Brexit: What Next?
The UK has made the momentous decision to leave the EU. Intelligence Squared staged an emergency event to discuss the ramifications. A panel including Douglas Carswell, Jonathan Freedland, Josef Janni...
5 Juli 20161h 29min
Yes, he Can! No, he couldn't. Obama Is A Failed President
Eight years ago the banners said ‘Behold the new Kennedy!’ Tears flowed and expectations were sky-high as Obama spoke on election night surrounded by his young family. Here was America’s saviour, the ...
23 Juni 20161h 3min
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Democracy is Not Always the Best Form of Government
Democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. So said Winston Churchill and who would disagree? One man, one vote, the rule of law, equality and a free press. T...
22 Juni 201649min
The Return of History and the Death of Democracy, with Peter Frankopan and Kwasi Kwarteng
25 years ago, with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the future looked rosy. Liberal democracy, freedom and individual rights were on the march, triumphing over tyranny and repression. The end of the Cold ...
17 Juni 20161h 3min
The Benefits System Perpetuates Misery
Beveridge would be turning in his grave. The benefits system that his 1942 report introduced has become a travesty. Right now there are some 4.5m people in the UK living in households where nobody has...
11 Juni 20161h 2min
Let the bad guys be: foreign intervention does more harm than good
In February 2012 Intelligence Squared Asia presented leading voices and influential figures in a debate about foreign intervention. This discussion raised questions such as: Does foreign intervention ...
3 Juni 20161h 2min
The Great Intelligence Squared Brexit Debate
How do we decide? The in-out referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union on June 23 is a once-in-a-generation vote. For some of us it’s a matter of gut political instinct: we are natural i...
27 Maj 20161h 27min
Is the Party Over for Economic Growth? When economic stagnation becomes the new normal
It was a blast. Since the Industrial Revolution, we enjoyed unprecedented economic growth, propelled by a seemingly unstoppable wave of technological innovation. For 100 years from around 1870, life i...
20 Maj 20161h 2min
