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Kevin Borras
Welcome to our podcast "The New...".
In this series of conversations with thought leaders, innovators, mavericks and free thinkers we cover many topics related (and not limited) to new mobility, architecture, finance, insurance, housing, energy and the consumer economy.
Science is Never Settled. If it is, it is not science. This is not an echo chamber. Many of our panellists are selected precisely beacuse they do not necessarily agree. Progress and Breakthroughs occur by challenge. Orthodoxy for the sake of orthodoxy is the hallmark of something other than the scientific method.
In this episode Ogilvy's Rory Sutherland, Texxi founder Eric Masaba and host Kevin Borras are joined by best-selling author Dr Simon Elliott, the UK's leading authority on Roman Britain, to discuss what we can learn from Roman architecture and culture that can be applied today. With cities all over the world using the pause in daily life caused by the pandemic to rethink what actually constitutes a city, are there are examples from 2000 years ago that are transferable now? After all, what have the Roman's ever done for us? Other than the Aqueduct...
What will the investment landscape resemble in the post-COVID19 era? There were few good rules on how to value any company even before the market dislocations of 2008 and 2020. Twenty years ago, a massive crash of the NASDAQ destroyed many apparently promising companies. The impact of the global pandemic is even more disruptive, presaging a great reset of sorts in how the value of companies are assessed.
How to create a liveable city
There are no hard and fast rules on how to value the impact of a transport infrastructure project. The impact of the ideas of Henry George led to the creation of Britian's Victorian Parks and the construction of the Shinkansen system by Japan Rail
Guests: Rory Sutherland, Dave Wetzel, Eric Masaba
Chair: Kevin Borras
How can cities finance transport projects in future? Is Land Value Capture a viable mechanism to change the way urban finance is executed?
How can cities finance transport projects in future? Is Land Value Capture a viable mechanism to change the way urban finance is executed?