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SEMINAR TRANSCRIPTS/PRESENTATIONS 2003-2008

29 April 2008
"Inflation, Expectations, and Monetary Policy"

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1 April 2008
"The Economics of New Immigration to Scotland"

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19 February 2008
"Scottish Councils; sinking or swimming?"

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22 November 2007
"A fresh approach to Public Service Delivery - new findings from David Hume Institute research"

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15 November 2007
"Reducing carbon emissions - the implications for Scottish Business"

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6 November 2007
"Achieving Innovation throughout the economy"

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23 October 2007
"Unleashing the potential of the Scottish creative sector"

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4 October 2007
"Transport Strategy - with or without road pricing"

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25 June 2007
"Financial Education"

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3 May 2007
"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence- Scepticism and Competition Policy"

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28 March 2007
"Is an enlightened society still possible? Hume and the rise of fundamentalist religion"

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14 March 2007
"Mental Health and Public Policy"

Lord Richard Layard

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22 February 2007
"Mr Gradgrind meets Jude the Obscure - what use is Higher Education to the economy?"

Professor Bernard King and Dr Diane Coyle

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23 November 2006
"Policy Making in a Devolved Environment"

Charlie Jeffery and Jim Gallagher

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31 October 2006
"Energy policy for Scotland - keeping the lights on and limiting climate change"

Dr Dieter Helm

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10 October 2006
The Scottish Public Sector: Does Size Matter? An investigation of the link between
post-devolution growth in public spending and Scottish economic performance

Dr Fabian Zuleeg and Professor Brian Ashcroft

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19 April 2006
"Balancing Regulation and Competition in the Water Business in Scotland"

Sir Ian Byatt

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14 March 2006
"Trust and Integrity: Principles and Practice"

Lord Eddie George and Sandy Crombie
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1 March 2006 - Hume Annual Lecture
'The European Union and the Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth'

Sir Neil MacCormick
N.B. There is no transcript or presentation available, however it is planned to publish
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9 February 2006
"The appropriate role of Government in the provision of pensions.
Some insights drawn from the Second Report of the Pensions Commission"
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Lord Adair Turner
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10 November 2005
"Rebalancing the Constitution"

Professor Robert Hazell
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2 November 2005
"Gordon Brown and the public finances: sticking to the rules?"

Robert Chote
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5 October 2005
"When genius failed - revisited"

Professor Donald MacKenzie
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20 June 2005
"Does Public Sector Wage Setting Constrain Devolution?"

Professor David Bell
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28 April 2005
"Global Markets, Investment, Management and the Role of Financial Reporting"

Professor Sir David Tweedie
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24 March 2005
"The Globalization of Labour Markets and the Consequences for Economic Policy"

Professor Orley Ashenfelter
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24 February 2005
"The risk management of everything. Rethinking the politic of uncertainty"

Professor Michael Power
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11 November 2004
"Making Executive Pay Work: remuneration committees and their effectiveness"

Professor Stuart Ogden
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27 October 2004
"Improving Public Services: targets, performance and other regulatory arrangements"

Professor Peter C Smith
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9 September 2004
"Restoring Trust - Investment in the twenty-first century"

Sir Richard Sykes & Colin Melvin
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23 June 2004
"The Simultaneous Fall and Rise of Mutuality"

Professor Simon Deakin
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22 April 2004
"Tilting at Windmills. The economics of windpower"

Professor David Simpson
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11 March 2004
"NHS Scotland versus NHS England. Lessons to be learned".

Mr Benedict Irvine, CIVITAS
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Professor Stephen Smith, University of Glasgow
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12 February 2004
"The Private Finance Initiative. From the foundations up".

Professor Peter Jackson, Leicester University Business School
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SEMINAR TRANSCRIPTS 2002-2003

27 November 2003
"Regulating the Internet"

Ms Lilian Edwards, School of Law, University of Edinburgh
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Mrs Alison Di Rollo, Crown Office
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13 November 2003
"Human Rights Legislation"

Lord Robert Reed, Court of Session and High Court of Justciary
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30 October 2003
"The Compensation Culture"

Mr Frank Maguire, Solicitor-Advocate, Thompsons
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Mr Tony Weir, Reader in Law and Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge
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2 October 2003
Presidential Address 2003 - "The Political Economy of Sustainable Development"

Professor Sir Alan Peacock DSC, FBA, FRSE
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21 May 2003
"The Future of Work"

Professor Chris Baldry, University of Stirling
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23 April 2003
"The Challenges and Opportunities of an enlarged EU. One Europe or Several?"

Professor Jim Rollo, University of Sussex
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26 February 2003
"Competition and Cohesion. A research led policy agenda for building better cities."

Professor Michael Parkinson, Liverpool John Moores University
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and Professor Ivan Turok, University of Glasgow
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10 December 2002
Professor Charlie Jeffery, University of Birmingham
"The Limits of Devolution"

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Professor Peter McGregor, University of Strathclyde
"The Economic Consequences of the Barnett Formula"

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4 December 2002
Mr Richard Kerley, University of Edinburgh
"The Strange Death of Local Goverment"

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20 November 2002
Professor David Heald, University of Aberdeen
"Financing Devolution - What should follow Barnett?"

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16 October 2002
Professor Kevin Woods, University of Glasgow
"The NHS in Scotland: no more repeat prescriptions"

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