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Economics & Policy
Why Import Promotion Could Increase China’s Trade Surplus
Shang-Jin Wei

Policies aimed at promoting imports will likely end up promoting exports as well.

Media & Tech
Six Steps to Mastering the Future
Sharon Kahn

Baidu’s president says businesses are sowing the seeds today for a brave new — and better — world.

Economics & Policy
People vs. Money in America’s Midterm Elections
Joseph E. Stiglitz

Even with a flawed democracy, the power of the American electorate matters.

Economics & Policy
Monetary Unions: What Is Optimal?

Chazen Senior Scholar Patrick Bolton reveals why the cost of abandoning currency sovereignty may outweigh the trade benefits of a single currency.

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Economics & Policy

“Everything Goes Out the Window”: The Effects of Trade Policy

Shifting U.S. trade policies are affecting companies around the world. Attendees of the Columbia Business School Pan-Euro Forum, held in Paris in October 2018, discuss how trade policy is changing their perspective on business.
Leadership

J’taime the CBS Pan Euro Forum

Attendees of the Columbia Business School Pan Euro Forum, held in Paris in October 2018, talk about their biggest takeaways – and why their school is the crème de la crème.
Media & Tech

Why Google and Facebook Can’t Be Broken Up Like a Utility

Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole describes the difficulties of breaking up today’s tech companies at the 2018 Eccles Prize and Speaker Forum. He won the prize for his book, Economics for the Common Good.

Economics & Policy

Scholars: Pay More Attention to Economic Losers

Jean Tirole, Nobel Prize-winning economist and winner of the 2018 George S. Eccles Prize for Economics for the Common Good, explains why economists must listen to those who are not benefiting from global trade policies at the 2018 George S. Eccles Prize and Speaker Forum.

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