Each year since 1966 (with only two gaps) the Society has provided an opportunity for a distinguished member of the profession to deliver a lecture to a Scottish audience on a topic of contemporary relevance. Up until 1994 these guests were generally academic economists and included such significant and contrasting figures as Roy Harrod (1966), Nicholas Kaldor (1970), John Hicks (1974), George Shackle (1982), David Hendry (1983), Frank Hahn (1987) and Maghnad Desai (1993). In 1994 the Society and the Royal Bank of Scotland entered into an agreement to provide a Joint Annual Lecture to a wider audience drawn from the academic, financial and commercial communities in Scotland, inviting distinguished speakers from a variety of policy-related contexts. These lectures, held in Edinburgh, have been delivered by figures such as Mervyn King (1994), Ed Balls (1997), Willem Buiter (1999), Kate Barker (2001) and Sushil Wadhwani (2003).
This year's Joint Annual Lecture took place on 15th March 2007. In front of a packed auditorium, Dr. Andrew Sentance (Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England) gave a lecture on "The Changing Pattern of Savings. Implications for Growth and Inflation". The full text of Dr. Sentance's lecture is available from the Bank of England web site.
This year's Joint Annual Lecture took place on 15th March 2007. In front of a packed auditorium, Dr. Andrew Sentance (Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England) gave a lecture on "The Changing Pattern of Savings. Implications for Growth and Inflation". The full text of Dr. Sentance's lecture is available from the Bank of England web site.