International Economy

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Martin Wolf of the Financial Times to discuss the economic crisis, including its global origins focusing on the interplay between surplus countries such as China and debtor countries such as the United States. Wolf evaluates the response of America's political and financial leaders, defines a course of action for the Obama administration, and offers a formula for the revitalization of global economic institutions such as the International Monetary Fund. He also speculates on the future of capitalism and assesses the role of politics in preventing the...

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on
Foreign Relations, for a discussion of his new book, “More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite." Topics covered include: managing risk in international finance; the function and evolution of hedge funds; how the game is played; the changing relationship of hedge funds to international political and economic structures; the causes of the 2008 economic collapse; regulation and government intervention; and the future of...

On this edition of Conversations with History, UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler discusses the role of the World Bank in private sector development with Nemat Shafik, the Vice President of the organization.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Shafik/shafik-con0.html

Conversations with History Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Clyde Prestowitz, President of the Economic Strategy Institute for a discussion of the third wave of globalization. Prestowitz analyzes the reasons for the shift of economic power to Asia and identifies the challenges faced by the U.S. economy as it responds to the changing international economic environment.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people5/Prestowitz/prestowitz-con0.html