virtually meaningless. Dr Ben Fincham and Richard Reeves, author of Happy Mondays: Putting the Pleasure back into Work debate the meaning of the ‘work life balance’.
Additional information:
Professor Richard Dale Emeritus Professor of International Banking at Southampton University
International Banking Deregulation: The Great Banking Experiment Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 978-0-631-16057-1
The First Crash: Lessons from the South Sea Bubble Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN-10: 0691119716 ISBN-13: 978-0691119717
