The everywhere millionaire: who is really rich in America and how they got there

The everywhere millionaire: who is really rich in America and how they got there

Author: LSE Film and Audio Team June 2, 2026 Duration: 1:23:48
The story of wealth in America isn’t just about Wall Street or Silicon Valley—it’s also about the quiet fortunes of Main Street business owners, whose growing economic and political power often escapes the spotlight.

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Why immigration policy is hard [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26:54
Join us for the 2026 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures which this year will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is one of three based on the newly published book, Why Immigration Policy Is Hard.
Our Dollar, your problem [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:07
Join us for this public lecture where Kenneth Rogoff will discuss his recently released book Our Dollar, Your Problem: An insider's view of seven turbulent decades of global finance and the road ahead.
Power and profit: stresses and futures of market economies [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:34:22
The famous epithet that “the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters”, is most often attributed to the Marxist thinker and revolutionary Antonio Gramsci.
Abundant clean energy for all: the technological opportunity [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:23:57
For the past two centuries, growth in energy supply has been fundamental to human progress and economic development. But fossil fuel dependence is driving climate change at an unprecedented scale. Can emerging technologi…
Are revolutions justified? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29:29
Ralph Miliband has written poignantly on the limits of parliamentary democracy. But are revolutions justified?
Are jobs getting better? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:14
What does the future of work really look like?
The measure of progress: counting what really matters [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:03
Professor Coyle argues that the way we measure the economy—developed in the 1940s—no longer fits today’s realities. The outdated framework underpinning economic statistics distorts how policymakers understand and respond…
How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:31
In his inaugural lecture (based on his research with Ferdinand Eibl) Steffen Hertog argues that populist leaders in all but the largest countries can afford radical policies only if they enjoy autonomy from international…
Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26:33
Climate change is not gender-neutral — not in its impact on women and girls, nor in the solutions women are leading. This lecture will share new research revealing how women’s leadership is providing new pathways to addr…
Shared prosperity in a fractured world [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:46
Join us for this talk by Dani Rodrik where he will talk about his new book, Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, in which he shows how the nations of the world can achieve all three objectives.