Our good friend Romesh Vaitilingam has sent through details of an RES public lecture in London on Wednesday 17th October to be given by the eminent economic historian Professor Nick Crafts. Details below for those who are interested in applying for a free ticket.

Royal Economic Society POLICY LECTURE by Professor Nicholas Crafts

Wednesday 17th October 2012

6.15pm at The Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH.

Returning To Growth: Lessons From History

In both the 1930s and the 1980s, the UK economy made strong recoveries from recessions very similar to the current one. What can we learn from those experiences for today’s top policy priority of a return to growth? In this year’s RES Policy Lecture, Professor Nicholas Crafts will focus on both short-term stimulus measures and the supply-side factors that drive productivity growth over the longer term – and how we might achieve our immediate goal without damaging the UK’s economic prospects for the future. Nick Crafts is a Professor of Economic History at the University of Warwick, Director of the ESRC Research Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) and a member of the RES Council and RES Executive Committee.