Peter Singer and Eric Schlosser explore the broad and compelling issues and ethical dilemmas surrounding food production in the U.S. and the choices individuals make regarding the food they eat.
Speaker: Professor Arvind Panagariya. Professor Panagariya is the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy and Professor of Economics at SIPA.
Location: Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Date: Jan 31, 2008
Peter Hooper, Managing Director and Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Securities. Robert J. Shiller, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, Yale University. Stephen S. Roach, Chairman, Morgan Stanley Asia.
Presider: Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Jeremy Jackson, marine ecologist and environmental advocate, professor of oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, describes how overfishing, habitat destruction, global warming and other human-induced activities have contributed to a crisis in the health of the world's oceans.
Nicholas Negroponte speaks about the One Laptop per Child project (OLPC) at Internet and Society 2007 (is2k7), a conference at Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Speaker: King Abdullah II, the reigning monarch of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Date of event: Feb 29, 2008
Location: Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Participants: George Soros; Mary Kaldor; Yahia Said; Sir Nicholas Stern. Chaired by Howard Davies
Description: This event seeks to encourage a more holistic approach towards thinking about energy security, and marks the launch of the publication Oil Wars, edited by Mary Kaldor, Terry Karl and Yahia Said.
July 4, 2007 at the London School of Economics.
(Audio only unfortunately)
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