Academic Module: More Money Than God
Author: Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
September 13, 2010
Featuring teaching notes by CFR Senior Fellow Sebastian Mallaby, author of the CFR book More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite, this academic module includes additional resources to supplement the teaching of the text in the classroom. In this book, Mr. Mallaby gives an insider's view on the origin and evolution of hedge funds in the broader context of the history of modern finance through extensive research and numerous case studies.
Publication and Teaching Notes
CFR.org Interactives
CFR.org Backgrounders
CFR Books & Reports
Foreign Affairs Articles
Additional Articles & Reports
Interviews & Podcasts
Testimony
Websites
CFR Meetings (Video, Audio, Transcripts)
Speaker:
Sebastian Mallaby, Author, More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite; Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Chrystia Freeland, Global Editor-at-Large, Thomson Reuters
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
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Speakers:
Alan S. Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University, Jami Miscik, President and Vice-Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc., Sebastian Mallaby, Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, Jonathan Weil, Columnist, Bloomberg NewsModerator:
Eric Schatzker, Bloomberg Television
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:15 p.m. - Meeting
7:15-8:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
This meeting is on the record.
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Speakers:
Joyce Chang, Managing Director, Global Head of Emerging Markets and Credit Research, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mickey Levy, Chief Economist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Dean Maki, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist, Barclays CapitalPresider:
Sebastian Mallaby, Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
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Speaker:
Richard W. Fisher, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of DallasPresider:
Joan E. Spero, Visiting Fellow, Foundation Center
7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
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Speaker:
Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia University; Author, "Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy"Presider:
Steven R. Weisman, Editorial Director and Public Policy Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics
8:00-8:30 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
8:30-9:30 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
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Speaker:
Richard A. Posner, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law SchoolPresider:
Tim Ferguson, Editor, Forbes Global, Forbes Magazine
7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
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7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
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Speakers:
Martin N. Baily, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution; Senior Adviser, McKinsey & Company; Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, Kenneth R. French, Carl E. and Catherine M. Heidt Professor of Finance, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Matthew J. Slaughter, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization, Council on Foreign Relations; Associate Dean for the MBA Program and Professor of International Economics, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth CollegePresider:
Sebastian Mallaby, Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, and Deputy Director of Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Conference Panel Session
The Global Consequences of the Crisis
Introductory Speaker:
Sebastian Mallaby, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
Joseph S. Nye Jr., Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Philip D. Zelikow, University of VirginiaPresider:
Richard Medley, Medley Capital Management
9:00-10:45 a.m.
This meeting is on the record.
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Conference Panel Session
The United States and the Future of Global Governance: The Financial Crisis and Global Financial and Monetary Cooperation
Speakers:
Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, and Deputy Director of Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Steven Dunaway, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, Daniel W. Drezner, Professor of International Politics, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts UniversityModerator:
Michael J. Elliott, Editor, Time International
This meeting is on the record.
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