POLIS public debate: Why Did Nobody Tell Us? Reporting the Global Crash of '08 February 23, 2009

Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building

Speakers: Alex Brummer, Vince Cable MP, Evan Davis
Chair: Howard Davies

This event will discuss the reporting leading up to the global credit crash of 2008.

Alex Brummer has been City Editor for the Daily Mail since 2000. He has over thirty years’ experience in the media. Vincent Cable is the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and speaks for his party on issues of Finance, European Economic and Monetary Union and the City. Evan Davis is a presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. He was the BBC’s Economics Editor from 2001-2008.

This event is in partnership with the Media Society and Society of Editors.

Official Website: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPublicLecturesAndEvents/events/2009/20081211t1607z001.htm