Nikki Erlick (MA ’17) Set to Publish Debut Novel
HarperCollins seeks to publish Erlick's The Measure in 2022.
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Michelle Lee (MA ’19) to Host Young Tech Leaders of the Middle East Program
The three-week virtual leadership program endeavors to "provide youth with a holistic toolkit to become effective leaders by equipping them with leadership skills and a human-centered design approach
Reinhold Martin – How Do We Learn What We Know?
In his new book, Professor Reinhold Martin reveals how universities have created and controlled knowledge for the past two centuries.
Vishakha N. Desai – Reflections on Being an Asian in America
Like many Americans, I reacted to the recent murders of six Asian Americans in Atlanta with horror. That I wasn’t surprised only heightened my anguish.
Kian Tajbakhsh and Saskia Sassen – Danger of Density: The Future of Cities and Migration in a Post-COVID World.
Kian Tajbakhsh and Saskia Sassen | Columbia Global Centers | April 1, 2021
Adam Tooze – The Fragility of Europe’s China Strategy
In its dealings with Beijing, the United States has turned to classic grand strategy with the aim of safeguarding its primacy. In contrast, the EU has been pursuing a less consistent, but much more
Joseph Stiglitz and José Antonio Ocampo – Nobel Economist and 100 Experts Condemn Corporate Action against Argentina and Bolivia after Rollback of Failed Pension Privatization
Joseph Stiglitz and José Antonio Ocampo | Inter Press Service | March 29, 2021
Mark Mazower – The Greece created by the Revolution
Mark Mazower | Ekathimerini | 28 March, 2021
Rosalind C. Morris – What can we learn from the men seeking gold and friendship in the mines of South Africa?
Rosalind C. Morris | Euronews Podcast | March 18, 2021
Adam Tooze – Europe’s decarbonisation challenge? ‘Wir schaffen das’
Adam Tooze writes on the roadmaps to net-zero by 2050. Is a just transition for Europe realistic?
Adam Tooze – “The Tragic Choices of Climate Change” Talking Politics Podcast
Adam Tooze | Talking Politics Podcast | March 17, 2021
Kian Tajbakhsh – Iran at 1400 The case for a new century of hope
Kian Tajbakhsh | Columbia DC | March 18, 2021
Katharina Pistor – Green Markets Won’t Save Us
Although markets are uniquely powerful mechanisms for conveying information and altering behavior, they are ultimately social systems that rest on incomplete and ever-shifting foundations. That makes
Peter de Menocal – Slowdown of powerful current system could negatively impact climate patterns, study says
Peter de Menocal | CBS News | March 16, 2021
Lucía Muñoz Sueiro – Minería submarina o cuando el capitalismo toca fondo
El sinsentido de destruir el fondo oceánico para frenar el cambio climático
José Antonio Ocampo – “Managing Developing Countries’ Sovereign Debt
José Antonio Ocampo | Brookings Institution | March 8, 2021
Shagun Sethi – “Sex(ism) and the City”
Shagun Sethi (MA '21) | Smart Cities World | March 8, 2021
Akeel Bilgrami Explores Gandhi and the Claims of Indian Modernity
Akeel Bilgrami | Despardes | March 3, 2021
José Antonio Ocampo Argues for a More Equitable System for SDR Allocations
José Antonio Ocampo | Project Syndicate | March 5, 2021
Mark Mazower Discusses the 1821 Greek Revolution on its Bicentennial
Mark Mazower | Consulate General of Greece in Boston | March 4, 2021
Joseph Stiglitz – “Wartime” investment in carbon capture must start now, researchers say
Joseph Stiglitz | Global Landscape News| March 2, 2021
Adam Tooze – Biden’s Stimulus Is the Dawn of a New Economic Era
Adam Tooze | Foreign Policy | March 5, 2021
Saskia Sassen – Dead Land, Dead Water
Saskia Sassen | urbanNext | March 7, 2021
José Antonio Ocampo – OpenLux: Why the Era of Financial Secrecy Needs to End
José Antonio Ocampo | ProMarket | February 28, 2021
Bernard E. Harcourt – Abolishing the “Child Welfare Ordeal”
Bernard Harcourt | Abolition Democracy | February 9, 2021
Bernard Harcourt – Against the Punitive Society
Bernard Harcourt on critical praxis and abolition.
Michael Doyle – An Economic and Humanitarian Win-Win: Using Jobs to Resettle Refugees
Michael Doyle | Newsweek | February 11, 2021
Rosalind C. Morris’ Installation to have its International Premiere at this Year’s Berlin International Film Festival
Rosalind C. Morris | The Berlin International Film Festival
UCGT Sponsors “Tech for Social Good?” Event
UCGT | Tech for Social Good? | February 21, 2021
Katharina Pistor featured in documentary film “Hot Money”
Katharina Pistor | Hot Money
Joseph Stiglitz – Artificial Intelligence, Globalization, and Strategies for Economic Development
Joseph Stiglitz | NBER | February 15, 2021
Joseph Stiglitz – The Social Cost of Carbon, Risk, Distribution, Market Failures: An Alternative Approach
Nicholas Stern & Joseph E. Stiglitz | NBER | February 15, 2021
Ahmed – An Alternative Identity for India
Columbia News | February 10, 2021
Bernard Harcourt – In Defense Of Standing Rock Movement: Lawsuit Against TigerSwan, Morton County Moves Closer To Trial
Bernard Harcourt | Shadowproof | February 8, 2021
Joseph Stiglitz – Biden Goes Big
Joseph Stiglitz | February 1, 2021 | Project Syndicate
Joseph Stiglitz on the Future of the U.S. and the Global Economy & Biden’s Actions on Climate Change
Joseph Stiglitz | KPFA | January 28, 2021
Carol Becker – The Biden Administration Must Invest in the Arts
The Biden Administration Must Invest in the Arts
Webcast: The Idea of a Nation
Akeel Bilgrami | Foundation TLS | January 30, 2021
Katharina Pistor – Liberal Property Law vs. Capitalism
Katharina Pistor | LPE Project | January 27, 2021
Bernard E. Harcourt – Racial Justice and Abolition Democracy Curriculum Project Established at Columbia University
Racial Justice and Abolition Democracy Curriculum Project Established at Columbia University
Losing Hindustan
Losing Hindustan - A review of The Loss of Hindustan - The Invention of India
Manan Ahmed Asif on The Loss of Hindustan – The Invention of India
Manan Ahmed Asif on The Loss of Hindustan - The Invention of India
Europe’s ‘long-Covid’ economic frailty
Last year’s agreement on an EU recovery package was widely celebrated. This year its inadequacy will sink in.
Joseph Stiglitz – What will the long-term effect of COVID-19 be on the U.S. economy?
Worried About Long-Term Scarring to Economy: Joseph Stiglitz
Wafaa El-Sadr Appointed Director of Columbia World Projects
Wafaa El-Sadr | Office of the President | January 21, 2020
Columbia Students to Intern with Local Non-Profits as Part of the CGT Global Thought Experience
JANUARY 20, 2021 - The Global Thought Experience (GTE), an initiative by the Committee on Global Thought, aims to connect Columbia undergraduate students with non-profit groups in New York and the
Fiscal resiliency in a deeply uncertain world: The role of semi-autonomous discretion
Joseph Stiglitz | January 2021 | Peterson Institute
Pistor – Saving US Democracy from Corporate America
Katharina Pistor | January 12, 2021 | Project Syndicate
CGT Hiring Work Study for Spring 2021
The Committee on Global Thought is hiring an Administrative Assistant (Work Study) for the Spring 2021 semester!
Joseph Stiglitz – Is Donald Trump an aberration or a symptom of a deeper US malady?
The underlying causes of Trump’s rise to power must be addressed, from taming social media to tackling inequality
Roma and Multirooted Identity – Dr. Vishakha N. Desai
June 2020
An excerpt from Dr. Vishakha N. Desai's talk at the Roma Peoples Project's 2020 educational festival
Manan Ahmed’s “The Loss of Hindustan: The Invention of India”
CGT Member Manan Ahmed's new book has received significant press attention recently. Read the reviews, watch the book talks, and listen to the podcasts below.
Joseph Stiglitz – Economic Fluctuations and Pseudo-Wealth
Joseph Stiglitz | National Bureau of Economic Research | January 2021
The Fight Ahead
The Republican Party has become a white nationalist party. If old fashioned politics can’t change that, we must consider alternatives.
Après la contre-révolution de janvier aux États-Unis, le grondement de la bataille qui vient
La contre-révolution s’est préparée de longue date. Son éruption met à jour une profonde fissure aux États-Unis.
A Global Recovery’s Leading Variables
Although new leadership in the United States will not miraculously end the COVID-19 pandemic and recession, it at least enables the global response that is urgently needed. The question now is whether
After Escape: The New Climate Power Politics
Adam Tooze | e-flux | December, 2020
Radical Thinkers: Manan Ahmed & Shahzia Sikander
Manan Ahmed | Asian American Writers' Workshop | December 22, 2020
Dramática crisis económica
Tenemos que dejar de ser una de las regiones del mundo con mayores niveles de desigualdad.
Talk of a global economic reset must not ignore grim realities
Scientists may have provided us with a miraculous fix for Covid, but history shows that any path to recovery will be long
Stand against anti-Asian racial discrimination during COVID-19: A call for action
Qin Gao | International Social Work | December 18, 2021
Beyond 2020: How the world might recover and rebuild, according to experts
Adam Tooze | World Economic Forum | December 17, 2020
Secularism and the Political Culture of Modern Societies
Akeel Bilgrami | December 8, 2020 | Center on Modernity in Transition
Interview: Manan Ahmed Asif on the ‘Loss of Hindustan’ and how colonialism altered our past
The author speaks about ‘decolonising’ history and why we can’t look at the pre-colonial period without acknowledging the prejudices of colonial historians.
Ending the Counter-Revolution: Bernard Harcourt
“We were internalizing the logics of counterinsurgency.”
Revisiting The Role of Hedge Funds In The March 2020 Treasury Market Turmoil
Adam Tooze | December 6, 2020 | THE GUARDIAN
Stiglitz – A Chance to Repair the Cracks in Our Democracy
A Chance to Repair the Cracks in Our Democracy
Why These World War II Sex Slaves Are Still Demanding Justice
Carol Gluck | December 4, 2020 | NPR
A warning on climate and the risk of societal collapse
Saskia Sassen | December 6, 2020 | The Guardian
HIV Prevention Trials Network Awarded U.S. National Institutes of Health Funding to Continue Research Agenda
Wafaa El-Sadr | November 30, 2020 | GlobeNewswire
Authoritarian state building through political decentralization and local government law: Evidence from the Islamic Republic of Iran
Kian Tajbakhsh | 2020 | Oñati Socio-Legal Series
The Global Development Banks’ Architecture
José Antonio Ocampo | October 2020 | AFD
Ewald Engelen interviews Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze | November 25, 2020 | VVOJ Conference
Light in the tunnel or oncoming train?
Adam Tooze argues that the frail eurozone recovery hinges entirely on its guarantee by the European Central Bank.
