Wilton Park speech on scarcity and resilience

by | Jan 31, 2008


Charlie and I are both off to Wilton Park this afternoon for a conference on European security in 2020.  I’m presenting on scarcity and resilience, and why they’ll matter in 2020. 

Here’s my speech – which is also, in part, the beginnings of an attempt to sketch out a reply to Martin Wolf’s questions about civilisation in a zero sum economy…

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  • Alex Evans

    Alex Evans is founder of Larger Us, which explores how we can use psychology to reduce political tribalism and polarisation, a senior fellow at New York University, and author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough? (Penguin, 2017). He is a former Campaign Director of the 50 million member global citizen’s movement Avaaz, special adviser to two UK Cabinet Ministers, climate expert in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and was Research Director for the Business Commission on Sustainable Development. Alex lives with his wife and two children in Yorkshire.

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