# The Greatest Ever Economic Event

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Professor Douglas McWilliams, Thras Moraitis, Mike McWilliams
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Economics, Business and management
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/greatest-ever-economic-event)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Are we sleepwalking into the most serious economic challenge that we have ever faced without any serious thinking about its scale and implications? We will examine the industrialisation of two thirds of the world in its historical context, make comparisons with previous major economic challenges and cover some of the implications of the huge speed with which transformation is taking place.

## Lectures

1. [The Greatest Ever Economic Change](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-greatest-ever-economic-event/dc75f26dc094) (YouTube)
2. [Is the growth in the emerging economies additional or are we growing more slowly?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-greatest-ever-economic-event/3f66250983fe) (YouTube)
3. [A New Theory of Economic Growth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-greatest-ever-economic-event/3717b96640d9) (YouTube)
4. [How to make Western Economies more Competitive](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-greatest-ever-economic-event/ab6d4156c885) (YouTube)
5. [Will there be a shortage of spending power?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-greatest-ever-economic-event/cf32f3ee5868) (YouTube)
6. [The Winning and Losing Nations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-greatest-ever-economic-event/d30ed8593995) (YouTube)