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February 20, 2020

Economics
Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium

This symposium on behavioral economics examined social and political participation, including why individuals choose to join a movement or party, the influence of partisanship on decision-making, and…

Panel from 2020 Menschel Symposium
Event by Leyla Karakas, Yanna Krupnikov, Josh Martin, Cass R. Sunstein, John C. Bussey, and Zachary Karabell Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium

May 31, 2017

United States
A Conversation With Robert Kaplan

Robert Kaplan discusses the importance of fiscal policy and structural reform.

Play fiscal policy and structural reform
Event by Robert S. Kaplan and Tom Keene C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics

April 18, 2017

Economics
Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium

The Council on Foreign Relations held a two-session symposium on April 18, 2017 that addressed the importance of economic irrationality, crowd behavior, and other elements of behavioral finance in un…

Jeffrey Liebman and Maya Shankar discuss with Zachary Karabell
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January 20, 2022

Economics
Robert E. Rubin: The Challenges and Future of Capitalism in the United States

There are many critical challenges for the U. S. economy that markets, by their nature, will not address. In this sense, the future of American capitalism thus depends on the future of American polit…

Blog Post by Roger W. Ferguson Jr. and Robert E. Rubin Renewing America

September 6, 2019

Zimbabwe
Good Riddance to Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe

During his thirty-seven years in power in Zimbabwe, he committed virtually every human rights violation there is. His hands were awash in the blood of Zimbabweans. Fanning and exploiting racial and class differences, he destroyed the country’s economy, once on the cusp of being one of Africa’s most developed, driving out commercial white farmers. By the time he died, Zimbabwe was an international pariah, an economic basket case, and many or most of the country’s most educated and productive citizens had left the country.

Robert Mugabe stands in front of a blurred out, saluting soldier.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition