Economics for Neglected Places, With Paul Collier
Hamza King sits down with Paul Collier to discuss social class. Paul is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government and a Director at the International Growth Centre.
Sir Paul Collier is the author of 'Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places' (2024) and several other books, including ‘The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it’ (2007) and ‘The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties’ (2018).
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