Professor Tony Badger, Master of Clare College, will examine whether President Obama has learnt the right lessons from FDR's New Deal.
2013 is the fifth year that the University has run the Cambridge Series at the Hay Festival, one of the most prestigious literary events in the world. It runs from 23 May to 2 June.
This year for the first time speakers include alumni such as Chris Blackhurst, editor of The Independent, who will speak with Simon Blackburn, professor of philosophy, on the notion of trust, its cultivation and its loss in the light of recent scandals in the press, the police and parliament.
Writer and alumna Gaby Hinsliff, author of Half a Wife, and sociologist Professor Jacqueline Scott will discuss whether women can ever achieve workplace equality if there is no domestic equality.
Also for the first time this year there will be talks and interactive sessions aimed at school-aged students.
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Cambridge makes Hay
12 April 2013
A host of Cambridge academics and alumni will speak about subjects ranging from obesity and smart drugs to US politics and domestic service at this year's Hay Festival.