“Property Is Theft!” An Introduction
Bernard Harcourt | November 25, 2020 | Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought
Philippine Survivor Recounts Her Struggle As A ‘Comfort Woman’ In Japan
A survivor recounts her experience in the Japanese Imperial Army's institutionalized system of sexual enslavement during World War II and her struggle to win recognition and reparations.
Reckoning with American Democracy’s Enemies Within
Though it has not come as a surprise, the attack on the credibility of the 2020 election by US President Donald Trump and his Republican Party cannot simply by brushed under the rug of history. Once
WHOI President & Director Dr. Peter de Menocal Recognized as AAAS Fellow
Peter de Menocal | November 30, 2020 | WHOI
Biden will have the presidency. But Republicans still have the power
With a slim majority in Congress, the president-elect lacks a solid base. The past teaches us what may happen
Making history
Manan Ahmed Asif | November 20, 2020 | India Today
How liberalism paves the way for populism
Akeel Bilgrami | November 6, 2020 | New Statesman
QIN GAO JOINS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S COMMITTEE ON GLOBAL THOUGHT
Qin Gao | NOVEMBER 16, 2020 | Columbia School of Social Work
The Economics of Playing the “Identity Card,” with Nikhar Gaikwad
Nikhar Gaikwad | November 13, 2020 | Scope Conditions Podcast
Chartbook #2 Nov 18 2020
Adam Tooze | November 18 | adamtooze.com
Chartbook # 1
Adam Tooze | November 15, 2020 | adamtooze.com
La agenda internacional de la administración Biden
Muchos países ven en Joe Biden el retorno a los principios del multilateralismo y el apoyo a la ONU.
Cities at War: global insecurity and urban resistance
Saskia Sassen | November 18, 2020 |LSE IDEAS
The Age Of Public Development Banks Has Arrived
José Antonio Ocampo | November 6, 2020 | Project Syndicate
Cultural orientations and parental distress among Chinese immigrants in the United States: the mediating role of parent–child acculturation conflict
By Qin Gao | November 9, 2020 | Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
Trapped in the middle? Developmental challenges for middle-income countries
José Antonio Ocampo | November 9 | OECD
The Healing Power of Art
Carol Becker | October 30, 2020 | Columbia School of the Arts
How to reunite the US? Tension, division among Americans awaiting result
Bernard E. Harcourt | November 5, 2020 | France 24
Make America Normal Again? | Interview with Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze | November 7, 2020 | Novara Media
Lucía Muñoz Sueiro – “Cuando las grandes empresas plantean soluciones a las crisis climática atentan contra nuestra inteligencia”
Lucía Muñoz Sueiro | CTXT | November 6, 2020
The Lawfare Podcast: Adam Tooze on World Order, Then and Now
Adam Tooze | November 4, 2020 | Lawfare
La economía política de Trump
Adam Tooze | November 3, 2020 | El País
Does poverty alleviation help enhance social investment? The case of South Korea
Qin Gao | November 5, 2020 | Journal of Asian Public Policy
Safety First: Expanding the Global Financial Safety Net in Response to COVID‐19
José Antonio Ocampo | November 1, 2020 | Global Policy
Who is Peter de Menocal? A Conversation with WHOI’s new President & Director
On October 1, 2020, Peter de Menocal assumed the role of President & Director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the 11th person to hold that title since the Institution was founded in 1930.
EASC Guest Speaker Series: Benjamin Uchiyama with Carol Gluck
Carol Gluck | November 9, 2020 | USC Dornsife East Asian Studies Center
Whatever happens, it will take more than promises to Make America Normal Again
The forces Trump represents and the fragility of the country’s electoral machinery are problems decades in the making
Is capital finally losing faith in Trump?
The president’s administration is full of plutocrats and CEOs – but big business is leaning toward Biden
Welcome to the Final Battle for the Climate
The great powers have taken big steps to fight global warming. Now attention turns to the rest of the world.
Exiting the Domain of Money – A Conversation with Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen | October 16 | PUSHBACK Talks!
Adam Tooze: China Takes the Climate Stage
Adam Tooze | October 19 | Social Europe
Joseph Stiglitz Urges U.S. Banks to Return to Lending
Joseph Stiglitz | October 20, 2020 | Bloomberg Surveillance
Katharina Pistor Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Erasmus Univeristy
Katharina Pistor | October 2020 | Erasmus Univeristy Rotterdam
Praying for Life
Souleymane Bachir Diagne | October 11, 2020 | Hyperallergic
75 years of the UN
José Antonio Ocampo | October 9 | Inquirer
From the Washington to the Latin American Consensus
José Antonio Ocampo | October 6, 2020 | Brookings Institute
The Journal of Asian Studies published a review of Manan Ahmed’s A Book Of Conquest: The Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South Asia (2016) on October 5th, 2020.
Manan Ahmed | October 5, 2020 | The Journal of Asian Studies
Hudson Eye 2020: Hot Topics 5–Problematics and Possibilities for a Post-Pandemic World
Vishakha Desai | October 6, 2020 | Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation
Originally published by Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation.
A New Book Challenges Us to Turn Contemplation Into Action in This Time of Crisis
In Critique & Praxis, Professor Bernard E. Harcourt outlines practical steps for how to become an engaged citizenry during the era of COVID, protests, and the presidential election.
A World Without Punishment, Beyond the Punitive Society
Bernard Harcourt | October 3, 2020 | Abolition 13/13
The Republican Threat to the Republic
Joseph Stiglitz | October 2, 2020 | Project Syndicate
Akeel Bilgrami at MSU’s online lecture : ‘MF Husain’s work was seen to be offending Hindus…secular can’t apply to modern art’
In order to emphasize "disenchantment", Bilgrami chose the case of MF Husain who was embroiled in a long drawn controversy for his nude paintings of Goddess Saraswati and Bharat Mata and had several
How to Demilitarize the Police
Bernard Harcourt | September 30 | Data for Progress
Prometheus Unmasked
Two reissued classics of New Deal literature, “Black Metropolis” and “Modern Housing,” deserve new attention from architects and urbanists.
Did Xi Just Save the World ?
Adam Tooze | September 25 | Foreign Policy
Masters of the Code
Katharina Pistor, The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality (2019).
The transformation of housing into financial assets normalizes misery in the cities of the Americas
Saskia Sassen | September 24 | openDemocracy
White-Collar Crime, No Punishment
Katharina Pistor | September 24 | Project Syndicate
Creating solace and hope during COVID-19: An innovative Internet-based social work intervention
Qin Gao | September 23 | International Social Work
Celebrating 75 Years of the United Nations
José Antonio Ocampo | September 21 | Project Syndicate
Adam Tooze on Why History Matters
Adam Tooze | September 21 | ChinaTalk
The World Is Winning—and Losing—the Vaccine Race
Immunization to COVID-19 is supposed to solve our problems—but it's starting to trigger even bigger ones.
Top economists Stiglitz and Piketty: The US needs a wealth tax on millionaires and billionaires
Catherine Clifford | September 17 | CNBC
The Future of Energy
Adam Tooze | September 15 | New York Times
The politics of currencies
Adam Tooze | September 10 | Social Europe
Saskia Sassen Receives the 2020 Edgar de Picciotto International Prize
The 2020 Edgar de Picciotto International Prize was awarded to Saskia Sassen during the opening lecture of the academic year on 15 September.
The Rebirth of Praxis
Bernard E. Harcourt | September 13 | Columbia University Press
An appeal for the human sciences and creativity in France
Saskia Sassen | September 11 | University World News
Capital versus Life? Corporate Capture: Financialization & Financial Extractivism
Saskia Sassen | September 14 | Women's Working Group on Financing for Development
Bernard E. Harcourt Asks, “Can Critical Theory Change the World?”
Bernard Harcourt | September 11 | Columbia University Press
Hijacking Imaginaries: On Having Feelings for Decolonization
Joseph Slaughter | September 11 | Post45
Review of A Time for Critique
September 8 | Public Books
Do Indian Politicians ‘Favour’ Residents Over Migrants – And Why?
In this study, Gareth Newell & Nikhar Gaikwad analyse a certain behaviour pattern of Indian elected representatives.
California Bill Would Mandate ‘Crime Prediction’ Algorithms Instead of Cash Bail
Bernard Harcourt | September 8 | Vice
Critique and Praxis Book Launch
Bernard E. Harcourt | September 19
Interviews: Manan Ahmed and Naib Mian
Manan Ahmed | September 1 | SAAG Anthology
Do Politicians Discriminate Against Internal Migrants? Evidence from Nationwide Field Experiments in India
Nikhar Gaikwad | August 31 | American Journal of Political Science
Nobel prize-winning economist believes Croatia should not adopt euro currency
Joseph Stiglitz | August 30 | Croatia Week
José Antonio Ocampo: “Latin America has to reinvent itself”
José Antonio Ocampo | August 30 | Pledge Times
Transnational chat: how do we fix the global housing crisis?
Saskia Sassen | August 28 | The Correspondent
Rethinking the World
August 2020
Pseudo-Wealth and Consumption Fluctuations
Joseph Stiglitz | August 25, 2020 | The Economic Journal
Saskia Sassen on Before Method
Saskia Sassen | July 2020 | Social Science Bites
The best books on Celebrity
Sharon Marcus | August 19 | Five Books
33 Legal and Human Rights Experts Urge Secretary Pompeo to Call Myanmar’s Crimes Genocide
Michael Doyle | August 18 | Refugees International
Las Ciudades Hoy Ya No Son Para Todos
Saskia Sassen | July 2020 | Ethic
A Letter to the International Community
Joseph E. Stiglitz & Patrick Bolton | August 17 | Project Syndicate
Rule by Data: The End of Markets?
Katharina Pistor | August 2020 | Law and Contemporary Problems
GDP Is the Wrong Tool for Measuring What Matters
Joseph E. Stiglitz | August 2020 | Scientific American
Repairing the future with Joseph E. Stiglitz | Interview | BOZAR at home
Joseph E. Stiglitz | August 12, 2020 | BOZAR
Tooze – Geoeconomics and the Balance of Payments
Adam Tooze | August 13, 2020 | Jain Family Institute
It’s a New Europe—if You Can Keep It
Adam Tooze | August 7, 2020 | Foreign Policy
"The continent has managed to take a great leap forward—but there still might be a crash landing"
Read full article here.
Managing capital flows to emerging markets
José Antonio Ocampo | August 11, 2020 | VOXEU CEPR
Sassen – Urbanisation and its impact on war
Saskia Sassen | August 4, 2020 | IISS
Review of The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality by Katharina Pistor
By Heather Hachigian - August 4, 2020
Whose Century? Adam Tooze Reviews Four Books on U.S.-China Relations
London Review of Books | Vol. 42 No. 15 | July 30
WHOI names Peter de Menocal President and Director
Newswise | July 20
Ocampo – What way forward for the IDB?
