The World's First Intensive Growth: geopolitics, the market and state in 10-12th century China

Date: Monday 3 October 2016 Time: 6.30-8pm Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building Speaker: Professor Kent Deng Chair: Professor Janet Hunter China had the first intensive economic growth ever recorded in world history. What were the factors and dynamics behind this remarkable growth? Kent Deng is Professor of Economic History at LSE. Janet Hunter is Saji Professor of Economic History. Her research interests focus on the economic history of modern Japan in comparative context. She is currently working on the economic history of natural disasters, with a major project analysing the economic impact of the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923. The Department of Economic History (@LSEEcHist) is home to a huge breadth and depth of knowledge and expertise ranging from the medieval period to the current century and covering every major world economy.