Who Runs The_Economy – The Role of Power In Economics By Robert Skidelsky. The symposium ‘Power and Economics’ took place over four sessions in London on 23 March 2015. Transcripts were made of the presentations and discussions. Th e following essays arose from the presentations given, and we have tried to give a sense of the discussion in our Introduction. We would like to thank the House of Lords for making the conference room available and providing refreshments; the Centre for Global Studies, which made the symposium fi nancially possible; Laurie Laybourn Langton for organising the event; Rachel Sangster, Laura Pacey, and Gemma Leigh at Palgrave Macmillan; Ubiqus, for transcription services; and of course all those who attended, as speakers or as discussants. Who Runs The_Economy – The Role of Power In Economics By Robert Skidelsky. Who Runs The_Economy – The Role of Power In Economics By Robert Skidelsky. The symposium ‘Power and Economics’ took place over four sessions in London on 23 March 2015. Transcripts were made of the presentations and discussions. Th e following essays arose from the presentations given, and we have tried to give a sense of the discussion in our Introduction. We would like to thank the House of Lords for making the conference room available and providing refreshments; the Centre for Global Studies, which made the symposium fi nancially possible; Laurie Laybourn Langton for organising the event; Rachel Sangster, Laura Pacey, and Gemma Leigh at Palgrave Macmillan; Ubiqus, for transcription services; and of course all those who attended, as speakers or as discussants. Who Runs The_Economy – The Role of Power In Economics By Robert Skidelsky.