Is it time for a revolution in government economics?

Government economic forecasting is never far from the headlines. Now the question which started rumbling at the time of the 2008 crash is getting louder around Brexit: can we trust economic expertise to guide us through the biggest policy challenges of the day?

To discuss whether it is time to 'democratise' economics, our panel included:

• Joe Earle, co-author of The Econocracy: The perils of leaving economics to the experts
• Miatta Fahnbulleh, Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation
• Chris Giles, Economics Editor of the Financial Times

The event was chaired by Dr Emily Andrews, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government.

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