The economy we built and the one we need: a frank conversation about what has to change

For decades, Bruno Colmant was one of Belgium's most prominent voices of financial orthodoxy: president of the Brussels Stock Exchange, CEO of Degroof Petercam, deputy CEO of Ageas. Then he changed his mind. In this keynote, he makes the case that neo-liberal capitalism is no longer compatible with the climate challenge, and that separating economics from ecology was one of the great intellectual errors of our time. Not a militant plea, but a rigorous argument from an insider who has seen the system from the top and knows exactly where it breaks down.

Speaker : Bruno Colmant, Economist, Member of the Royal Academy