Seminar Commentaries

N.B The views that are expressed in the commentaries by the authors are their own and do not commit the Trustees or Officers of the Institute in any way.

For commentaries of recent events, please click on the links below:

Commentaries 2010

27 April 2010 Willem Buiter

Commentaries 2009

25 November 2009 Martin Wolf

Secretary of State's Key Sector Seminars

22 October 2009 Allan Burns, Chairman Scotland Food and Drink, Paul McLaughlin CE, Scotland Food and Drink and Ian Curle, CE, Edrington Group

7 September 2009 Jim McColl, Clyde Blowers and Calum Paterson, Scottish Equity Partners

2 July 2009 Nick Horler, CEO Scottish Power

Spring Seminar Series 2009

18 June 2009 Sir John Gieve

5 May 2009 Will Hutton

16 April 2009 John Swinney

Hume Annual Lecture

23 March 2009 Frances Cairncross

Commentaries 2008

12 November 2008 Professor Andrew Hughes Hallett and Fabian Zuleeg

5 November 2008 Professor John Ermisch

21 October 2008 John Kay

14 October 2008 Sir Brian Hoskins, Peter Jones, Simon Pepper and Ian Marchant

29 April 2008 Professor David Blanchflower

1 April 2008 Professor Robert Wright

4 March 2008 Hume Annual Lecture: Brian Taylor

19 February 2008 Professor John Baillie with response from Bernadette Malone

Commentaries 2007

22 November 2007 Jo Armstrong

Comments from Robert Black the Auditor General
(Chair at the seminar at which Jo Armstrong presented her research findings)

15 November 2007 Professor Nick Hanley

6 November 2007 Richard Halkett and Charlie Woods

23 October 2007 Jonathan Mills and Seona Reid

4 October 2007 Professor Stephen Glaister and Professor George Hazel

25 June 2007 Dame Deirdre Hutton and panel

3 May 2007 Peter Freeman

28 March 2007 Lord Stewart Sutherland - Presidential Address

Presidential Address 2007 - some further reflections - Professor Gavin Kennedy

14 March 2007 Lord Richard Layard

22 February 2007 Professor Bernard King and Diane Coyle

Commentaries 2006

14 March 2006 Lord George and Sandy Crombie. (Joint Event with SII)

19 April 2006 - Sir Ian Byatt

23 May 2006 Financial Journalism

10 October 2006 Dr Fabian Zuleeg and Professor Brian Ashcroft

31 October 2006 Dr Dieter Helm

7 November 2006 Jeremy Peat

23 November 2006 Charlie Jeffery and Jim Gallagher