José Antonio Ocampo | July 28, 2020 | Global Americans
Gronde à Portland après la déploiement d’agents fédéraux, avec B. Harcourt
Radio Canada | 21 juillet 2020
Çubukçu – Of Rebels and Disobedients: Reflections on Arendt, Race, Lawbreaking
Ayça Çubukçu - July 15, 2020
CGT undergraduate study featured in Forbes
Undergraduate study on the impact of coronavirus on student employment featured in Forbes
Kian Tajbakhsh signs “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate”
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
CGT Member Rosalind Morris elected to the Policy and Planning Committee
CGT Member Rosalind Morris elected to the Policy and Planning Committee (PPC), representing the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Vishakha N. Desai Selected Chair of the Committee on Global Thought
July 1, 2020
Harcourt – Mayor De Blasio’s Police Strategy Has Always Been Racist
Bernard Harcourt | June 26 | Gothamist
Orlove – 8º Coloquio Virtual Internacional Inti Raymi Fiesta Solar en el Cusco
Ben Orlove | 21 de Junio
Joseph Slaughter – Who Owns the Means of Expression?
Review of Sarah Brouillete's UNESCO and the Fate of the Literary
Joseph Slaughter | June 10 | boundary2
Click here to read the article.
Abolish Oil: From Green New Deal to Green Reconstruction
Reinhold Martin | June 2020 | Places Journal
Old world order – the rise and Fall of the Habsburgs
Mark Mazower | May 20 | Financial Times
CGT Member Professor Mark Mazower reviews two books on the Habsburg empire in the Financial Times.
Click here to read.
Ireland ‘robbing’ European neighbours with low tax rate – Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz | June 15 | The Irish Times
Donald Trump löst die Revolution aus, vor der er sich fürchtet
Bernard Harcourt - 17. Juni
‘Troubling Tableau’ in 11th Circuit’s Prisoner Cases, Sotomayor Says
“The 11th Circuit is racing to the bottom when it comes to reviewing prisoner appeals,” said CGT Member Bernard Harcourt.
MA alumnus Abhinav Seetharman published in The Diplomat
What's Behind North Korea's Dwindling Defection Rate?
Harcourt – « C’est peut-être la fin de la contre-révolution américaine »
Bernard Harcourt dans Le Monde: « C’est peut-être la fin de la contre-révolution américaine »
Journalism Faculty Denounce Police Attacks on Journalists
CGT Member Mark Hansen joins Columbia Journalism Faculty to Denounce Police Attacks on Journalists
Harcourt – Send in the army? Trump’s answer to protests
June 2, 2020 | Courtesy of France24
“Visualizing Covid-19’s Impact on Student Employment”
Rose Huang, Cheryl Wang, and Ava Ellis | May 11, 2020
She Spent Her Last Month of College Lifting Bodies in a Morgue
New York Times | May 19, 2020
Bernard Harcourt on violence over George Floyd death: “Is militarized response really what we need today?”
France 24 | June 2, 2020
Rappler Talk: Joseph Stiglitz on press freedom in a ‘mafia market’
May 17, 2020
Stiglitz – Creditors to Shoulder Blame If Argentina Defaults
Joseph E. Stiglitz - May 11, 2020
Pistor – Germany’s Constitutional Court Goes Rogue
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court, heedless of the political consequences for Europe and Germany, has issued a ruling that risks sacrificing the euro and possibly even the European Union. An
Saskia Sassen Signs Covid-19 Pledge To Restructure Barcelona
Por una Barcelona menos mercantilizada y más humana
Stiglitz – Optimal Bailouts and the Doom Loop with a Financial Network
By Agostino Capponi, Felix C. Corell, Joseph E. Stiglitz - May 2020
Stiglitz – Restructuring Argentina’s Private Debt is Essential
Argentina's creditors are being asked to accept a proposal that would reduce their revenue stream but make it sustainable. A responsible resolution will set a positive precedent, not only for
Chatterjee – What We Are Reading Today: The Nation and Its Fragments
May 07, 2020
Sassen – Urban Migrations and Sustainability in a Post-Pandemic World
Saskia Sassen | May 1, 2020 | Foresight
Stiglitz – Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Today, the documentary adaptation of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century premiers in virtual theaters across the US. The film features CGT Member Joseph Stiglitz.
Chatterjee – Populism as passive revolution of capital owners
Chatterjee characterizes populism as a distinct political reason operating in a democracy, a modality and not any particular ideology
Lee – Disruption and Digital Revolution for Whom?
Digital Access, Inclusion and Participation
Deadline for Nominations Extended – Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prize
The deadline for nominations for the Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prize has been extended to May 14th.
Click here for more information and to nominate a leader.
de Menocal — The Lab That Discovered Global Warming Has Good News and Bad News
The good news is that the pandemic shows “science works.” The bad news? Global warming may be far more dangerous than a pandemic.
Pistor – Law in the Time of Covid-19 (Podcast)
Katharina Pistor - April 23, 2020
Stiglitz – The Nobel-Winning Economist Who Wants You to Read More Fiction
“I would encourage anyone interested in understanding the Great Depression or mid-19th century Britain to turn to Steinbeck or Dickens,” says Joseph E. Stiglitz, whose book “People, Power, and
Stiglitz – Joe Stiglitz and the IMF have warmed to each other
The fund seems to have won over its most fearsome critic
Bachir Diagne – Water and Peace at the Heart of the “Festival à Sahel Ouvert”
by Souleymane Bachir Diagne - April 1, 2020
Martin – From New Deal to Green New Deal
A lecture given by Reinhold Martin as part of the Spring 2020 Broadcast series on Tuesday, March 31st.
Stiglitz – The coronavirus outbreak is a ‘different kind of crisis’
“This is a different kind of crisis than normal crises. It’s just not a problem of aggregate demand,” said Joseph Stiglitz, former chief economist at the World Bank.
Sassen – Prominent Europeans call for EU answer to coronavirus threat
A number of prominent figures are calling for a “European response” to the coronavirus threat. The names of the signatories of the declaration, whose number is still growing, will be updated.
Stiglitz – Plagued by Trumpism
For 40 years, US Republicans have been insisting that ‘government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem’. The bankruptcy of this has been laid bare.
CGT/UCGT Events Announcement Regarding COVID-19
In response to the guidelines issued by the University as part of its response to COVID-19, the Committee on Global Thought and Undergraduate Committee on Global Thought have postponed all programming
Sassen and Stiglitz – Featured in “Push” Documentary
Why can't we afford to live in our cities?
Stiglitz – Live from Brooklyn Public Library: How Democrats Can Win in 2020
By Joseph E. Stiglitz, Anand Giridharadas, and Elmira Bayrasli - Mar 3, 2020
Ocampo – The Challenges of Argentina’s Debt Renegotiation
by José Antonio Ocampo - Feb 26, 2020
Stiglitz – Joseph Stiglitz on coronavirus global impacts
By GZERO Media - February 25, 2020
Call for Facilitators – Youth in a Changing World
CALL FOR FACILITATORS
Announcing the David Bartsch and Joan Haffenreffer Bartsch Fellows to the UCGT
The David Bartsch and Joan Haffenreffer Bartsch Fellows to the UCGT
Slaughter – Duke Human Rights Center Hosts Rights and the Humanities Lecture with Dr. Joseph Slaughter, “Naming the Crisis: The Language of Human Rights and the Neoliberal Turn”
February 20, 2020
Tajbakhsh – Can the US export the first amendment? Global complications of freedom of speech
February 20, 4:00-6:00pm, Library Lecture Room
Leadership: From local to global, and back again
M.A in Global Thought Students Meet and Discuss With Obama Foundation Scholars
Tooze – Quoted in “An antidote to toxic risk: the case for total divestment from fossil fuels”
February 13, 2020
Spectator reviews the UCGT screening of “Born to Be”
“Born to Be” documentary gives a humanizing look into the world of transgender medicine
Gluck – Postwar Japan: past or present?
Dr. Carol Gluck, chair of Columbia University’s Committee of Global Thought, shared her thoughts on the ongoing postwar period of Japan on Feb. 6 at an event held at PSU.
Stiglitz – Here’s how companies can build a better economy
From paying taxes and liveable wages to advocating government regulations to protect the environment, we need proof corporations are changing.
CGT Member Stiglitz Will Be Featured as Panelist at SIPA Conference
Greater Good Gathering
CGT Member Carol Gluck Will Moderate a Panel as Part of the Institute at the Maison Series
Splicing cultures: Xiaolu Guo on novels and filmmaking, in conversation with Carol Gluck
Mehrling Is Featured on Bloomberg Podcast “Odd Lots”
Perry Mehrling Explains Why "The Money View" Is Key To Understanding Financial Markets
Tooze reviews Katharina Pistor’s “The Code of Capital”
How 'Big Law' Makes Big Money
CGT Member and University Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz Releases New Book
Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy
Stiglitz – The Starving State
Why Capitalism's Salvation Depends on Taxation
CGT Member Professor Rosalind Morris appointed Research Associate at Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research
January 27, 2020
Chatterjee – True Federalism Is the Counter-Narrative India Needs Right Now
It's time to ask where the current protests – a burst of youthful passion, bravery and creativity – will lead us.
Bernard E. Harcourt’s Analysis of “Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age” Released in French
Columbia Professor and CGT Member Bernard E. Harcourt's book Exposed was recently released in French. "La Société d'exposition," translated by Sophie Renaut, takes a critical look at our new digital
Gaikwad and Co-authors Receive Best Paper Award
Professor Nikhar Gaikwad and co-authors Kolby Hanson (Ph.D. '19) and Aliz Toth (Stanford) have been selected as winners of the Robert H. Durr Award for best paper "applying quantitative methods to a
Global Thought Graduate Julia Biango Receives Fulbright Award
Congratulations to 2018 M.A. in Global Thought graduate Julia Biango!
Desai – Vishakha N. Desai Jury Member for 2019 Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prizes
Vishakha N. Desai Jury Member for 2019 Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prizes
Tajbakhsh – CBC Radio Documentary on Richard Rorty
Kian Tajbakhsh featured in CBC Radio Documentary on Richard Rorty
Sassen – World Architecture Festival 2019: Watch the Live Stream
World Architecture Festival 2019: Watch the Live Stream
El-Sadr – The Future—And the End?—of AIDS
The Future—And the End?—of AIDS
El-Sadr – Cura Personalis Award Recipient: HIV/AIDS Epidemic Taught Me to be a Better Person
Cura Personalis Award Recipient: HIV/AIDS Epidemic Taught Me to be a Better Person
Ocampo – The SDR’s Time Has Come
The SDR’s Time Has Come
Tajbakhsh – Reading Rorty in Tehran. Or what happened when I road-tested Rorty’s philosophy of life inside an Iranian Prison
Reading Rorty in Tehran. Or what happened when I road-tested Rorty’s philosophy of life inside an Iranian Prison
Stiglitz – It’s time to retire metrics like GDP. They don’t measure everything that matters
It's time to retire metrics like GDP. They don't measure everything that matters
Stiglitz – Joseph Stiglitz speaks on opportunities for SA economy but warns ‘austerity’ doesn’t deliver
Joseph Stiglitz speaks on opportunities for SA economy but warns ‘austerity’ doesn’t deliver
Stiglitz – Stiglitz and Zelizer, Doctors Honoris Causa
Stiglitz and Zelizer, Doctors Honoris Causa
Stiglitz – Climate crisis requires wartime-style mobilisation, says Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
Climate crisis requires wartime-style mobilisation, says Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
Planning for spring semester? Here’s what you should take for your Global Core
Planning for spring semester? Here’s what you should take for your Global Core
Tooze – The German impasse
The German impasse
Tooze – First Powell, Now Lagarde: Central Banks Say Goodbye to Superwonks
First Powell, Now Lagarde: Central Banks Say Goodbye to Superwonks
Stiglitz – Economics Against Inequalities
Joseph Stiglitz: Economics Against Inequalities
Gluck – Gave a major public lecture, “Modernity in Common: Japan in World History,” at International House in Tokyo
Last week, Chair of CGT, Professor Carol Gluck gave a major public lecture, "Modernity in Common: Japan in World History," at International House in Tokyo
November 7th, 2019
Ocampo – MNCs have gotten away with paying less taxes. That must change
MNCs have gotten away with paying less taxes. That must change
Ocampo – There’s a global tax emergency, people!
