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More Than Money? How Anthropology Can Offer Richer Analysis For Economists

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A recording of the event, 'More Than Money? How Anthropology Can Offer Richer Analysis For Economists' at LSE, Thursday 07 October 2021.

Anthropology has often been seen as an academic version of Indiana Jones – namely a discipline devoted to exotic travel that does not have much relevance for the modern world.

However, anthropology-trained Financial Times journalist and author Gillian Tett argues that this image is completely wrong today, and anthropology can make a vital contribution to public policy, corporate and financial life, as well as our communities as we try to 'build back better' after COVID-19. Indeed, she argues that a world drowning in artificial intelligence and other digital innovations desperately needs a second type of 'AI' – Anthropology Intelligence – to enable us to flourish.

But what does this mean for the economics profession? Could economists benefit by embracing this new type of AI? Gillian Tett explores this question in this talk, and her new book Anthro-Vision; A New Way To See In Business And Life. Deborah Rowland, a leading global thinker, speaker, writer, and coach in the field of leading big complex change also shares her perspective on an anthropological approaches to business and other complex systems.

You can also watch the video recording of the event on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xCVwhaCfS4.