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May 9, 2013

Economic Crises
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics with Jeffrey M. Lacker

The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics is presented by the Corporate Program and the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

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Event by Jeffrey M. Lacker and Christine Harper

December 22, 2023

Venezuela
Venezuela: The Rise and Fall of a Petrostate

Venezuela’s ongoing descent into economic and political chaos is a cautionary tale of the dangerous influence that resource wealth can have on developing countries.

People walk past an oil-themed mural in Caracas, Venezuela.
Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham and Diana Roy

November 24, 2014

Global
Resources to Riches? The Creation of Sustainable Resource Development

Christine Bader, Marcus Noland, and Ann M. Veneman join Peter H. Lehner to discuss their experiences with agriculture and extractive industries in resource-rich developing countries.

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Event by Marcus Noland, Ann M. Veneman, Christine Bader, and Peter H. Lehner

January 31, 2022

Liberia
Jail Term for Former Liberian Defense Minister Offers Ray of Hope to Anti-Corruption Forces in Africa

Last week, the Liberian Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of a lower court which ordered the imprisonment of former Liberian Defense Minister Brownie Jeffrey Samukai Jr., for two years. A one-time deputy minister in the country’s Ministry of National Defense, Samukai was former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s pick to head the ministry when the latter took over the reins as president in January 2006.

U.S military commander wearing camouflage speaks with former Liberian minister in civilian clothing.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

June 29, 2021

Currency Reserves
The Dollar in American Foreign Policy: A Look Back and Ahead

Jeffrey E. Garten, dean emeritus at the Yale School of Management and a former undersecretary of commerce for international trade, is the author of the forthcoming book, Three Days at Camp David: How…

Play A cashier at a Travelex Bureau de Change counts U.S. Dollars in exchange for British pounds February 19, 2004 in London. The recent dramatic fall in the U.S.dollar has seen a rise in UK customers changing their pounds for the weaker greenback.
Webinar by Jeffrey E. Garten and Benn Steil Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

November 24, 2014

Global
Resources to Riches? The Creation of Sustainable Resource Development

Christine Bader, visiting scholar and lecturer at Columbia University, Marcus Noland, executive vice president and director of studies at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and Ann M…

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