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| Director: | Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics |
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September 1, 2002 - Present
This quarterly meetings series brings together major U.S. and foreign policymakers, business leaders, and independent commentators to discuss and debate current issues in international economics, such as global energy markets, tax policy, global demographic change, and securities regulation.
Meetings
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Microfinance: Business or Charity?
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC; Former President, The World Bank |
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| Speakers: | Robert Annibale, Global Director of Microfinance, Citigroup |
| Elizabeth Littlefield, Chief Executive Officer, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, The World Bank | |
| Maria Otero, President and Chief Executive Officer, ACCION International |
This meeting is on the record.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: What is the Right Economic Approach to Global Warming?
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Christine Todd Whitman, President, The Whitman Strategy Group LLC |
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| Speakers: | Ian W.H. Parry, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future |
| Richard Sandor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Climate Exchange | |
| Robert H. Socolow, Professor, Princeton University |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
Transcript: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: What is the Right Economic Approach to Global Warming? [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]
Audio: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: What is the Right Economic Approach to Global Warming? (Audio)
Video: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: What is the Right Economic Approach to Global Warming? (Video)
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Sovereign Wealth Funds on the Rise: Should We Worry?
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Alan Murray, Executive Editor, Online, Wall Street Journal |
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| Speakers: | Stuart E. Eizenstat, Partner and Head of International Trade Practice, Covington and Burling LLP; Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury |
| Mohamed El-Erian, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer, PIMCO | |
| Simon Johnson, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department, International Monetary Fund | |
| Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
Transcript: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Sovereign Wealth Funds On The Rise: Should We Worry? [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]
Audio: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Sovereign Wealth Funds on the Rise: Should We Worry? (Audio)
Video: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Sovereign Wealth Funds on the Rise: Should We Worry? (Video)
This meeting is on the record.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The Falling Dollar - Should We Worry?
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Michael J. Elliott, Editor, Time International |
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| Speakers: | Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics, Columbia University |
| James Grant, Founder and Editor, Grant's Interest Rate Observer | |
| Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations | |
| John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University; Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
This meeting is on the record.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The Global Credit Crunch - What Should a Central Bank Do?
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | David R. Malpass, Chief Economist, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. |
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| Speakers: | Allan H. Meltzer, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research |
| Martin S. Felstein, President, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Energy Security: What It Means and How to Achieve It
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | John Gapper, Associate Editor, The Financial Times |
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| Speakers: | David L. Goldwyn, President, Goldwyn International Strategies, LLC |
| David Sandalow, Energy and Environment Scholar, The Brookings Institution | |
| Thomas Wallin, President, Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
7:45 – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Bretton Woods II - Does the World Need a Monetary System?
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | James D. Grant, Owner and Editor, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer |
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| Speakers: | Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve System |
| Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University; Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury |
7:45 – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 – 9:15 a.m. Meeting
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is sponsored by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
This meeting is on the record.
McKinsey Executive Rountable Series in International Economics: U.S. Capital Markets Competitiveness: Challenges and Choices
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Alan Murray, Assistant Managing Editor and Columnist, The Wall Street Journal |
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| Speakers: | Harvey Goldschmid, Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia University; Counsel, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP; Former Member, Securities & Exchange Commission |
| R. Glenn Hubbard, Cochair, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation; Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance; Dean, Columbia Business School | |
| Arthur Levitt, Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group; Former Chairman, Securities & Exchange Commission | |
| Frank G. Zarb, Hellman & Friedman, LLC; Former Chairman and CEO, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
Transcript: U.S. Capital Markets' Competitiveness: Challenges and Choices [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]
This meeting is on the record.
Corporate Conference 2007 - McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The Future of Global Capital Markets
Related Projects: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics, 2007 Corporate Conference "Beyond the Next Quarter: The Forces Shaping the Future"
| Presider: | Hal Scott, Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems, and Director, Program on International Financial Systems, Harvard Law School |
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| Speakers: | Craig Donohue, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| John Thain, Chief Executive Officer, NYSE Group, Inc. |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The Lessons of Argentina - Crisis and Aftermath
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Benn Steil, Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Eduardo Aninat, Ambassador to Mexico, Republic of Chile |
| Manuel E. Hinds, Former Finance Minister, Republic of El Salvador |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Inward Investment and U.S. National Security
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Jeffrey R. Shafer, Vice Chairman, Global Banking, Head of Economic and Political Strategies, Citigroup, Inc. |
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| Speakers: | Kenneth Lieberthal, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Political Science, William Davidson Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan |
| Patrick A. Mulloy, Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; former General Counsel, U.S. Senate Banking Committee | |
| William A. Reinsch, President, National Foreign Trade Council; former Undersecretary of Commerce for Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is sponsored by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
7:45 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Foreign Aid and Economic Development
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Nicholas D. Kristof, Columnist, New York Times |
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| Speakers: | William Easterly, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, New York University |
| Clay Lowery, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, New York University | |
