Andy Haldane
Chief Executive of the RSA
How business lost our trust
04 Mar 2025 | 06:00 pm – 07:00 pm | GMT Standard Time
RSA House and online
Business and entrepreneurship
Economy
Employment
Public services
Is capitalism at a crossroads?
Please note: in-person tickets are sold-out, but you can still book a place to watch the livestream and join the conversation online.
From big tech scandals to soaring executive pay gaps, public trust in major corporations is at an all-time low. Despite life-changing innovations like vaccines and digital tools, we increasingly “love the product but hate the producer”.
Renowned economist John Kay visits the RSA to deliver a bold critique of modern business. He’ll unpack how the relentless pursuit of shareholder value has gutted some of the 20th century’s most iconic companies and left the 21st-century corporation facing a reckoning.
What must change to restore trust in and purpose to the businesses we rely on?
Chair
- Andy Haldane, RSA CEO
Speaker
John Kay, economist and author
John Kay
Award-winning author, economist and FT columnist
The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong
By John Kay
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