Andrew Steer
Sir Andrew Steer, knighted economist and founding President & CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund (2021–2025), now Professor in Practice at LSE's Global School of Sustainability.
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Jun 15, 2026
Sandra SiqueiraHOST
So how do you think through this trade-off, particularly on something as politically sensitive as the integration of refugees?
Andrew SteerGUEST
If anyone can watch that movie and not be deeply moved, there's something wrong with them.
Andrew SteerGUEST
And I commend you in particular because it's built upon A very, very serious piece of work.
Andrew SteerGUEST
How many people in this room have read the 100-page economic analysis that's underlying that? You see, they haven't read your paper.
Andrew SteerGUEST
The paper, though, is basically some very sophisticated... based upon very, very detailed data.
36 MINS LATER
Sandra SiqueiraHOST
So how do you think through this trade-off, particularly on something as politically sensitive as the integration of refugees?
Andrew SteerGUEST
If anyone can watch that movie and not be deeply moved, there's something wrong with them.
Andrew SteerGUEST
And I commend you in particular because it's built upon A very, very serious piece of work.
Andrew SteerGUEST
How many people in this room have read the 100-page economic analysis that's underlying that? You see, they haven't read your paper.
Andrew SteerGUEST
The paper, though, is basically some very sophisticated... based upon very, very detailed data.
36 MINS LATER
42:48
So how are you handling this little delicate area that seems perennially there, right? It always seems controversial.
Andrew SteerGUEST
Number one, I mean, we have total and utter separation between Amazon and ourselves and other companies.
Andrew SteerGUEST
I mean, I've never had a conversation with Amazon about what they're looking for on this.
Andrew SteerGUEST
If anything, we're increasing standards, but we're trying to professionalize standards.
22 MINS LATER
speaker_2UNKNOWN
decisive.