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City of London Festival Debate

In front of an audience at the Bowler Hat as part of the 2014 City of London Festival, Anne McElvoy asks the question 'does emotion or reason dictate the financial markets?'.

Does emotion or reason dictate the financial markets? Anne McElvoy is joined by Frances Hudson, Global Thematic Strategist at Standard Life Investments; Daniel Ben-Ami, financial journalist and author of 'Cowardly Capitalism'; Greg Davies, Head of Behavioural and Quantitative Investment Philosophy at Barclays; and Adrian Wooldridge of the Economist whose book 'The Fourth Revolution - The Global Race to Reinvent the State', is out now.

Recorded at The Bowler Hat at this year's City of London Festival.

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45 minutes

The City of London Festival

The City of London Festival

This programme was recorded at The Bowler Hat as part of this year's .


Image above from the recording on Thursday 10 July 2014. Photocredit:听Robert Piwko.听


Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest Frances Hudson
Interviewed Guest Daniel Ben-Ami
Interviewed Guest Greg Davies
Interviewed Guest Adrian Wooldridge
Producer Neil Trevithick

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Jul 2014 22:00

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