At this IFS event, Olivier Blanchard, Professor Emeritus at MIT and former Chief Economist at the IMF, and Jean Tirole, Nobel Prize-winner and Honorary President of the Toulouse School of Economics, presented their report on the major future economic challenges of climate change, economic inequalities and demographic changes. They were joined later by Carol Propper, one of the authors of the report, Richard Blundell and Nick Stern, both members of the Commission, for an interactive Q&A session.
You can watch the full video of the event below and view the published report of their commission here.
Authors
![Richard Blundell](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-03/Richard%20Blundell%20Head.jpg?itok=ow7e9OkA)
CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.
![Carol Propper](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-05/Carol_Propper.jpg?itok=_f6-kbM5)
Research Fellow Imperial College London
Carol is a Research Fellow at the IFS and a Professor of Economics in the Department of Management and Imperial College Business School, London.
![Jean Tirole](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Jean%20Tirole.jpg?itok=R7z2PC1c)
Research Fellow Toulouse School of Economics
Jean Tirole is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a honorary chairman of the Foundation JJ Laffont-Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Olivier Blanchard
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Nick Stern
Presentation details
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Blanchard, O et al. (2021). 'Climate change, inequalities, and ageing: the major economic challenges ahead' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/climate-change-inequalities-and-ageing-major-economic-challenges-ahead (accessed: 30 June 2024).
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