Ebor Lectures at York Minster: Mr Robert Peston
Wednesday, 10th February 2010
Mr Robert Peston, Business Editor, BBC
'What Have We Learned from the Worst Financial and Economic Crisis since the 1930’s?'
The theme for the 2009-10 Ebor Lectures is Business as Usual?: The Global Economy Crisis and the Future of Capitalism
The recent economic crisis has affected millions of lives and has been met by unprecedented measures by governments and international economic organisations across the world. It has also raised calls for reform of the current capitalist market systems, especially from religious and moral considerations. The Ebor lectures for 2009-10 examine the root causes of the economic crisis, analyse its local and global implications, evaluate the current theory and practice of the capitalist market, and suggest directions for the future of capitalism.
Tickets are free but must be booked in advance. If you wish to book a ticket please use our online booking form (at https://intranet.yorksj.ac.uk/Events/) or E: eborlectures@yorksj.ac.uk stating your name, address and the date you are booking for and the number of tickets required. If you wish to attend all the lectures in the 2009-10 series please state when booking. Tickets can also be booked by phone: 01904 876474 or by letter: Ebor Lectures, Faculty of Education & Theology, York St John University, Lord Mayor’s Walk, YORK YO31 7EX.
Robert Peston is the BBC's Business Editor, who has broadcast and published a series of exclusive stories about the global financial crisis and the Credit Crunch. In 2008 he won the Royal Television Society’s awards for Journalist of the Year, Specialist Journalist of the Year and Scoop of the Year, the London Press Club’s Business Journalist of the Year Award, the Broadcasting Press Guild’s Award for Performer of the Year in a non-acting role and the Wincott Foundations awards for Broadcaster of the Year and Online Journalist of the Year. The previous year, he won the Royal Television Society’s Scoop of the Year award (for his exclusive on Northern Rock seeking emergency financial help from the Bank of England) and also the Wincott Award for Business News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year. He was Journalist of the Year in the Business Journalism of the Year Awards for 2007/8.
Peston has published two critically acclaimed books, “Brown’s Britain” – a biography of the British prime minister, Gordon Brown – and “Who Runs Britain?”, his best-selling account of who’s to blame for the economic mess we find ourselves in. His prize-winning blog can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/robertpeston
Peston was previously the Sunday Telegraph's City Editor, in charge of its Business and Money Sections, where he won the Wincott prize for financial journalism. In the 1990s, he was political editor, financial editor and head of investigations at the Financial Times, and he won the “What the Papers Say” award for investigative journalism while at the FT.
The Ebor Lectures is an ecumenical project jointly organised by York Minster, York St John University, York Institute for Community Theology, The Order of Carmelites and the Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire and the Humber. All lectures are on Wednesday evenings starting promptly at 7.00pm. Disabled access is available but please mention when booking.