There’s a global tax emergency, people!
Gluck – Keynote Speaker, gave address “Educating Women, Changing the World” for the 135th anniversary of Toyo Eiwa
Carol Gluck Keynote Speaker, gave address "Educating Women, Changing the World" for the 135th anniversary of Toyo Eiwa, one of the oldest' women's schools in Japan
November 05, 2019
Stiglitz – The End of Neoliberalism and the Rebirth of History
The End of Neoliberalism and the Rebirth of History
Ocampo – A time for developing nations to speak up
A time for developing nations to speak up
Stiglitz – Wanted: A Global Green New Deal
Wanted: A Global Green New Deal
Stiglitz – No More Half-Measures on Corporate Taxes
No More Half-Measures on Corporate Taxes
Tooze – Grosse Koalition, small Klimapaket
Grosse Koalition, small Klimapaket
Tajbakhsh – The Political Economy of Fiscal Decentralization in Iran
Kian Tajbakhsh presented his paper on The Political Economy of Fiscal Decentralization in Iran at the meeting of the CIRS Working Group: The Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East
Announcing the 2019-2020 David Bartsch and Joan Haffenreffer Bartsch Fellows to the UCGT
The 2019-2020 David Bartsch and Joan Haffenreffer Bartsch Fellows to the UCGT
Bilgrami – The Gates Foundation shouldn’t legitimise Narendra Modi
The Gates Foundation shouldn’t legitimise Narendra Modi
Gluck – New Hirohito documents show emperor’s thoughts on the war
New Hirohito documents show emperor's thoughts on the war
Kian Tajbakhsh Profiled by New York Review of Books
An Iranian Dissident's Tale
Mehrling – The Rule of Lawyers
The Rule of Lawyers
Tooze – Can Anyone Hold the Global Economy Together?
Can Anyone Hold the Global Economy Together?
Stiglitz – Is Stakeholder Capitalism Really Back?
Is Stakeholder Capitalism Really Back?
Stiglitz – Trump’s Deficit Economy
Trump’s Deficit Economy
Tooze – The Global Economy Lives in Wonderland Now
The Global Economy Lives in Wonderland Now
Tooze – The International Monetary Fund leadership is not a bargaining counter
The International Monetary Fund leadership is not a bargaining counter
Tooze – Why Central Banks Need to Step Up on Global Warming
Why Central Banks Need to Step Up on Global Warming
Ocampo – A Reform Opportunity for the IMF
A Reform Opportunity for the IMF
CGT Awarded Major Grant from the Warhol Foundation
CGT Signature Research Project "Politics of Visual Arts in a Changing World" awarded major grant from the Warhol Foundation
Gluck – Female ascension? Imperial institution thrives due to change
Female ascension? Imperial institution thrives due to change
Tooze – Christine Lagarde Won, but This Isn’t a Game
Christine Lagarde Won, but This Isn’t a Game
Stiglitz – Thumbs Down to Facebook’s Cryptocurrency
Thumbs Down to Facebook’s Cryptocurrency
Desai – Rethinking the ‘global’ in global higher education
Rethinking the ‘global’ in global higher education
Marcus – The first modern celebrity was born 175 years ago
The first modern celebrity was born 175 years ago
Marcus – Even the Internet Hasn’t Really Changed How Being Famous Works. Here’s Why.
Even the Internet Hasn’t Really Changed How Being Famous Works. Here’s Why.
Marcus – The pandemonium of modern celebrity began in 19th-century theatre
The pandemonium of modern celebrity began in 19th-century theatre
Marcus – On the 18th-Century Origins of Celebrity Worship
On the 18th-Century Origins of Celebrity Worship
Tooze – Democracy and Its Discontents
Democracy and Its Discontents
Stiglitz – The climate crisis is our third world war. It needs a bold response.
The climate crisis is our third world war. It needs a bold response.
Stiglitz – After Neoliberalism
After Neoliberalism
Stiglitz – Democracy at Risk
Democracy at Risk
APPLY NOW – CGT Summer Work-Study
Apply Now: CGT Summer 2019 Work-Study Student
Griffith-Jones, Ocampo – Why the World Needs National Development Banks
Why the World Needs National Development Banks
Stiglitz – A ‘democratic socialist’ agenda is appealing. No wonder Trump attacks it.
A 'democratic socialist' agenda is appealing. No wonder Trump attacks it.
Stiglitz – The Economy We Need
The Economy We Need
Tooze – Output gap nonsense
Output gap nonsense
New CGT Faculty Members Nikhar Gaikwad and Joseph Slaughter
The Committee on Global Thought welcomes two new faculty members:
Youth in a Changing World (YCW) Project Update
Youth in a Changing World (YCW) Project Update
Stiglitz – US trade deals were designed to serve corporations at the expense of workers
US trade deals were designed to serve corporations at the expense of workers
Stiglitz – Corporate greed is accelerating climate change. But we can still head off disaster
Corporate greed is accelerating climate change. But we can still head off disaster
Tooze – America first, China last: Trump’s strange new order of economic nationalism
America first, China last: Trump’s strange new order of economic nationalism
Stiglitz – Trump’s Most Worrisome Legacy
Trump’s Most Worrisome Legacy
Ocampo – Time for a True Global Currency
Time for a True Global Currency
Tajbakhsh – Getting Real About Iran
Getting Real About Iran
Getting Real About Iran
It’s Not an Existential Threat or an Ally in the Offing
Stiglitz – Market Concentration Is Threatening the US Economy
Market Concentration Is Threatening the US Economy
Harcourt – American Democracy Has Been Eclipsed
American Democracy Has Been Eclipsed
Stiglitz – How Can We Tax Footloose Multinationals?
How Can We Tax Footloose Multinationals?
Ocampo – Decision Time for the Future of Corporate Taxation
Decision Time for the Future of Corporate Taxation
Stiglitz – From Yellow Vests to the Green New Deal
From Yellow Vests to the Green New Deal
Ocampo – Latin America’s Weak Economic Recovery
Latin America’s Weak Economic Recovery
Tooze – Rising Tides Will Sink Global Order
Rising Tides Will Sink Global Order
What Is Global Thought, anyway?
What Is Global Thought, anyway?
Stiglitz – Beyond GDP
Beyond GDP
Harcourt – How Trump Fuels the Fascist Right
How Trump Fuels the Fascist Right
Tooze – Globalization’s Government Turns 10
Globalization's Government Turns 10
Stiglitz – Disaster Capitalism Comes to Puerto Rico
Disaster Capitalism Comes to Puerto Rico
Radin – TB, NCDs, and the Lessons of HIV
TB, NCDs, and the Lessons of HIV
Stiglitz – Can American Democracy Come Back?
Can American Democracy Come Back?
Sassen – Everyday Tech: In Search of Mundane Tactics
Everyday Tech: In Search of Mundane Tactics
Youth in a Changing Brazil
Youth in a Changing Brazil
Bilgrami – An Alliance With We The People
An Alliance With We The People
Stiglitz – The American Economy Is Rigged
The American Economy Is Rigged
Ocampo – The Economics of the Climate Crisis
The Economics of the Climate Crisis
Stiglitz – People Vs. Money in America’s Midterm Elections
People Vs. Money in America's Midterm Elections
Çubukçu – CGT Post-doc Ayça Çubukçu Book Release: “For the Love of Humanity: The World Tribunal on Iraq”
CGT Post-doc Ayça Çubukçu Book Release: "For the Love of Humanity: The World Tribunal on Iraq"
Tajbakhsh – Who Wants What from Iran Now? The Post-Nuclear Deal U.S. Policy Debate
Who Wants What from Iran Now? The Post-Nuclear Deal U.S. Policy Debate
Neil Aggarwal Awarded the 2018 Distinguished Book Award for “Mental Health and the War on Terror”
Columbia University Press announces the winner of the fourth annual Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award.
Announcing the David Bartsch and Joan Haffenreffer Bartsch Fellows to the UCGT
The David Bartsch and Joan Haffenreffer Bartsch Fellows to the UCGT
Global Opportunities (GO!) at CGC Rio de Janeiro
The Global Opportunities (GO!) program, which CGT offered from 2017-2019, linked M.A. in Global Thought students to research projects during residencies at Columbia Global Centers. GO! internships
Tooze – Macroeconomics Predicted the Wrong Crisis
Macroeconomics Predicted the Wrong Crisis
Stiglitz – Why All Economists Must Learn Lessons Before Next US Downturn
Why All Economists Must Learn Lessons Before Next US Downturn
Stiglitz – Beyond Secular Stagnation
Beyond Secular Stagnation
Stiglitz – The Myth of Secular Stagnation
The Myth of Secular Stagnation
Ocampo – Has the Emerging-Economy Crisis Cycle Ended?
Has the Emerging-Economy Crisis Cycle Ended?
Global Opportunities (GO!) at CGC Istanbul
The Global Opportunities (GO!) program, which CGT offered from 2017-2019, linked M.A. in Global Thought students to research projects during residencies at Columbia Global Centers. GO! internships
Global Opportunities (GO!) at CGC Santiago
The Global Opportunities (GO!) program, which CGT offered from 2017-2019, linked M.A. in Global Thought students to research projects during residencies at Columbia Global Centers. GO! internships
Spotlight: CGT Summer Intern 2018
Summer Intern Victoria Lacombe
Tooze – The Turning Point of 2008
The Turning Point of 2008
Stiglitz – The US Is At Risk of Losing a Trade War with China
The US Is At Risk of Losing a Trade War with China
Tooze – Beyond the Crash
Beyond the Crash
Tooze – Trump is Wrong About Trade. So Is Everyone Else.
Trump is Wrong About Trade. So Is Everyone Else.
New CGT Faculty Member Manan Ahmed
We are excited to announce our new faculty member, Manan Ahmed.
Stiglitz – American Democracy on the Brink
American Democracy on the Brink
Ocampo – A global financial registry to fight tax evasion
A global financial registry to fight tax evasion
Stiglitz – The euro could be nearing a crisis – can it be saved?
The euro could be nearing a crisis – can it be saved?
Bernard E. Harcourt challenges constitutionality of lethal injection in Alabama death penalty case
Bernard E. Harcourt Honored by New York City Bar Association: The Committee on Capital Punishment of the New York City Bar Association unanimously voted to award him the Norman Redlich Capital Defense
Stiglitz – The Roots of Argentina’s Surprise Crisis
The Roots of Argentina’s Surprise Crisis
Tooze – Germany’s Great European Heist
Germany's Great European Heist
Fall 2019 Graduate Course: Globalization and The Problems of World Order
Fall Graduate Course: "Globalization and The Problems of World Order"
Stiglitz – How Costa Rica Gets It Right
How Costa Rica Gets It Right
Tooze – Why Karl Marx is more relevant than ever
Why Karl Marx is more relevant than ever
M.A. in Global Thought Student featured in GSAS Student Spotlight
Manasa Sitaram, a member of the M.A. in Global Thought Class of 2018, is featured in a GSAS "Student Spotlight":
Fall 2018 Global Core: Undergraduate Seminar in Global Thought “Inquiries into an Interconnected World”
Fall 2018 Global Core: Undergraduate Seminar in Global Thought "Inquiries into an Interconnected World"
Mazower – Anti-Semitism and Britain’s Hall of Mirrors
Anti-Semitism and Britain’s Hall of Mirrors
Stiglitz – Opinion: Trump’s fixation on the trade deficit with China is silly
Opinion: Trump’s fixation on the trade deficit with China is silly
Harcourt – Why should we keep murderers in prison until they die? Parole makes moral sense, even for cop-killers
Why should we keep murderers in prison until they die? Parole makes moral sense, even for cop-killers
Sassen – I Dream of a Truly Transparent City
I Dream of a Truly Transparent City
Stiglitz – When Shall We Overcome?
When Shall We Overcome?
Ocampo – A Better Way to Fight Corporate Tax Avoidance
A Better Way to Fight Corporate Tax Avoidance
Sassen – Neither Fully Urban Nor Fully of the Biosphere
Neither Fully Urban Nor Fully of the Biosphere
Stiglitz – Post-Davos Depression
Post-Davos Depression
Doyle – Democrats should take Trump’s immigration deal seriously
Democrats should take Trump’s immigration deal seriously
Sassen – Welcome to a New Kind of War: The Rise of Endless Urban Conflict
Welcome to a New Kind of War: The Rise of Endless Urban Conflict
Hansen – The Follower Factory
The Follower Factory
Tori Gross Joins CGT Staff as M.A. Director of Studies
We are pleased to announce the addition of Tori Gross to the CGT Staff as M.A. Director of Studies!
Bilgrami – Failures of inference: liberalism and contemporary populism
Failures of inference: liberalism and contemporary populism
Sassen – Reclaiming the Streets to Impose Equal Rights for Women in the City
Reclaiming the Streets to Impose Equal Rights for Women in the City
Sassen – Deep Inside the Global City
Deep Inside the Global City
Stiglitz – The US Donor Relief Act of 2017
The US Donor Relief Act of 2017
Stiglitz – The Global Economy’s Risky Recovery
The Global Economy's Risky Recovery
Stiglitz – Trump has failed on trade (that’s good), but the economic damage is already done
Trump has failed on trade (that’s good), but the economic damage is already done
Stiglitz – Don’t expect debt payments from Puerto Rico any time soon
Don’t expect debt payments from Puerto Rico any time soon
Stiglitz – The Globalization of Our Discontent
The Globalization of Our Discontent
El-Sadr – Ending AIDS: What Got Us Here, Won’t Get Us There
Ending AIDS: What Got Us Here, Won’t Get Us There
Stiglitz – Monopolistic competition, the Dixit–Stiglitz model, and economic analysis
Monopolistic competition, the Dixit–Stiglitz model, and economic analysis
2016-2017 Annual Report Available Now
The Committee on Global Thought’s Annual Report for the 2016-2017 academic year is now available.
Tooze – Can Trump’s Go-It-Alone Approach Work in a Global Economy?
Can Trump’s Go-It-Alone Approach Work in a Global Economy?
Stiglitz – The Chilling Irony of Trump’s Economic Experiment
The Chilling Irony of Trump's Economic Experiment
New Undergraduate Seminar “Global 20: Youth in an Interconnected World”
New Undergraduate Seminar "Global 20: Youth in an Interconnected World"
Ergas – Reassembling Motherhood: Procreation and Care in a Globalized World
Reassembling Motherhood: Procreation and Care in a Globalized World
New CGT Faculty Member Yasmine Ergas
We are excited to announce our new faculty member, Yasmine Ergas.
Stiglitz – Has Trump Captured the Fed?
Has Trump Captured the Fed?
Event Summary: ‘Fight the Power’: A Global Conversation Exploring Hip-Hop and Social Consciousness
Event Summary: 'Fight the Power': A Global Conversation Exploring Hip-Hop and Social Consciousness
Ocampo – Why Reducing Inequality Must Be a Global Effort
Why Reducing Inequality Must Be a Global Effort
Morris – Conflicts and Crisis in the Faculties: The Humanities in an Age of Identity
Conflicts and Crisis in the Faculties: The Humanities in an Age of Identity
Current UAE Youth Representative to the United Nations an M.A. in Global Thought Alumnus
Omar Al Mutawa (M.A. in Global Thought, Class of 2017) is a United Arab Emirates youth representative to the United Nations. He and fellow youth representative Sarah Al Suwaidi delivered a statement
Aggarwal – Wins Honorable Mention for “The Taliban’s Virtual Emirate”
Neil Krishan Aggarwal, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, won Honorable Mention for his 2016 book "The Taliban's Virtual Emirate" at Columbia University Press's Distinguished Book Awards.
Stiglitz – America Has a Monopoly Problem–and It’s Huge
America Has a Monopoly Problem--and It's Huge
Stiglitz – Wealth before health? Why intellectual property laws are facing a counterattack
Wealth before health? Why intellectual property laws are facing a counterattack
de Menocal – A climatic context for the out-of-Africa migration
A climatic context for the out-of-Africa migration
Stiglitz – Déjà Voodoo
Déjà Voodoo
Sassen – The Assault On The Rohingya Is Not Only About Religion — It’s Also About Land
The Assault On The Rohingya Is Not Only About Religion — It’s Also About Land
Stiglitz – Where Modern Macroeconomics Went Wrong
Where Modern Macroeconomics Went Wrong
Vishakha N. Desai Named CGT Vice Chair
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Vishakha N. Desai, Senior Advisor for Global Affairs to the President and Senior Research Scholar in the School of International and Public Affairs, to
Stiglitz – Harvey spells it out: markets alone won’t protect you
Harvey spells it out: markets alone won't protect you
Aggarwal – Challenges in Treating Undocumented Immigrants
Challenges in Treating Undocumented Immigrants
Spotlight: CGT Summer Intern
Summer Intern Winslow MacDonald
Ocampo featured in “Colombia central banker says CPI surprise, weak GDP may allow more rate cuts”
Colombia central banker says CPI surprise, weak GDP may allow more rate cuts
Sassen – How the powerless can “hack” global cities
Saskia Sassen on how the powerless can “hack” global cities
Stiglitz – Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Development: A Better Set of Approaches for the 21st Century
Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Development: A Better Set of Approaches for the 21st Century
Staudinger – As You Sow, So Shall You Reap: Gender-Role Attitudes and Late-Life Cognition
As You Sow, So Shall You Reap: Gender-Role Attitudes and Late-Life Cognition
Tooze – The secret history of the banking crisis
The Secret History of the Banking Crisis
Stiglitz – Trump and the Truth About Climate Change
Trump and the Truth About Climate Change
Orlove – Glacier Countries Condemn Trump’s Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
Glacier Countries Condemn Trump’s Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
Stiglitz – Trump’s Rouge America
Trump's Rogue America
New CGT Faculty Members Patricia Culligan, Peter de Menocal, & Bernard E. Harcourt
The Committee on Global Thought welcomes three new faculty members:
Sassen – Manchester: making sense of the place, its strengths and its future
Manchester: making sense of the place, its strengths and its future
Stiglitz – Report of the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices
Report of the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices
New Global Thought Undergraduate Seminar “Inquiries into an Interconnected World”
New Undergraduate Seminar "Inquiries into an Interconnected World"
Aggarwal – The U.S. Needs Deradicalized Militants in Counter-Messaging Strategies
The U.S. Needs Deradicalized Militants in Counter-Messaging Strategies
Larkin – The Contingencies of Comparison: Rethinking Comparative Media
The Contingencies of Comparison: Rethinking Comparative Media
Podcast featuring Brian Larkin - May 5, 2017
MIT Comparative Media Studies / Writing
Click here to learn more.
Stiglitz – Lessons from the Anti-Globalists
Lessons from the Anti-Globalists
Global Think-In: Thoughts on a Changing World
Global Think-In: Thoughts on a Changing World
Stiglitz – Putin’s Illiberal Stagnation in Russia Offers a Valuable Lesson
Putin's Illiberal Stagnation in Russia Offers a Valuable Lesson
Martin – The Demagogue Takes the Stage
The Demagogue Takes the Stage
Sassen – Book Review on Jane Jacobs Biographies
Home Economics
Turning Ideas into Action: Design Session Report 2016
Bilgrami – On Fascism and the ‘Movement Vacuum’
Interview: Akeel Bilgrami on fascism and the 'movement vacuum'
Stiglitz — carbon tax suitable for Japan’s problems
Nobel laureate Stiglitz says carbon tax suitable for Japan’s problems
Sassen – Trump and the Brexit show us the mistakes of the political classes and the media
Saskia Sassen: "Trump and the Brexit show us the mistakes of the political classes and the media"
Stiglitz – Saving Puerto Rico
Letter to the Editor: Saving Puerto Rico
Stiglitz – Trump’s Most Chilling Economic Lie
Trump's Most Chilling Economic Lie
Mazower – Endless Exodus: 3,000 Years of Fearing and Depending on Refugees
Endless Exodus: 3,000 Years of Fearing and Depending on Refugees
Morris – Mediation, the Political Task: Between Language and Violence in Contemporary South Africa
Mediation, the Political Task: Between Language and Violence in Contemporary South Africa
Tooze – Donald Trump’s Wall Is No Bar to Migration from Mexico
Donald Trump's Wall Is No Bar to Migration from Mexico
Sassen – We Need More Cities
I think we need more cities: Saskia Sassen
Ocampo – Will Trump Block Latin America’s Recovery?
Will Trump Block Latin America’s Recovery?
Cooper – Journalists Need to Stick Together and Back Each Other Up
Journalists Need to Stick Together and Back Each Other Up
Stiglitz – Davos 2017: Joe Biden criticises Russia; Al Gore on climate change – as it happened
Davos 2017: Joe Biden criticises Russia; Al Gore on climate change - as it happened
Sassen – Is Rohingya persecution caused by business interests rather than religion?
Is Rohingya persecution caused by business interests rather than religion?
Gluck – Axis of Power
Axis of Power
Doyle – The UN and US both have new leaders. Do they agree?
The UN and US both have new leaders. Do they agree?
Gluck – Leaders’ Hawaii remarks include veiled message for Trump: experts
Leaders’ Hawaii remarks include veiled message for Trump: experts
Gluck – In Pearl Harbor Visit, a Symbol of Reconciliation in Japan
In Pearl Harbor Visit, a Symbol of Reconciliation in Japan
Tooze – A General Logic of Crisis
Tooze - A General Logic of Crisis
Sassen – Whither our cityscape?
