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April 23, 2012

Middle East and North Africa
The Economic Roots of the Arab Spring

Hernando de Soto, president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy, discusses how economic factors, including formal and informal markets, property rights, entrepreneurship, and access to credit,…

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April 23, 2012

Middle East and North Africa
The Economic Roots of the Arab Spring

ISOBEL COLEMAN: Good afternoon. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us here this afternoon. I'm Isobel Coleman. I'm a senior fellow here at the Council on Foreign Relations and director …

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May 7, 2008

Financial Markets
Global Economic Trends: The Credit Crunch

As strains on financial markets continue, six months after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke officially recognized the credit crisis in testimony before Congress, understanding the origins of the…

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May 7, 2008

Financial Markets
Global Economic Trends: The Credit Crunch: A Conversation with George Soros

Watch George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management, discuss implications of the mortgage crisis for the international economic system.

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September 19, 2019

Europe
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Sabine Lautenschläger

Sabine Lautenschläger discusses Eurozone conditions and the European Central Bank's economic tools, as well as the effects of U.S. trade policy on the global economy. The C. Peter McColough Series…

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