Organizer: The Committee of 100; The Foreign Policy Association
Type/Location: Virtual
Description:
Join us for a special event co-hosted by Committee of 100 and the Foreign Policy Association, featuring a fireside chat with Professor Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University) followed by a debate between two leading experts: Professor Walden Bello (State University of New York at Binghamton and Kyoto University) and Professor Edward Ashbee (Copenhagen Business School). The discussion will be moderated by Peter Young (Committee of 100 Member and Board Member, CEO of Young & Partners).
Is the current movement towards deglobalization just part of a cycle that has had its ups and downs, or are we in a structural movement towards a more permanent isolation of countries from a trade and economic point of view?
The topic of deglobalization has never been more prominent than it is today. The topic has been elevated in importance for some time now as we have seen dramatic changes in country trade practices, relative manufacturing and service strengths, economic trends, and political positions. The tariff situation brought about by the U.S. recently has made it even more consequential today.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz will open with a fireside chat on the evening’s central issue, followed by a lively debate between two leading experts: Professor Walden Bello, credited with coining the term “deglobalization,” and Professor Edward Ashbee. They’ll present opposing views in a traditional debate format—opening statements, rebuttals, and closing remarks.
The audience will vote electronically before and after the debate to see how opinions shift.
About the Speakers:
Professor Joseph Stiglitz received his PhD from MIT in 1967, became a full professor at Yale in 1970, and in 1979 was awarded the John Bates Clark Award, given biennially by the American Economic Association to the economist under 40 who has made the most significant contribution to the field. He has taught at Princeton, Stanford, MIT, and was the Drummond Professor and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He is now University Professor at Columbia University in New York. He is also the Co-Founder and Co-President of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia and Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information, and he was a lead author of the 1995 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2011, Time named Stiglitz one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Professor Walden Bello is concurrently the International Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton, Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University, and Co-Chairperson of the Bangkok-based research and advocacy institute Focus on the Global South. He has written regularly about the issue of deglobalization and has emerged as one of the leading critics of the current model of economic globalization and the international case against corporate-driven globalization.
Professor Edward Ashbee is Professor in the Department of International Economics, Government and Business at Copenhagen Business School. His books include Deglobalization (Agenda Publishing, 2024), Countering China: US Responses to the Belt and Road Initiative (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2023), and US Politics Today (Manchester University Press, 4th edition, 2019). He was recently appointed to be the Danish Head of the Educational Programme for Public Management and Social Development.
Peter Young (Moderator) is CEO and President of Young & Partners, a boutique corporate strategy and investment banking firm focused on the life science and chemical industries. He manages the firm and is actively involved in client projects, transactions, and financings. Under his leadership, Young & Partners has established and maintained its position as a highly regarded firm serving the corporate strategy, M&A, restructuring, and financing needs of clients worldwide. He was previously head of industry groups at Salomon Brothers, Schroders, and Lehman Brothers, a senior private equity executive with J.H. Whitney & Co., and a senior member of Bain & Co., a corporate strategy firm.
Registration:
To attend the event virtually, please register here.