We are pleased to announce that "Financial Innovation: A Risky Business?" aired on Sunday, March 24 at 7 PM on WNET/THIRTEEN!
This event was presented by Fred Friendly Seminars in partnership with the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics, and was part of Columbia Business School’s Individual, Business and Society (IBS) curriculum. This interactive discussion explored the value of financial markets, the interaction between government and innovation, and what role markets should play in society.
Moderated by Professor Robert Jackson of Columbia Law School, the recipient of the 2012 Willis L.M. Reese Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
Panelists
David Abrams
Managing Partner
Abrams Capital
Caroline Baum
Columnist
Bloomberg
Ed Conard
Fmr Managing Director, Bain Capital
Author, The Upside of Inequality
Wilson Ervin
Chief Risk Officer
Credit Suisse
Barney Frank
Fmr Member, House of Representatives
Fmr Chairman, House Financial Services Committee
Gary Gensler
Fmr Chairman
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Linda Gibbs
Fmr Deputy Mayor, New York Health and Human Services, Principal, Bloomberg Associates
Robert Solow
Nobel Prize Laureate
American Economist
Alicia Glen
Deputy Mayor, New York Housing and Economic Development, Fmr Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Bruce Greenwald
Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management
Columbia Business School
Blythe Masters
CEO
Digital Asset Holdings
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Co-anchor, CNBC's Squawk Box
Financial columnist, The New York Times
Peter Stringham
Fmr CEO
Young & Rubicam Brands