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Ed Miliband on How To Build a Better World

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Economics

Is the pandemic a wake-up call to build a better world?
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Is the pandemic a wake-up call to build a better world? Ed Miliband, politician and host of the award-winning Reasons to Be Cheerful podcast, thinks so.

And in June 2021 he came to Intelligence Squared to discuss the ideas in his new book Go Big. Think of any problem, he will argue, and there is already a brilliant solution to it. We don’t need massive innovation. We just need to know where to look – and then have the courage to think big and scale up. People all over the world are already successfully putting into action bold ways to tackle everything from inequality and the climate crisis to the challenges of housing, technology and democratic renewal. Whether it’s implementing the Green New Deal, lowering the voting age to 16, or replacing GDP with well-being measurements, we already have the tools we need to transform the way we live and work.

 

Praise for Go Big

‘Enthralling. I was left with such an unusual feeling that I didn’t at first realise what it was, and then I remembered: optimism. I hope everyone with the slightest interest in the way the world works will read it.’ – Philip Pullman
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Ed Miliband on How To Build a Better World

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Speakers for the motion

  • Ed Miliband

    Former leader of the Labour Party and co-host of the Reasons to Be Cheerful podcast

Chair

  • Manveen Rana

    Senior investigative journalist and host of The Times and Sunday Times flagship podcast Stories of Our Times

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Ed Miliband

Former leader of the Labour Party and co-host of the Reasons to Be Cheerful podcast

MP for Doncaster North, who was leader of the Labour Party from 2010 to 2015 and Climate Change Secretary from 2008 to 2010. In October 2017, Ed and his co-host Geoff Lloyd launched the Reasons to Be Cheerful podcast in which they interview smart thinkers and inspiring campaigners from around the world to explore the ideas, people and movements that are solving the biggest challenges facing society. It has since had over 10 million downloads across a diverse listenership and was awarded Podcast of the Year by the Broadcasting Press Guild in 2018. In April 2020, Miliband returned to the front bench to serve as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industry.
Chair

Manveen Rana

Senior investigative journalist and host of The Times and Sunday Times flagship podcast Stories of Our Times

Senior investigative journalist and host of The Times and Sunday Times flagship podcast Stories of Our Times. She was previously a broadcaster and reporter for BBC Radio 4's The Today Programme and The World at One.

 

Speakers are subject to change.