Upcoming events from the Committee on Global Thought

Check out the following upcoming events from the Committee on Global Thought:

What Does "Imperialism" Mean in an Age of Global Finance?

Monday, March 28, 2011 8:00 PM

Columbia University, Schermerhorn 501

A discussion featuring:

C.P. Chandrasekhar, Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University

Duncan Foley, Professor of Economics at The New School for Social Research

Jayati Ghosh, Chairperson of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawaharlal Nehru University

David Harvey, Professor of Anthropology at City University of New York

Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development at the United Nations

Prabhat Patanaik, Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University

Sitaram Yechury, Parliamentary Group Leader of the Communist Party of India

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India During and After the Global Financial Crisis

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:00 PM

Columbia University, Uris Hall 301

A lecture featuring:

Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Adviser for the Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Prabhat Patanaik, Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University

Y.V. Reddy, Former Governer, Reserve Bank of India

Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University

Joseph Stiglitz, Co-Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University

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The Fourth Annual Arrow Lecture: "Time and Persons in the Economics of Climate Change"

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 6:00 PM

Columbia University, Low Library Rotunda

A lecture by:

Sir Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge

with discussants

Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics at SIPA and the Earth Institute, Columbia University

Geoffrey Heal, Garrett Professor of Public Policy & Corporate Responsibility at Columbia Business School

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