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home > the cfr think tank > research projects > Center on Capitalism and Society 4th Annual Conference: The Dynamism of U.S. Capitalism - Is it Deficient? Is it Endangered?
| Fellow: | James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy |
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - Thursday, November 15, 2007
Presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and hosted by
Edmund S. Phelps 2006 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, McVickar Professor Political Economy, Columbia University; Director, Center on Capitalism and Society
James P. Dougherty Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Meetings
Roundtable III: Private Equity, Angel Investors, Venture Capital, Managerial Incentives, and Social Arrangements
Related Project: Center on Capitalism and Society 4th Annual Conference: The Dynamism of U.S. Capitalism - Is it Deficient? Is it Endangered?
| Chair: | Gylfi Zoega, Reader in Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London |
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| Speakers: | Peter Jungen, Chairman, Peter Jungen Holding GmbH |
| Leif Pagrotsky, Central Bank of Sweden, Former Minister for Industry and Trade, Kingdom of Sweden | |
| Peter Howitt, Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences, Brown University | |
| Leif Beck Fallesen, Editor-in-Chief and CEO, Dagbladet Børsen | |
| Julie Berry Cullen, Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego |
Roundtable I: Regulation and Financial Innovation
Related Project: Center on Capitalism and Society 4th Annual Conference: The Dynamism of U.S. Capitalism - Is it Deficient? Is it Endangered?
| Chair: | Stefano Micossi, Chairman, ASSONIME |
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| Speakers: | Richard Robb, CEO, Christofferson, Rob, and Company, Professor of Professional Practice in International Finance, Columbia University |
| Amar Bhidé, Lawrence D. Glaubinger Professor of Business, Columbia Business School | |
| Paul DeRosa, Partner, Mount Lucas | |
| Narv Narvekar, Vice President, Columbia Investment Management Company, LLC |
Presentation:
Roundtable II: The Enemies from Within - Corporate Governance, Shareholder Rights, Sarbox
Related Project: Center on Capitalism and Society 4th Annual Conference: The Dynamism of U.S. Capitalism - Is it Deficient? Is it Endangered?
| Chair: | Graciana del Castillo, Visiting Professor, Columbia University |
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| Speakers: | Roman Frydman, Professor of Economics, New York University |
| Andrew Weiss, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Boston University |
Director's Remarks
Related Project: Center on Capitalism and Society 4th Annual Conference: The Dynamism of U.S. Capitalism - Is it Deficient? Is it Endangered?
| Speaker: | Edmund S. Phelps, McVickar Professor Political Economy, Columbia University, Director, Center on Capitalism and Society |
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Debate: Two Views on U.S. Dynamism
Related Project: Center on Capitalism and Society 4th Annual Conference: The Dynamism of U.S. Capitalism - Is it Deficient? Is it Endangered?
| Chair: | Paul A. Volcker |
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| Speakers: | Robert E. Litan, Vice President, Research and Policy, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation |
| Bruce Greenwald, Heilbrunn Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School |
Roundtable IV: The Enemies from Without: Litigation, Extortion, Stakeholders, Bureaucrats, Lawmakers, Voters
Related Project: Center on Capitalism and Society 4th Annual Conference: The Dynamism of U.S. Capitalism - Is it Deficient? Is it Endangered?
| Chair: | Luigi Paganetto, President, European Nuclear Energy Authority, President, Economics and Commerce Faculty, University of Rome Tor Vergata |
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| Speakers: | William McDavid, Former Chief Counsel, JPMorgan Chase |
| Amity Shlaes, Senior Fellow for Economic History, Council on Foreign Relations | |
| Andrzej Rapaczynski, Daniel G. Ross Professor of Law, Columbia University | |
| Jerry Z. Muller, Professor, Catholic University of America |
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