Academic Module: In Defense of Globalization
Author: Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Senior Fellow for International Economics
Updated: September 2007
This module features teaching notes by CFR senior fellow Jagdish N. Bhagwati, author of In Defense of Globalization, along with other resources to supplement the text. In this new edition of his popular book, Bhagwati argues that, when properly regulated, globalization can be the most powerful force for social good in the world today.
Publication and Teaching Notes
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Foreign Affairs Articles
Additional Articles
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Online Debates
Testimony
CFR Meetings (Video, Audio, Transcripts)
Speakers:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Bruce Stokes, International Economics Columnist, "National Journal"; Journalism Fellow, The German Marshall FundPresider:
Nancy E. Roman, Vice President and Director, Washington Program, Council on Foreign Relations
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
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Speakers:
Alan B. Krueger, Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Matthew J. Slaughter, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization, Council on Foreign Relations; Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth CollegePresider:
Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
7:45-9:15 a.m.
This meeting is on the record.
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Speaker:
Alan S. Blinder, G. S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Princeton UniversityPresider:
Andrew D. Crockett, President, J.P. Morgan Chase International
This meeting is not for attribution.
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General Meeting
C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics: A Progressive Case for Open Markets
Speaker:
Peter Mandelson, Commissioner for External Trade, European UnionPresider:
Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman, Sachs & Company, Goldman Sachs (International)
This meeting is on the record.
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General Meeting
Transition 2005: Latin America: CAFTA and Other Policy Challenges
Presider:
Julia E. Sweig, Senior Fellow, Latin America Program, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
Jim Kolbe, Member, U.S.House of Representative (R-AZ), Sander Levin, Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-MI)
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Conference Panel Session
The WTO after 10 Years: The Lessons Learned and the Challenges Ahead
Introductory Speaker:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
William Nuti, President and CEO, Symbol Technologies, Inc.Speaker:
Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director-General, World Trade Organization
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Conference
The Future of Global Trade
Presider:
Paul Blustein, Trade & Economics Reporter, The Washington PostPanelists:
Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Senior Fellow in International Economics, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomics Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Pascal Lamy, President, Association Notre Europe; former Commissioner for Trade, European Commission
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Conference
U.S. Trade Priorities
Presider:
Lionel Barber, U.S. Managing Editor, The Financial TimesPanelists:
Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP; U.S. Trade Representative, 1997-2001, Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company; U.S. Trade Representative, 1989-1993
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General Meeting
America and the World Economy: A Strategy for the Next Decade
Speaker:
C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics; Editor, The United States and the World Economy: Foreign Economic Policy for the Next DecadePresider:
Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, The Blackstone Group, Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations
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Speakers:
Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy, Director of the Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations, Nancy E. Roman, Vice President and Director, Washington Program, Council on Foreign Relations
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Conference Panel Session
NAFTA's Legacies: What Was Accomplished, What Have We Learned, and Where Do We Go From Here?
Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign RelationsPanelists:
Carla A. Hills, Former U.S. Trade Representative; Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company, Jaime Serra Puche, Former Mexican Trade Minister, Founding Partner, SIA Consulting, Roy MacLaren, Former Canadian Trade Minister, Director, Standard Life
This meeting is not for attribution.