 The Next Generation: What should today’s young people want from a fairer capitalism?
Saturday 14th January, 2pm
Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL
In the midst of economic downturn and a fiscal contraction, this year the Young Fabians are unsurprisingly focusing a lot of energy on the policy issues around the ‘squeezed youth’. This event will kick-start that debate, looking at what needs to be done to create a fairer capitalism. We have a fantastic panel lined up to lead this discussion which will touch upon:
· How to provide serious solutions to youth unemployment, rather than just intervening at the margins.
· Intergenerational fairness and how can Labour ensure that the next generation obtains at least parity in the standard of living with preceding generations.
· What can be done to address growing inequality in terms of both wages and opportunities, the barriers to addressing it and where such inequality ends if not enough is done to prevent its continued growth.
Gordon Marsden MP will also be making a major policy announcement on apprenticeships and Professor Mariana Mazzucato will be arguing that if countries want more Googles, they need more not less State.
The full line-up is:
Gordon Marsden - MP for Blackpool South since 1997 and Shadow Minister for Further Education, Skills and Regional Growth.
Professor Mariana Mazzucato - R.M. Phillips Professor of Science and Technology at the University of Sussex, specialising in industrial economics and the economics of growth. She is also a regular political commentator and recent author of "The Entrepreneurial State".
Patrick Diamond - Senior Research Fellow at Policy Network and a Southwark councillor, He was previously Head of Policy Planning in 10 Downing Street and Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister.
Zoe Gannon - Head of Research and Clerk to the High Pay Commission which published its final report in November. Its recommendations which have had a lot of press during the last week have been endorsed in full by Labour. Zoe was previously a research fellow at Compass.
Sara Ibrahim, the Young Fabian Chair, will chair the discussion. |
