{"title": "The harms of extreme wealth: launching the evidence review", "start": "2026-11-03T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T20:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/inequality"], "description": "A public talk asking how much wealth is too much and whether trillionaires should be able to exist. It launches a new Evidence Review on the Harms of Extreme Wealth, examining what research in political science, economics and sociology says about how extreme wealth causes harm and whether it points to tipping points for an extreme wealth line. It is hosted by the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science, with speakers including Tania Burchardt, Sunil Kapur and Catherine West, chaired by Francisco H. G. 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Martin Wolf, the chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, marks the launch of an updated edition of his book The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism. He argues that democratic capitalism, the pairing of free markets and free elections, is under attack, citing Donald Trump's tariffs, Elon Musk's alignment with far right parties and the rise of extreme parties worldwide, and makes the case for why the combination of both democracy and capitalism is needed more than ever. 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