Can the World Afford a Middle Class?
Andrea G
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Economist's Zanny Minton Beddoes hosted a panel discussion on whether the world can afford a middle class.
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2011 Global Economic Outlook: The Euro Crisis, Currency Tensions, and Recovery
Andrea G
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
While the global economy is clearly on the mend and recent data is encouraging, concerns remain over the possible deterioration of the European debt crisis, the potential effects of U.S. counter-cyclical measures (especially QE2), continuing currency tensions, and the fragility of the banking sector in some advanced countries. While the Great Recession is subsiding, in part thanks to the immediate crisis-fighting measures, policy makers are failing to address the structural reforms and regulatory changes necessary to ensure that a repeat of the crisis is avoided, and international policy coordination is proving inadequate to the task.
Read MoreScarcity and Foreign Policy
Andrea G
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The last decade has seen a marked change in both the scale of competition for resources and the interdependencies such competition entails. At an event hosted by Carnegie Europe, Jean-Marie Colombani, former editor of French daily newspaper Le Monde, and Carnegie’s Moisés Naím discussed the impact of scarcity on global security and world affairs. Fabrice Pothier, former director of Carnegie Europe, moderated.
Read MoreEuropean Companies and the Great Recession: A View from the Trenches
Andrea G
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Great Recession and European debt crisis have had a profound impact on Europe’s macroeconomy and its public sector. Carnegie hosted Carlo De Benedetti, founder and former CEO and chairman of CIR, Paul A. Laudicina, managing officer and chairman of A.T. Kearney, and Gianni Riotta, editor-in-chief of Il Sole 24 Ore, to discuss how the financial crisis has affected European companies. Carnegie’s Moisés Naím moderated.
Read MoreMoisés Naím: “It’s frustrating for many citizens living in democracies.”
Andrea G
GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
Moisés Naím knows what it means to command power. He is the former Minister of Trade and Industry for Venezuela and Executive Director of the World Bank. In an interview with "Tagesanzeiger", Naím explains why today's leaders are struggling to maintain influence and power.
Read MoreMoisés Naím holds a talk on his book "Illicit" at the Library of Congress in March 2007
Andrea G
Hispanic Division / Library of Congress
Moisés Naím gave a talk about his book "Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers and Copycats Are Hijacking the Global Economy" in a program sponsored by the Library's Hispanic Division. His book is based on exhaustive research throughout the world, and his presentation focused on the tremendous growth of illicit trade across all international borders that threatens legitimate commerce, which has to abide by national and international regulations.
Read MoreForeign Policy in the Age of Ambiguity: How the Future Will Differ From the Past
Andrea G
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Carnegie hosted a roundtable event and panel discussion on the lessons offered by past experiences in the management of America 's global interests. The session examined whether the current organization of U.S. foreign policy around the War on Terror and democracy promotion is sustainable or whether a new set of concerns should be considered.
Read MoreEleventh Annual Meeting, Group of Fifty
Andrea G
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Group of Fifty (G-50) held their eleventh annual meeting in Washington, D.C. and St. Michaels, Maryland, October 13-17, 2004.
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