The Bristol festival of economics runs from Thursday to Friday this week, details here and below: http://www.ideasfestival.co.uk/2013/events/2013-festival-of-economics-save-the-date/

Thanks to sponsorship by the Royal Economic Society (RES), the sessions will also be available via 'wavecast' on the internet

Register free here to watch the events live and participate in the debate:

http://event.wavecastpro.com/festivalofeconomics/

Twitter hashtag for the event #economicsfest

The following week, Tim HARFORD's RES annual public lecture - 'How to run - or ruin - an economy' - will also be wavecast:

http://event.wavecastpro.com/royaleconomicsociety-annualpubliclecture2013/Twitter hashtag for the event #RESlecture