Whither our cityscape?
Gluck — Politics of Memory Surrounding Pearl Harbor’s 75th Anniversary
Carol Gluck discusses the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor and the Politics of Memory.
Orlove — Ben Orlove speaks at IPCC Scoping Meeting
Ben Orlove speaks at IPCC Scoping Meeting
Stiglitz — Panama Struggles to Shed Its Image as a Magnet for Shady Deals
Panama Struggles to Shed Its Image as a Magnet for Shady Deals
Wafaa El-Sadr — Southern Africa’s AIDS epidemic takes nosedive
Southern Africa’s AIDS epidemic takes nosedive
Mazower — The history man: how Saul Friedländer told his own story
The history man: how Saul Friedländer told his own story
Ocampo — Doing Business Should Stop Promoting Tax Competition
Doing Business Should Stop Promoting Tax Competition
Stiglitz — Global powers should act to shut down offshore tax havens
Global powers should act to shut down offshore tax havens, economist Joseph Stiglitz says
Stiglitz — The Building of Donald Trump’s White House
The Building of Donald Trump's White House
Isiksel – Prepare For Regime Change, Not Policy Change
Prepare For Regime Change, Not Policy Change
Tooze – A historian’s take on Trump’s economic plan for blue-collar, manufacturing jobs
A historian’s take on Trump’s economic plan for blue-collar, manufacturing jobs
Tooze – How Trump’s economic proposals offer a vision from the past
How Trump’s economic proposals offer a vision from the past
Mazower — Ideas that fed the beast of fascism flourish today
Ideas that fed the beast of fascism flourish today
Diouf — African Diaspora Seeks More Opportunities From Next US President
African Diaspora Seeks More Opportunities From Next US President
Stiglitz — Trump win may induce Fed not to raise rates
Trump win may induce Fed not to raise rate
Diouf — Obama’s Disappointing Legacy in Africa
Obama's Disappointing Legacy in Africa
Sassen — Top-Down, Bottom-Up Urban Design
Top-Down, Bottom-Up Urban Design
Doyle — In new UN chief, redefining what’s needed to be world’s ‘top diplomat’
In new UN chief, redefining what's needed to be world's 'top diplomat'
Gluck — Carol Gluck speaks at UK-Japan Global Seminar Series
Carol Gluck speaks at UK-Japan Global Seminar Series
Gluck — Carol Gluck to be Discussant in Beyond the “San Francisco System” Conference Panel
Carol Gluck to be Discussant in Beyond the “San Francisco System” Conference Panel
Bilgrami and Morris — Akeel Bilgrami and Rosalind Morris in Panel Discussion on Future of Scholarly Knowledge
Akeel Bilgrami and Rosalind Morris in Panel Discussion on Future of Scholarly Knowledge
Doyle — Who Is The New U.N. Secretary-General?
Who Is The New U.N. Secretary-General?
Orlove — Glacier Countries Help the Paris Agreement Enter into Force
Glacier Countries Help the Paris Agreement Enter into Force
Doyle — António Guterres to be next UN secretary general
António Guterres to be next UN secretary general
Doyle — Portugal’s Guterres Wins Unanimous Backing to Lead the UN
Portugal’s Guterres Wins Unanimous Backing to Lead the UN
Doyle — Former prime minister of Portugal poised to become U.N. secretary general
Former prime minister of Portugal poised to become U.N. secretary general
Doyle — Security Council Backs António Guterres to Be Next U.N. Secretary General
Security Council Backs António Guterres to Be Next U.N. Secretary General
Orlove — Norwegian Institute Releases Video Interview
Norwegian Institute Releases Video Interview with Ben Orlove
Stiglitz — A Better Economic Plan for Japan
A Better Economic Plan for Japan
Stiglitz — Can the euro zone and euro be saved?
Can the euro zone and euro be saved? Stiglitz weighs in
Bulliet – Mayor hails tenants at One World Trade Center: ‘Terrorists lost’
Mayor hails tenants at One World Trade Center: ‘Terrorists lost’
Desai – Worcester Art Museum Hosts Talk on Contemporary Art of India on Sept. 15
Worcester Art Museum Hosts Talk on Contemporary Art of India on Sept. 15
Ocampo – Colombia’s Long Road to Peace
Colombia’s Long Road to Peace
Morris, Larkin – Why do we still use the term ‘sub-Saharan Africa’?
Why do we still use the term ‘sub-Saharan Africa’?
Stiglitz – Joseph Stiglitz Warns Nicola Sturgeon against independent Scotland adopting pound or euro
Joseph Stiglitz warns Nicola Sturgeon against independent Scotland adopting pound or euro
Stiglitz – Greenspan Sees U.S. Interest Rates Rising Soon, Perhaps Rapidly
Greenspan Sees U.S. Interest Rates Rising Soon, Perhaps Rapidly
Orlove – Melting Glaciers Pose Threat Beyond Water Scarcity: Floods
Melting Glaciers Pose Threat Beyond Water Scarcity: Floods
Desai – The Mahatma in Manhattan
The Mahatma in Manhattan
Stiglitz – Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mark Pieth: Why We Left the Panama Commission
Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mark Pieth: Why We Left the Panama Commission
Stiglitz – Panama Papers Commission ‘Will Have No Credibility,’ Former Chair Joseph Stiglitz Says
Panama Papers Commission ‘Will Have No Credibility,’ Former Chair Joseph Stiglitz Says
Gluck – Emperor Akihito’s Mark on Modern Japan
Emperor Akihito's Mark on Modern Japan
Gluck – In Japan, an Emperor Constrained by History and a National Identity Crisis
In Japan, an Emperor Constrained by History and a National Identity Crisis
Gluck – What Does the Japanese Emperor Do?
What Does the Japanese Emperor Do?
Ocampo – Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro Looks to a Marxist Spaniard for an Economic Miracle
Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro Looks to a Marxist Spaniard for an Economic Miracle
Sassen – Investment in urban land is on the rise – we need to know who owns our cities
Investment in urban land is on the rise – we need to know who owns our cities
Mazower – The value of Karl Marx’s 19th century thinking in today’s world
The value of Karl Marx’s 19th century thinking in today’s world
Stiglitz – Trump and the damage done
Trump and the damage done
Mazower – Europe has to defend what it has achieved so far
Europe has to defend what it has achieved so far
Çubukçu – It’s the will of the Turkish people, Erdogan says. But which people?
It’s the will of the Turkish people, Erdogan says. But which people?
Mehrling – Cash-Strapped Governments Enjoy a Windfall in Low Borrowing Costs
Cash-Strapped Governments Enjoy a Windfall in Low Borrowing Costs
Sassen – Brexit: London can safeguard its global city status
Brexit: London can safeguard its global city status
Stiglitz – Could Hillary Clinton Become the Champion of the 99 Percent?
Could Hillary Clinton Become the Champion of the 99 Percent?
Isiksel – 5 Questions on the Unrest in Turkey
5 Questions on the Unrest in Turkey
Ocampo – G-20 leadership to strengthen China’s international profile, if it can overcome reputational issues
G-20 leadership to strengthen China's international profile, if it can overcome reputational issues
Bulliet – Turkey has had several military coups in its modern history. A historian explains why.
Turkey has had several military coups in its modern history. A historian explains why.
Ocampo – Realizing the Potential of China’s G20 Presidency
Realizing the Potential of China’s G20 Presidency
Isiksel – The British people have spoken. But what exactly did they say?
The British people have spoken. But what exactly did they say?
Ocampo – How Puerto Rico Can Recover
How Puerto Rico Can Recover
Sassen – Redefining notions of urban intelligence
Redefining notions of urban intelligence
Tooze – Book Review: The Road to Britain’s Retreat
Book Review: The Road to Britain’s Retreat
Svejnar – 5 Questions with Economics Professor Jan Svejnar on Brexit
5 Questions with Economics Professor Jan Svejnar on Brexit
Stiglitz – Learning from Namibia
Learning from Namibia
Bilgrami – Nehru’s secularism was non-European
Nehru’s secularism was non-European: Bilgrami
Desai – A New Era for The U.S. and India?
A New Era for The U.S. and India?
Ponsa – Are American Samoans American?
Are American Samoans American?
Stiglitz – Sovereign debt: Curing defaults
Sovereign debt: Curing defaults
Marcus – ‘This Too Shall Pass,’ by Milena Busquets
‘This Too Shall Pass,’ by Milena Busquets
Sassen – Unpredictability is an important factor in making a metropolis great
Unpredictability is an important factor in making a metropolis great
Gluck – Obama’s ‘never again’ message in Hiroshima rings strong
Obama’s ‘never again’ message in Hiroshima rings strong: U.S. expert
Gluck – Historian: Even Without Apology, Obama Visit To Hiroshima Is Historic, Important
Historian: Even Without Apology, Obama Visit To Hiroshima Is Historic, Important
Gluck – Japanese and Americans remember the closing chapter of World War II so very differently
Japanese and Americans remember the closing chapter of World War II so very differently
Ocampo – Ivy Leaguers Keep Grip on Colombia Economy Amid Drug Chaos
Ivy Leaguers Keep Grip on Colombia Economy Amid Drug Chaos
Mazower – ‘East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity’, by Philippe Sands
‘East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity’, by Philippe Sands
Orlove – For This Green Smoothie, the First Ingredient Is Frog
For This Green Smoothie, the First Ingredient Is Frog
Gluck – Visiting Hiroshima Without Revisiting History
Visiting Hiroshima Without Revisiting History
Mazower – Berlin should be careful what it wishes for
Berlin should be careful what it wishes for
Gluck – How Japan and the U.S. Remember World War II
How Japan and the U.S. Remember World War II
Sassen – Going Beyond the Minimum
Going Beyond the Minimum
Bulliet – Wheel Revolutions
The Forum: Wheel Revolutions
Tajbakhsh – Is Aung San Suu Kyi a Racist?
Is Aung San Suu Kyi a Racist?
Sassen – How Jane Jacobs changed the way we look at cities
How Jane Jacobs changed the way we look at cities
Mazower – A Europe of Donald Trumps?
A Europe of Donald Trumps?
Stiglitz – Europe’s Economy, After 8-Year Detour, Is Fitfully Back on Track
Europe’s Economy, After 8-Year Detour, Is Fitfully Back on Track
Mazower – Trump, Le Pen and the enduring appeal of nationalism
Trump, Le Pen and the enduring appeal of nationalism
Stiglitz – A Conversation with Joseph Stiglitz
A Conversation With Joseph Stiglitz
Wimmer – Andreas Wimmer Awarded Honorary Degree from McGill University
Honorary Degree Recipients Announced
Diouf and Larkin – New Directions in Nollywood and Nigerian Cinema
The Institute of African Studies presents:
Morris – Rosalind Morris Awarded 2015-16 GSAC Faculty Mentoring Award
Rosalind Morris Awarded 2015-16 GSAC Faculty Mentoring Award
Stiglitz – What’s Wrong With Negative Rates?
