Philip Goodchild/ Waltraud Schelkle/ Susan Steed

Listen to the podcast

6.30 – 8pm | Wednesday 11 January 2016

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE

Speakers

Philip Goodchild, Professor of Religion and Philosophy, University of Nottingham

Waltraud Schelkle, Associate Professor of Political Economy, LSE

Susan Steed, Co-founder and former Director of the Brixton Pound; Visiting Tutor, New College for the Humanities; Doctoral Researcher, University of Bristol

Chair

Peter Dennis, Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow

What is money, where does it come from, and why does it sometimes fail to make us better off? The banality of money makes it appear neutral with respect to political, religious, or moral values. Should we try to answer these questions in a value-neutral way, or does money shelter a value system hiding in plain sight?

Image credit: Ethan Doyle White, ‘Coin Tree‘