Subscriber events

Join Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, for an exclusive interview with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation. They will discuss the challenge of distributing covid-19 vaccines fairly, the evolving role of the WTO and the future of globalisation in an increasingly polarised world.

Join The Economist’s Helen Joyce and Sarah Maslin for an in-depth discussion about Brazil. Subscribers will get the chance to hear about Sarah’s recent trip to indigenous territories in the Amazon, and the challenges of illegal mining and rising deforestation. Our journalists will also examine President Jair Bolsonaro’s disastrous response to Covid-19, and the likely trajectory for Brazil’s economy and politics. There will be the opportunity to ask questions during the event.

As the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approaches, The Economist will discuss the impact of his death on national conversations about race. Topics will include police reform, covid-19 disparities, and whether race-conscious or race-neutral policies are more likely to bring success. Subscribers are welcome to ask questions during the live event.

This month marks the 300th anniversary of the creation of the office of prime minister. Join us for an online balloon debate where our audience will discuss who was Britain's greatest liberal prime minister: Robert Peel, William Gladstone, David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill or Margaret Thatcher. Our panel will include Daniel Hannan, Michael Gove, Margaret MacMillan, Adrian Wooldridge and Charles Moore.

This event, exclusively for subscribers, will explain how stories emerge from gathering, analysing and presenting data in innovative ways. Learn from a discussion between our specialists and ask them your questions afterwards.