What’s Wrong With Negative Rates?
Gluck – Carol Gluck Delivers The Fourth Annual Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Memorial Lecture
Carol Gluck Delivers The Fourth Annual Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Memorial Lecture
Bulliet – How Big Data is Changing History
How Big Data is Changing History
Stiglitz – How Hedge Funds Held Argentina for Ransom
How Hedge Funds Held Argentina for Ransom
Stiglitz – Joseph Stiglitz To Canada: Stay Away From Flawed, Pro-Big Business TPP
Joseph Stiglitz To Canada: Stay Away From Flawed, Pro-Big Business TPP
Bulliet – Off the Rails: The Misunderstood History of the Wheel
Off the Rails: The Misunderstood History of the Wheel
Chatterjee – The state is not meant to regulate speech: Watch Professor Partha Chatterjee’s lecture on ‘azaadi’
The State Is Not Meant To Regulate Speech: Watch Professor Partha Chatterjee's lecture on 'azaadi'
Desai – Record Number Of Indian-American Women Running For Public Office In 2016
Record Number Of Indian-American Women Running For Public Office In 2016
Stiglitz – Stiglitz Takes the Hot Seat in Japanese Tax Debate
Stiglitz Takes the Hot Seat in Japanese Tax Debate
Desai – Who Owns Art?
Who Owns Art?
Ponsa – Bloomberg Law Brief: Judge Goes Against Supreme Court (Audio)
Bloomberg Law Brief: Judge Goes Against Supreme Court (Audio)
Becker – Roundabout Teams Up With Columbia University
Roundabout Teams Up With Columbia University
Bilgrami – Philosophy book compiles expert analysis on non-Western secularity
Philosophy book compiles expert analysis on non-Western secularity
Sassen – Urban Aspiration
Urban Aspiration
Bilgrami – Taking back our universities
Taking back our universities
Staudinger – Age-Old Issue Gets Diminished in Election 2016
Age-Old Issue Gets Diminished in Election 2016
Stiglitz – Inequality Is Shaping U.S. Electoral Politics, Stiglitz Says
Inequality Is Shaping U.S. Electoral Politics, Stiglitz Says
Stiglitz – UK Should Consider Brexit If EU Signs TTIP, Suggests Labour Economics Adviser Joseph Stiglitz
UK Should Consider Brexit If EU Signs TTIP, Suggests Labour Economics Adviser Joseph Stiglitz
Becker – Environmental Art: Proposal for a Future World
Environmental Art: Proposal for a Future World
Bulliet – Why goats used to breastfeed human babies
Why goats used to breastfeed human babies
Svejnar – How Billionaires Affect the Economy
Faculty Q&A with Jan Svejnar: How Billionaires Affect the Economy
Tooze – 5 Questions: On Europe’s Challenges From Migration to Debt
5 Questions: History Professor Adam Tooze on Europe's Challenges From Migration to Debt
Stiglitz – Closing Developing Countries’ Capital Drain
Closing Developing Countries’ Capital Drain
Gluck – From Osaka to Tokyo, Carol Gluck Speaks at Japanese Universities
From Osaka to Tokyo, Carol Gluck Speaks at Japanese Universities
Stiglitz – What’s holding back the world economy?
What's holding back the world economy?
Sassen – “We have entered a new era that the language of inequality cannot capture”
Sassen: “We have entered a new era that the language of inequality cannot capture”
Bulliet – “The Wheel: Inventions and Reinventions” by Richard W. Bulliet – Book Launch
"The Wheel: Inventions and Reinventions" by Richard W. Bulliet - Book Launch
Stiglitz – Argentina’s Uncertain Prospects
Argentina’s Uncertain Prospects
Stiglitz – China’s Bumpy New Normal
China’s Bumpy New Normal
Mazower – Lessons from the past are key to Europe’s survival
Lessons from the past are key to Europe’s survival
Stiglitz – Davos Blasts Turkey’s Blacklisting of Professors
Stiglitz at Davos Blasts Turkey's Blacklisting of Professors
Tajbakhsh – Remembering Rajni Kothari and His Wisdom on Things Political
Remembering Rajni Kothari and His Wisdom on Things Political
Becker – Technology Is Destroying Our Inner Lives
Technology Is Destroying Our Inner Lives
Stiglitz – Davos Veterans Say Stop Worrying About China’s Market Meltdown
Davos Veterans Say Stop Worrying About China's Market Meltdown
Gluck – Carol Gluck Participates in International Symposium on Mass Violence in Asia and Europe
Carol Gluck Participates in International Symposium on Mass Violence in Asia and Europe
Stiglitz – Stiglitz Says China Slowdown Gradual, Not Cataclysmic
Stiglitz Says China Slowdown Gradual, Not Cataclysmic
Stiglitz – The New Geo-Economics
The New Geo-Economics
Bilgrami – Gandhi, Nehru strove for inclusive polity: Bilgrami
Gandhi, Nehru strove for inclusive polity: Bilgrami
Svejnar – Cronyism is behind the worst kind of inequality
Cronyism is behind the worst kind of inequality
Sassen – ‘A monster crawls into the city’ – an urban fairytale by Saskia Sassen
'A monster crawls into the city' – an urban fairytale by Saskia Sassen
Sassen – How Merkel Gets It Right With Refugees
How Merkel Gets It Right With Refugees
Park – The Cost of Digital Exposure
The Cost of Digital Exposure
Stiglitz – When Inequality Kills
When Inequality Kills
Desai – The 2015 Arts & Museum Summit
The 2015 Arts & Museum Summit
Stiglitz – Soaring House Prices are Widening Inequality
Soaring House Prices Are Widening Inequality, So Raise Property Taxes, Stiglitz Tells Canada
Doyle – When to Intervene
When to Intervene: What Would John Stuart Mill Do About Syria?
Kaya – CGT Post-doc Ayse Kaya Book Release: “Power and Global Economic Institutions”
CGT Post-doc Ayse Kaya Book Release: "Power and Global Economic Institutions"
Sassen – Who Owns Our Cities
Who owns our cities – and why this urban takeover should concern us all
Ocampo – Argentina’s Comeback Will Be Oversold
Argentina's Comeback Will Be Oversold
Svejnar – How I Got There
How I Got There: Jan Svejnar
Mazower – The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire
The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire by Susan Pedersen review – the legacy of an unlikely hero
El-Sadr – Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr named Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health
Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr named Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health
Stiglitz – A Step Forward for Sovereign Debt
A Step Forward for Sovereign Debt
Stiglitz – Small-bore reform won’t cut it: Joseph Stiglitz says it’s time to “rewrite the rules” of the U.S. economy
Small-bore reform won’t cut it: Joseph Stiglitz says it’s time to “rewrite the rules” of the U.S. economy
Stiglitz – Here’s How to Fix Inequality
Stiglitz: Here's How to Fix Inequality
Ocampo – A Special Moment for Special Drawing Rights
A Special Moment for Special Drawing Rights
Desai – Civil hands must soothe uncivil tempers
Civil hands must soothe uncivil tempers
Staudinger – This is your brain on retirement — not nearly as sharp, studies are finding
This is your brain on retirement — not nearly as sharp, studies are finding
Stiglitz – White House Asks Congress To Pass Major Puerto Rico Debt Relief
White House Asks Congress To Pass Major Puerto Rico Debt Relief
Sassen – Trust – in a system built in stone
Trust - In a System Built in Stone
Tooze – Wages of Destruction
Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi War Economy
Stiglitz – Tax avoidance fuels global inequality
Tax avoidance fuels global inequality
Tooze – Finalist for 2015 Kirkus Prize
Adam Tooze Nominated for 2015 Kirkus Prize
Gluck – Keynote Address: “The Comfort Women and the Politics of Memory in East Asia”
Columbia University professor and CGT Chair Carol Gluck delivered a keynote address at the Fifth Congress of Asian and Pacific Studies in Paris on September 9, 2015, titled "The Comfort Women and the
Gluck – Africa-Asia: A New Axis of Knowledge ‘Rethinking Asian Studies in a Global Context’
Carol Gluck, Columbia University professor and chair of the Committee on Global Thought, chaired and participated in several panels at the Africa-Asia: A New Axis of Knowledgeinternational conference
Diouf – Keynote Address: “‘(Re)Appropriating the World’: Discourses of Subjectivities and Communities. Cases from Senegal”
On September 24, 2015, Mamadou Diouf, Columbia professor, director of the Institute for African Studies, and member of the Committee on Global Thought, delivered the keynote address titled
Stiglitz – The Trans-Pacific Free-Trade Charade
The Trans-Pacific Free-Trade Charade
Sassen – Europe’s Story: Layers of Migration
Europe's Story: Layers of Migration
Doyle – Overcoming the Refugee Obstacle Course
Overcoming the Refugee Obstacle Course
Doyle – ‘This progress is real’: Obama makes case for diplomacy in blunt UN speech
'This progress is real': Obama makes case for diplomacy in blunt UN speech
Stiglitz – As Wealth Inequality Soars, One City Shows the Way
As Wealth Inequality Soars, One City Shows the Way
Doyle – Syria, Ebola Failures Highlight UN Shortcomings
Syria, Ebola Failures Highlight UN Shortcomings
Desai – Can the World Save Antiquities Under Terrorist Threat?
Can the World Save Antiquities Under Terrorist Threat?
Mazower – Never forget: the Holocaust as history and warning
Never Forget: the Holocaust as History and Warning
Gluck – The Seventieth Anniversary of World War II’s End in Asia
The Seventieth Anniversary of World War II's End in Asia: Three Perspectives
UCGT – Students share concerns about accessibility to global centers at World Leaders Forum event
Students share concerns about accessibility to global centers at World Leaders Forum event
Morris – Opera Essentials: Cities of Salt
Congratulations to CGT member, Rosalind Morris in her performances in Cities of Salt this summer!
Stiglitz – Fed Up with the Fed
Fed Up with the Fed
Ocampo – Why the commodities super cycle was a myth
Why the commodities super cycle was a myth
Chatterjee – US academics raise concerns over PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Digital India’ campaign
US academics raise concerns over PM Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' campaign
Doyle – As tragedies shock Europe, a bigger refugee crisis looms in the Middle East
As tragedies shock Europe, a bigger refugee crisis looms in the Middle East
Stiglitz – Fed Officials Say a September Rate Increase Is Still on the Table
Fed Officials Say a September Rate Increase Is Still on the Table
Stiglitz – Rewriting the rules with Joseph Stiglitz
Rewriting the rules with Joseph Stiglitz
Stiglitz – “Deep-Seatedly Wrong” Economic Thinking Is Killing Greece
Joseph Stiglitz: "Deep-Seatedly Wrong" Economic Thinking Is Killing Greece
Stiglitz – The International Tax System is ‘Repulsive And Inequitable.’ Here’s A Way To Fix It.
The International Tax System is 'Repulsive And Inequitable.' Here's A Way To Fix It.
Stiglitz – What the United States Owes Puerto Rico
What the United States Owes Puerto Rico
Doyle – UN approves probe into gas attacks in Syria: Way forward to address civil war?
UN approves probe into gas attacks in Syria: Way forward to address civil war?
