Economist Paul Romer describes the concept of charter cities as "special reform zones that allow governments to quickly adopt innovative new systems of rules," in order to "create opportunities for millions of people to…lead safer, healthier, and more prosperous lives."

Experts analyze the current state of the global economy.

This series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

The WTO's Pascal Lamy discusses global trade and the state of the international economy.

Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of More Money than God, discusses his book and the role of hedge funds in the financial system.

Experts analyze the global economy including European debt and international economic recovery.

A panel of experts discuss how various international institutions such as the G20, IMF, and World Bank are playing a role in today's system of global economic governance.

This session is part of a Council on Foreign Relations symposium on Rising Powers and Global Institutions in the Twenty-First Century and was made possible through generous support from the Robina Foundation.

Citigroup's Chief Economist Willem Buiter discusses the future of sovereign debt in the wake of the crisis in Greece.

This meeting was part of the C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics.

Listen to Robert Kaplan discuss China's expanding influence on land and at sea.

Listen to Kenneth R. Feinberg, special master for TARP Executive Compensation, discuss federal regulation of executive pay.

This session was part of the 2010 CFR Corporate Conference.

Listen to Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, analyze the effects of derivative markets on the economy and how the market needs to be reformed.

This session was part of the C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics.

Listen to Richard A. Posner, judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, analyze how past fiscal irresponsibility has led to challenges to the global standing of the U.S. financial markets.

Listen to Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, paint a picture of China's economic future.

This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.

Listen to experts discuss the U.S.-Chinese economic relationship including trade policy and the Chinese purchase of American debt.

Listen to Alan Greenspan, president of Greenspan Associates LLC and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, outline the causes of the financial crisis and what the outcomes have been, including large fiscal deficits and new financial reforms.

Listen to Roger M. Kubarych, the Henry Kaufman adjunct senior fellow for international economics and finance at CFR, give an update on the global economy in light of the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh and the one year anniversary of the economic crisis.

Listen to Edwin M. Truman and David Wessel as they preview the upcoming G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh and its significance for a world struggling to recover from financial crisis

Listen to Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, offer his perspective on the economic downturn and his organization's strategies for blunting its impact on both developed and developing countries around the world.

Listen to members of the Squam Lake Working Group on Financial Regulation, a collection of fifteen leading economists and academics, discuss their recommendations for reforming global capital markets.

Listen to experts discuss how the Euro has impacted the economies of member countries during the last ten years, and the complexities of navigating monetary policy amongst differing national interests.

This session was part of the 2009 International Affairs Fellows Conference.

Listen to experts discuss past global financial and monetary policies during financial crises and actions that governments today might take to respond to current crisis.

This session was part of the Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium on Global Economics: Financial Turbulence and U.S. Power, which was made possible through the generous support of Stephen C. Freidheim.