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Commentaries 2008

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