The 2009 Alan Tayler Lecture will be delivered by Prof Lord Desai of the London School of Economics and Political Science on 30 November 2009 at 5.00pm in the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Department of Physics, University of Oxford.

Mathematics, Economics and Decision Making

Lord Desai will discuss how the use of mathematics in economics is as much a result of formalism as of limited knowledge of mathematics. This will relate to his experience as a teacher and researcher and also speak to the current financial meltdown.