Today’s guest, Laura Tyson, is a Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Chair of the Blum Center for Developing Economies Board of Trustees, and co-chair of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Council of Economic Advisors. She served as Interim Dean of Berkeley Haas from July to December 2018. Dr. Tyson has held various government positions, including as a member of the US Department of State Foreign Affairs Policy Board, a member of President Obama’s Council on Jobs...

Today's guest, Kevin Warsh, is the Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Warsh is known for his extensive research in economics and finance, highlighted by an independent report to the Bank of England that was adopted by Parliament.  He served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2006 to 2011, representing the Federal Reserve in the G-20 and Asian...

Today's guest, Simon Thompson, is Chief Executive of the Chartered Banker Institute, the largest professional body for bankers in the United Kingdom, with 36,000 members and students in more than 100 countries. Simon is the author of Green & Sustainable Finance: Principles and Practice. He chairs the UK’s Sustainable Finance Education Charter on behalf of the Department for Net Zero and Energy Security and is a Board member of the UK’s Financial Services Skills Commission. Simon is a...

Today's guest, Paul Krugman, is a Distinguished Professor of Economics and a Distinguished Scholar at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. In 2008, he was the sole recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on international trade theory. In addition to books and professional articles, Dr. Krugman is well-known as an op-ed columnist and blogger for The New York Times. [00:00] -...

Today's guest, Jason Furman, is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Department of Economics at Harvard University. From August 2013 to January 2017, he served as the 28th Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama. Furman is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and Project Syndicate and the editor of two books on economic policy. [00:00] - Introduction [01:45] - U.S. Economic...

Today's guest, Daron Acemoglu, is an Institute Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of six books, including the recently released Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (with Simon Johnson). His research covers a wide range of areas within economics, including political economy, economic development and growth, human capital theory, growth theory, innovation, search theory,...

Today's guest, Domingo Cavallo, served as Minister of Economy in Argentina from 1991 to 1996 and again in 2001 – ushering the country though several challenging periods. He is currently a Partner at Global Source Partners and Chairman and CEO of DFC Associates. [00:00] - Introduction [02:15] - Root causes of Argentinian economic crises [07:00] - Argentinian economic policy - then vs. now [10:19] - Role of IFIs [14:40] - Election and economic outlook [18:25] - Success for the new...

Today's guest, Gail Kelly, is currently a Senior Global Advisor at UBS Group AG. Prior to this role, Gail served as the Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of two banks in Australia – St. George Bank from 2002 to 2007 and Westpac from 2008 to 2015.  In 2008, these two banks came together under Gail’s leadership in what was the largest in-market merger in Australian financial services. [00:00] - Introduction [02:50] - Leading with Courage [06:40] - Making Hard...

Today's guest, Mark Carney, is currently Chair of Brookfield Asset Management and Head of Transition Investing. He was appointed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance in December 2019. From 2013 to March 2020, he served as the Governor of the Bank of England and Chair of the Monetary Policy Committee, Financial Policy Committee and the Board of the Prudential Regulation Committee. [00:00] - Introduction [01:13] - What is the Group of...

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