Free Thinking 2012 - Ian Goldin

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🗓️ 29 November 2012

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Economist Ian Goldin gives a talk on Globalisation and the Future at Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival. Presented by Anne McElvoy, Ian explores whether globalisation is a force for good, or whether it will be the source of an ever more unequal and unstable world. Recorded at The Sage Gateshead on Sunday 4th November 2012.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, it's a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that at some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?
0:23.4	It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream van plays music when it's out of ice cream.
0:28.9	Listen to evil genius on BBC Sounds.
0:32.1	This is a download from the BBC.
0:34.1	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBC.co.uk slash radio three.
0:41.3	Hello and welcome to our free-thinking debate on globalisation and the future.
0:46.3	My guest today is Professor Ian Golden, a leading economist and former Vice President of the World Bank,
0:52.0	who's now director of the Oxford Martin School at Oxford
0:54.6	University, which explores the major challenges facing us today. The themes of how countries
1:00.4	like Britain should respond to interconnected economies and the thrills and often spills of
1:05.2	globalization permeate our politics, our economic decision-making, and our daily lives as we wonder how our prosperity
1:12.4	and stability can be assured and at what cost. Professor Golden has a long track record on these
1:17.9	subjects at the World Bank. He played a leading role in aiding economic development in Africa.
1:22.6	He's been an advisor to Nelson Mandela, as well as writing several books on how to bridge the
1:27.3	divide between the world's rich and poor. His latest book, Divided Nations, is coming out in February. Please welcome Ian Golden.
1:37.5	Thank you. Good evening. It may not always seem like that, but this is the best time to be alive.
1:50.5	It's certainly the best time to be born poor, because your chances of escaping poverty
1:56.6	are greater than ever in history. This is happening because of new levels of connectivity,
2:04.1	because of the fundamental changes that have happened in the world
2:07.6	over the last 20 years or so.
2:10.6	The fall of the Berlin Wall was one aspect of a massive tidal wave
2:16.1	that has brought down walls around the world.
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