Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics, MIT Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty April 4th, 2012 Subject: Dr. Acemoglu discussed why some nations are rich while others are poor. He argued that factors like geography, resource endowments, and even leadership are not he the primary determinants of economic development. Instead, he argued that institutional development is the primary cause and identified the conditions are necessary to have this prerequisite for sustained development. (Click here for the transcript of this event)
Arvind Subramanian, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics and the Center for Global Development. Does China challenge what we know about Development? February 21, 2012 Subject: Dr. Subramanian, author of Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic Dominance, will discuss if and how China’s accelerated rise challenges assumptions once held regarding economic development and the geo-political system. (click here for audio recording of this event)
Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard University The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy April 28, 2011 Subject: Professor Rodrik discussed the challenges that nations face as they try to effectively take advantage of globalization. Taking lessons from economic history, he argues that nations cannot subordinate national priorities to the demands of globalization. (clickherefor more information)
Raghuram Rajan, Professor of University's of Chicago Booth School of Business Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy Subject: Dr. Rajan argues that fissures that caused the 2008 financial crisis are more hidden and widespread than many realize. The likely culprits of the past ciris are not the obvious culprits like greedy banksers, sleepy regulators, and irresponsible borroweres, but the growing levels of inequality in the United States. (click here for more information)
Ian Bremmer, President and Founder of the Eurasiagroup The Global Battle for Economic Ideas November 4, 2010 Subject: Over the past century, most of the world's most influential ideas in politics and economics have originated in the West. Are emerging market countries going to produce their own political-economic ideas that threaten the West's intellectual dominance? What types of influential ideas are likely to come out of these rising powers?
Daniel Drezner, Professor of International Politics at Tufts University The End of America's Global Hegemony: Implications for the Global System October 21, 2010 Subject: Professor Drezner spoke on the implications of a multipolar world where the United States is no longer the sole superpower. Specifically, he discussed the prospects for global coordination in a world without a dominant power. Click here for audio and summary of this event
Francis Fukuyama, Professor of Interational Political Economy, SAIS Getting to Denmark: A long-term look at the development of Political Institutions A four-part lecture Series (9/16/2009-10/14/2009) Click here for audio and summary of this event.
Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Columnist, Financial Times Fixing Global Finance (3/28/06 - 3/30/06) Click here for audio, video and presentation materials from this event.
Amartya Sen, Professor of Economics, Harvard University The Foundations of Democracy (11/15/05 - 11/17/05) Click here for audio and video from this event.
James Dobbins, Former US Embassador and Chief of International Security Policy America's Role in Nation Building: Germany to Iraq” October 21, 2003
Stanley Fischer, Former First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Globalization and Its Challenges February 11, 2000
Michael Mussa,Senior Fellow, Peterson Insitute for International Economics Managing International Financial Crises November 18, 2002
Michael Ignatieff,Professor, Harvard University Nation-Building and Imperialism October 16, 2002
Dani Rodrik, Professor, Harvard University Feasible Globalizations April 17, 2002
David Hale The World Economy in 2002: Will Globalization Continue or Stall? January 19, 2002
Hernando de Soto Dead Capital and the Poor October 17, 2001 Robert Skidelsky In the Long Run is Keynes Dead? February 22, 2001
Fareed Zakaria Is Globalization Americanization? November 20, 2000
Frank Fukuyama Social Change,Globalization and Development October 19, 2000
Other Activities
Global Finance Book Event With Martin Wolf on October 13, 2008 On Monday, October 13, Martin Wolf, associate editor and chief economics commentator for the Financial Times, discussed his latest book, Fixing Global Finance. Click here for more information.
