Why History?

The Long Run Initiative has been established to help guide executives and policymakers understand the importance of history to their decision making. Why should business leaders and policymakers care about economic history? Can the past really help us make decisions in the present and for the future? A study of the economic past is useful for at least four reasons.

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Announcing the Official Launch of the Long Run Initiative

TORONTO, Canada and BELFAST, Northern Ireland, 1 October 2018 – Signal Influence Executive Research & Communications, Inc., (SIERC), Canada, and Queen’s University Belfast’s Centre for Economic History announced today the creation of the Long Run Initiative, (LRI) a new, not-for-profit global forum bringing together academic experts, business leaders and public policy makers to provide context and deepen understanding from history of the grand challenges facing business and government.

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INFORMATION REVOLUTIONS

24 May 2018 | Roundtable, Belfast, UK

How will firms, markets and regulators respond to the emerging challenges and opportunities of the 21st century information revolution? Can we draw on historical precedents to help guide us?

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