Cohesive Capitalism Event & STICERD Public Events and Lectures
Hosted by the Department of Geography and Environment and the Programme on Cohesive Capitalism
Cohesive Capitalism Event
How progress ends: technology, innovation, and the fate of nations
Carl Frey (Oxford)
Tuesday 21 October 2025 18:30 - 20:00
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About this event
How will progress end? In this event, Carl Benedikt Frey – one of the leading scholars of technology and the economy – will discuss his new book, How Progress Ends.
To appreciate why we cannot depend on any AI-fueled great leap forward, Frey offers a remarkable and fascinating journey across the globe, spanning the past 1,000 years, to explain why some societies flourish and others fail in the wake of rapid technological change.
How can I attend?
This public event is free and open to all. This event will be a hybrid event, with an in-person audience and an online audience.
For the in person event: You can request one ticket via the online ticket request form, which will open after 12noon on Monday 22 September. The ticket line will stay open until all tickets have been allocated.
For the online event: Registration for this event will open in early September.
For any queries email events@lse.ac.uk
More about this event
Join us on campus or register to watch the event online at LSE Live. If you can't attend live, a video will be made available shortly afterwards on LSE's YouTube channel.
The Department of Geography and Environment (@LSEGeography) is a centre of international academic excellence in economic, urban and development geography, environmental social science and climate change.
The Programme on Cohesive Capitalism is a major multidisciplinary initiative to investigate new politico-economic paradigms, institutions and policies that could serve the common interest. Led by Professor Tim Besley and Daniel Chandler, it is housed in STICERD and the Department of Economics.
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This event is organised by the LSE Programme on Cohesive Capitalism
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For further information please contact Lubala Chibwe by email: l.chibwe@lse.ac.uk.
For further information please contact Lubala Chibwe, by email: l.chibwe@lse.ac.uk.