Building Abundance: How Britain can flourish in the age of AI

Britain struggles to build almost anything: houses, infrastructure, data centres, and everything else. Its economy is anaemic. It has the most expensive energy of almost anywhere in the world. Its labour market looks dangerously exposed to shocks to professional services. The British state is paralysed and unable to act. Three years ago, these were important facts for anyone who cared about reviving Britain’s economy. Today, they will decide whether Britain flourishes in the age of AI, or goes the way of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or 20th Century Argentina. Join us at Building Abundance: How Britain can flourish in the age of AI, a day of ideas for rebuilding Britain’s economy and state so it can adapt to and embrace artificial intelligence and other opportunities for growth. It will be held on Thursday 3rd December at the LSE, from 1pm to 7:30pm (doors open 1pm for a 1:20pm start). It’s hosted by Works in Progress in association with the LSE Law School and School of Public Policy. Tickets are free. Our keynote sessions feature Dominic Cummings and Morgan McSweeney in conversation on the decline and fall of British state capacity, and John Fingleton on what the government has and has not done to put his review of nuclear regulation into effect, one year after committing to implement it in full. Other speakers include:

Doors close after the event begins and we cannot admit people after it has started. We look forward to seeing you there!