Race and Economic Opportunity
The New York Times hosted a virtual discussion with African American business leaders on race and economic opportunity. Speakers included former Xerox Corporation CEO Ursula Burns, Vista Equity…
473 viewsThe New York Times hosted a virtual discussion with African American business leaders on race and economic opportunity. Speakers included former Xerox Corporation CEO Ursula Burns, Vista Equity…
473 viewsSenator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took part in a New York Times virtual discussion on progressive priorities for President-elect Biden’s administration. Senator Warren talked about her hope that…
121 viewsBill Gates, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, and Vaccine Confidence Project Director Heidi Larson took part in a New York Times virtual panel discussion on the coronavirus pandemic and vaccination…
2,378 viewsFormer Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke and former Treasury Secretaries Tim Geithner and Hank Paulson discussed lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis at an event hosted by the Brookings…
671 viewsAuthor, inventor, and futurist Ray Kurzweil talked about the trends he sees in technology and how they would impact businesses and consumers in areas such as wages, manufacturing, job creation, and the…
1,141 viewsWhite House staff previewed the 2016 Christmas decorations.
458 viewsPanelists talked about starting their own businesses. Panelists included Hamdi Ulukaya, who talked about mass marketing Chobani Greek yogurt, Nicholas Cary, who talked about the founding of Bitcoin, and…
500 viewsA panel discussion was held analyzing the political response to the 2008 economic crisis and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the $700 billion program intended to stabilize the financial markets. Among the…
644 viewsRepresentative Barney Frank (D-MA) talked about the “fiscal cliff,” the automatic tax increases and spending cuts scheduled for January 2013 if Congress failed to reach a budget agreement before then. He said that…
185 viewsAndrew Ross Sorkin talked about his book Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves (Viking; October 20, 2009). It is a report on…
710 viewsAndrew Ross Sorkin talked about his latest column on Dubai and its impact on other financial markets. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
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