Podcasts
CCWA: John Zogby: The Way We'll Be: The Transformation of the American Dream
CCWA Public Lecture Launch
September 29th, 2009
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Renowned political pollster John Zogby is President and CEO of Zogby International, with researchers in more than 70 countries. Zogby distills a lifetime of surveying public opinion into a provocative and heartening portrait of American attitudes toward a host of global issues that will shock cynics and stimulate hope and constructive debate. The American Century is over, Zogby declares, and the Whole Earth Century has begun.
Transatlantic Agenda
Dr. Klaus Scharioth, German Ambassador to the United States
August 31, 2009
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Dr. Klaus Scharioth, who became German Ambassador to the United States in March 2006, is recognized as a “diplomat’s diplomat,” committed to European integration and close transatlantic relations, especially with the United States. Prior to becoming German Ambassador to the United States, he served as State Secretary, the highest civil service post in the German Foreign Office.
The Current Crisis: How Can We End It?
John Williamson
April 24, 2009
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John Williamson, senior fellow, has been associated with the Institute since 1981. He was project director for the UN High-Level Panel on Financing for Development (the Zedillo Report) in 2001; on leave as chief economist for South Asia at the World Bank during 1996–99; economics professor at several universities, adviser to the International Monetary Fund (1972–74); and economic consultant to the UK Treasury (1968–70). He is author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of numerous studies on international monetary and development issues.
Trade Policy in the Obama Administration
Gary Hufbauer
March 20, 2009
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Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow since 1992, was formerly the Marcus Wallenberg Professor of International Finance Diplomacy at Georgetown University, senior fellow at the Institute, deputy director of the International Law Institute at Georgetown University; deputy assistant secretary for international trade and investment policy of the US Treasury; and director of the international tax staff at the Treasury. Hufbauer has written extensively on international trade, investment, and tax issues.
The Perfect Storm: What Went Wrong In the Sub-Prime Mortgage Market?
Jerome E. Hass
Ph.D., Cornell University
November, 2008
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Financial Crisis: A Global Perspective
Owen F. Humpage
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
November 21, 2008
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Visions for the Future: The Center for Future Banking
Samuel Jeffrey Carter
Bank of America
November 21, 2008
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