| Steven Radelet, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development | |
| Arvind Subramanian, Division Chief, Macroeconomic Studies Division, International Monetary Fund |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
12:15 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch
12:45 – 2:00 p.m. Meeting
Transcript: Foreign Aid and Developing Economies [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]
Audio: Foreign Aid and Developing Economies (audio)
Video: Foreign Aid and Developing Economies (video)
This meeting is on the record.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Growing Old Together? Pension Liabilities and Economic Growth
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Floyd Norris, Marketplace Columnist, The New York Times |
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| Speakers: | Adair Turner, Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch Europe; Chair, UK Pensions Commission |
| Peter Orszag, Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution | |
| Michael Tanner, Director of Health and Welfare Studies, CATO Institute |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Rountable Series in International Economics: The SEC in a Globalizing Securities Market - A Conversation with the Past Four Chairmen
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Richard C. Breeden, Chairman, Richard C. Breeden & Co.; former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission (1989-1993) |
| William H. Donaldson, Chairman & CEO, Donaldson Enterprises, Inc.; former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission (2003-2005) | |
| Arthur Levitt, Senior Adviser, The Carlyle Group; former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission (1993-2001) | |
| Harvey L. Pitt, CEO, Kalorama Partners; former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission (2001-2003) |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is sponsored by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
Transcript: The Securities and Exchange Commission in a Globalizing Market: A Conversation with the Past Four Chairmen [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]
Audio: The Securities and Exchange Commission in a Globalizing Market: A Conversation with the Past Four Chairmen (audio)
Video: The Securities and Exchange Commission in a Globalizing Market: A Conversation with the Past Four Chairmen (video)
This meeting is on the record.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Farewell to Oil? A Conversation on the Future of Energy
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Chairman, Boston Properties, Editor-in-Chief, U.S. News & World Report |
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| Speakers: | Peter Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research; Co-Author, The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, the Virtue of Waste, and Why We Will Never Run out of Energy |
| Paul Roberts, Journalist; Author, The End of Oil |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Do the Deficits Matter?
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Gerard Baker, U.S. Editor, The Times of London |
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| Speakers: | Kenneth S. Rogoff, Professor of Economics, Harvard University |
| Arthur Laffer, Founder and Chairman, Laffer Associates |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The Importance of Being Alan? Fed Credibility in a Post-Greenspan Era
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | John Berry, Federal Reserve Columnist, Bloomberg News |
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| Speakers: | Laurence Meyer, Former Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Distinguished Scholar, Center for Strategic & International Studies |
| Benjamin M. Friedman, William J. Maier Professor of Political Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University | |
| Frederic Mishkin, Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions, Columbia Graduate School of Business | |
| Susan Phillips, Former Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Dean and Professor of Finance, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is sponsored by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Is China a Google or an Enron?
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Henry Kaufman, President, Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc. |
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| Speakers: | Albert Keidel, Senior Associate, China Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| Nicholas R. Lardy, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics | |
| Gordon Chang, Author, The Coming Collapse of China |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is sponsored by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Global Trade Close-up - A Frontline Report from Bob Zoellick and Pascal Lamy
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Lionel Barber, U.S. Managing Editor, The Financial Times |
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| Speakers: | Robert B. Zoellick, United States Trade Representative, Office of the Trade Representative, The White House |
| Pascal Lamy, Commissioner for Trade, European Commission |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The ‘Hollowing Out’ of American Industry
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Michael J. Elliott, Editor-at-Large, Time Magazine |
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| Speakers: | R. Glenn Hubbard, Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University; former Chair,President's Council of Economic Advisers |
| Ronald Blackwell, Director, Corporate Affairs, AFL-CIO | |
| Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Senior Fellow, International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations | |
| Kevin Kearns, President, U.S. Business and Industry Council |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Dollarization in Latin America
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Jeffrey R. Shafer, Vice Chairman, International Investment Banking, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
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| Speakers: | Ricardo Hausmann, Professor of the Practice of Economic Development, Harvard University; Former Chief Economist, Inter-American Development Bank |
| Manuel Hinds, International Consultant; Former Minister of Finance, El Salvador | |
| Domingo Cavallo, Robert Kennedy Visiting Professor in Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Former Minister of the Economy, Argentina |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Former U.S. Trade Representatives
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Former Chairman, IBM Corporation |
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| Speakers: | Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering; U.S. Trade Representative, 1997-2001 |
| Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company; Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; U.S. Trade Representative, 1989 - 1993 | |
| Mickey Kantor, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP; U.S. Trade Representative, 1993 - 1997 |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Sarbanes-Oxley and the Transatlantic Capital Market
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Brandon Becker, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP |
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| Speakers: | Frits Bolkestein, Commissioner, Internal Market and Taxation, European Commission |
| Michael Oxley, Member, U.S. House of Representatives (OH – R); Chairman, House Committee on Financial Services |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The Future Role of GAAP and IAS
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Arthur Levitt Jr., Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group, Former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission |
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| Speakers: | Robert Herz, Chairman, Financial Accouinting Standards Board |
| Sir David Tweedie, Chairman, International Accounting Standards Board |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Globalization, Trade and Development, the US and the EU: In for the Long Run?
Related Project: McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
| Presider: | Lionel Barber, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times |
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| Speakers: | Robert B. Zoellick, United States Trade Representative, U.S. Trade Representative Office |
| Pascal Lamy, Trade Commissioner, European Commission |
The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
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