2026-02-02
1 小时 26 分钟Welcome to the LSE Events podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.
Welcome everybody.
I'd love to see you all here.
Welcome to the 2026 Robin's Lectures.
I checked up.
This is the 42nd year of these lectures.
They started very soon after Anna Robbins died.
The first speaker was Rudy Dornbush.
And we've had, since then,
a whole series of fascinating lectures on issues of profound importance to the way that we live.
And what could be more important today than the issue of immigration?
I mean, it is top, as you know, of the political agenda in, I think,
almost every advanced country It generates huge emotions,
but of course these issues can only be resolved by reason and evidence.
And who better to present this with that than Alan?
So Alan is one of the leading labour economists in the world and one of the most interesting.
Until 2016, he was best known for his work on minimum wages.
because he'd shown that the effect they have on jobs is a lot less than people like myself had thought it was.
And the reason he gave for this, and it was the reason,