Stiglitz – America in the Way
America in the Way
Ocampo – A Defeat for International Tax Cooperation
A Defeat for International Tax Cooperation
Mazower – Berlin’s devotion to rules harms EU
Berlin’s devotion to rules harms EU
Stiglitz – Unsurprising Jeremy Corbyn is a Labour leadership contender
Joseph Stiglitz: unsurprising Jeremy Corbyn is a Labour leadership contender
Stiglitz – Greece, the Sacrificial Lamb
Greece, the Sacrificial Lamb
Martin – Renewal Projects, Down to the Sidewalks, Highlight Social Divides
Renewal Projects, Down to the Sidewalks, Highlight Social Divides
Stiglitz – The U.S. Must Save Greece
Joseph E. Stiglitz: The U.S. Must Save Greece
Stiglitz – Europe must back away from Greek austerity cliff
Europe must back away from Greek austerity cliff: Joseph Stiglitz
Ocampo – International Taxation and Global Development
International Taxation and Global Development
Sassen – Three rarely (if ever) mentioned or repeated facts in the Greek tragedy
Saskia Sassen: Three rarely –if ever– mentioned or repeated facts in the Greek tragedy
Stiglitz – Top economists see ‘No’ vote as Greece’s least-worst choice
Top economists see 'No' vote as Greece's least-worst choice
Sassen – IMF, EU elites ignore those swept aside by austerity measures
IMF, EU elites ignore those swept aside by austerity measures
Mazower – Don’t Bet on Syriza
Don’t Bet on Syriza
Stiglitz – Europe’s Attack on Greek Democracy
Europe’s Attack on Greek Democracy
Desai – Attitudes on women must change
Vishakha N. Desai: Attitudes on women must change
Mazower – A last chance for Alexis Tsipras to choose country over party
A last chance for Alexis Tsipras to choose country over party
Venkatesh – Thinking Small: 3 Ways to Remain Creative in a World of Big Data
Thinking Small: 3 Ways to Remain Creative in a World of Big Data
Stiglitz – Greece’s creditors need a dose of reality – this is no time for European disunion
Greece's creditors need a dose of reality – this is no time for European disunion
Stiglitz – Energy reform: will Mexico’s newest revolution boost renewables – or just fossil fuels?
Energy reform: will Mexico's newest revolution boost renewables – or just fossil fuels?
Ocampo – It’s Time To End The Legal Fiction Of International Corporate Taxes, Nobel Prize Winner Says
It's Time To End The Legal Fiction Of International Corporate Taxes, Nobel Prize Winner Says
Mazower – In Greek Town, Reparations Claim Against Germany Hits Home
In Greek Town, Reparations Claim Against Germany Hits Home
Stiglitz – How Trade Agreements Amount to a Secret Corporate Takeover
How Trade Agreements Amount to a Secret Corporate Takeover
Desai – The Case for Liberal Arts Education
The Case for Liberal Arts Education
Diouf – Mamadou Diouf Honored by French Government
Mamadou Diouf, Columbia professor and the director of the Institute for African Studies, has been named a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. Diouf was singled out for his role in engaging
Gluck – Far Outside and Deep Within: More Novels on World War II
Far Outside and Deep Within: More Novels on World War II
Mazower – World No Longer Listens to the Deaf Prophets of the West
World No Longer Listens to the Deaf Prophets of the West
Stiglitz – Nobel winner Stiglitz: “American Dream is a myth”
Nobel winner Stiglitz: "American Dream is a myth"
Gluck – Centers in Istanbul and Amman to Host Global Think-Ins
Centers in Istanbul and Amman to Host Global Think-Ins
Stiglitz – Asia’s Multilateralism
Asia’s Multilateralism
Bilgrami – Secularism in a Philosopher’s View
Secularism in a Philosopher’s View
Sassen – Global Cities Reach Beyond National Boundaries to Advance International Agendas
Global Cities Reach Beyond National Boundaries to Advance International Agendas
Desai – ‘I am exploring how to use culture to address foreign policy’
‘I am exploring how to use culture to address foreign policy’
Bilgrami – Who’s Afraid of Academic Freedom
Who's Afraid of Academic Freedom edited by Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan R. Cole
Stiglitz – To Fight Inequality, Tax Land
To Fight Inequality, Tax Land
Desai – Kochi Biennale
Kochi Biennale accords Indian artists global context: Experts
Mazower – End of the Ottoman Empire
End of the Ottoman Empire
Stiglitz – Don’t Trade Away Our Health
Don't Trade Away Our Health
Stiglitz – Education Missing From Income Debate
Education Missing From Income Debate: Joseph Stiglitz
Venkatesh – Book Review: “Ghettoside”
'Ghettoside' focuses on one L.A. murder to make case for more policing
Sassen – Why The Paris Attacks May Signal A Shift In Extremist Violence
Why The Paris Attacks May Signal A Shift In Extremist Violence
Stiglitz – The Politics of Economic Stupidity
The Politics of Economic Stupidity
Mazower – Review of Tony Judt’s Essays
‘When the Facts Change: Essays 1995-2010’, by Tony Judt, edited by Jennifer Homans
Stiglitz – Harsh Words for US Policy Makers on China
Stiglitz has Harsh Words for US Policy Makers on China
Bilgrami – Scholar Links Today’s Indian Nationalism to European Xenophobia
Scholar Links Today's Indian Nationalism to European Xenophobia
Sassen – Keep an Eye on These Emerging Market Cities
Keep an Eye on These Emerging Market Cities
Stiglitz – The Chinese Century
The Chinese Century
Mazower – After the Crisis, the Nation State Strikes Back
After the Crisis, the Nation State Strikes Back
UCGT – Students Discuss Ideas, Concerns about Global Education
Students Discuss Ideas, Concerns about Global Education
Ocampo – Pessimism on IMF Reforms
Pessimism on IMF Reforms
Stiglitz – Ebola and Inequality
Ebola and Inequality
Sassen – These Charts Show Growing Numbers of People Being Excluded From the Economy
These Charts Show Growing Numbers of People Being Excluded From the Economy
Desai – Malala Yousafzai, Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Adds to Her Achievements and Expectations
Malala Yousafzai, Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Adds to Her Achievements and Expectations
Sassen – The Vultures of Wall Street
The Vultures of Wall Street: The Financial Firms that Prey on Sovereign Debt
Admission application for fall 2015 is now live.
Admission application for fall 2015 is now live. Click here for more information.
El-Sadr – End of AIDS—Hype versus Hope
End of AIDS—Hype versus Hope
Sassen – A Short History of Vultures
A Short History of Vultures
Stiglitz – Growing Inequality Betrays U.S. Moral Values
Stiglitz Says Growing Inequality Betrays U.S. Moral Values
Stiglitz – Medellín’s Metamorphosis Provides a Beacon for Cities Across the Globe
Medellín's Metamorphosis Provides a Beacon for Cities Across the Globe
Gluck & Stiglitz – A Professor Walks Into a Bar
Several members of the Committee on Global Thought participated in the new event series Raising the Bar, which hosts talks by professors in bars around New York City. Carol Gluck and Joseph Stiglitz
Sassen – The Future of Capitalism
The Future of Capitalism
Sassen – Chicago’s Tech Rebirth
Chicago's Tech Rebirth
Desai – College Selects Five Honorary Degree Recipients for Commencement
CGT faculty member Vishakha Desai has been selected as one of five by Williams College to receive at honorary degree at the school's commencement ceremony on June 8, 2014. Michael R. Bloomberg,
Stiglitz & Doyle – Eliminating Extreme Inequality: A Sustainable Development Goal, 2015–2030
Eliminating Extreme Inequality: A Sustainable Development Goal, 2015–2030
Bilgrami – Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment, by Akeel Bilgrami
The Committee on Global Thought congratulates Akeel Bilgrami on the release of his new book, Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment, published by Harvard University Press. Click here for more details.
Stiglitz – The Insanity of Our Food Policy
The Insanity of Our Food Policy
Stiglitz – The Innovation Enigma
The Innovation Enigma
Pistor – German Court Decision: Legal Authority and Deep Power Implications
German Court Decision: Legal Authority and Deep Power Implications
Postel – Syria, Russia and What Can Be Done: Some Questions for Bob Dreyfuss
Danny Postel is the Associate Director at the Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver. Postel co-edited The Syria Dilemma with Nader Hashemi who spoke at the Committee on Global
Stiglitz- Minimum Wage Fight: Here We Go Again
Minimum Wage Fight: Here We Go Again
Sassen – Cities of the Present, Cities of the Future: The Future Skyline
Cities of the Present, Cities of the Future: The Future Skyline
Gluck – Professor Distinguishes Fact from Fiction in World War II History
Professor Distinguishes Fact from Fiction in World War II History
Stiglitz & Sassen – GDI Global Thought Leaders 2013
The Global Thought Leaders, 2013
Mazower – Baby Boomers Have Failed a Doomed Generation
Baby Boomers Have Failed a Doomed Generation
Evans – As We Remember the Atrocities of the 20th Century, We Must Change the Way We Think About Mass Violence
As We Remember the Atrocities of the 20th Century, We Must Change the Way We Think About Mass Violence
Pamuk – Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul
Orhan Pamuk, who spoke at the Committee on Global Thought's event, Conversations on Memory: Literature, Neuroscience, History on November 19th, 2013, discusses his upbringing in Istanbul and
Desai – Culture Matters: The Case of Devyani Khobragade and India-US Relations
Culture Matters: The Case of Devyani Khobragade and India-US Relations
Stiglitz – Rent Seeking
Rent Seeking
Stiglitz – Japan’s ‘3 Arrow’ Plan has 1 Big Problem
Stiglitz: Japan's '3 Arrow' Plan has 1 Big Problem
Stiglitz – Japan’s Recovery at Risk of Stalling on ‘Premature’ Tax Rise Fears Nobel Economist Stiglitz
Japan's Recovery at Risk of Stalling on 'Premature' Tax Rise Fears Nobel Economist Stiglitz
Stiglitz – On How to Fix the Income Gap
Stiglitz On How to Fix the Income Gap
Evans – Disposable Life
During his time as a Visiting Scholar at the Committee on Global Thought from August 2013 to January 2014, Dr. Brad Evans conducted a series of videos interviews with Committee members and Columbia
Stiglitz – A Dismal New Year for the Global Economy
A Dismal New Year for the Global Economy
Bolton – Elected President of the American Finance Association
Patrick Bolton, Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Finance and Economics, has been elected president of the American Finance Association. Bolton will succeed out-going president, Luigi
Ocampo – Honorary Doctorate from Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Professor José Antonio Ocampo is recognized by his home country's most distinguished institution for scholarly achievement and service on the world stage.
Stigltiz – AAPSS Awards 2014 Moynihan Prize to Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor and Co-chair of the Committee on Global Thought, was awarded the 2014 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize by the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences,
2012-2013 Annual Report Available Now
The Committee on Global Thought's Annual Report for the 2012-2013 academic year is now available.
UCGT – Bollinger Talks Globalizing Core at Forum
Bollinger Talks Globalizing Core at Forum
Stiglitz – The Insanity of Our Food Policy
The Insanity of Our Food Policy
Venkatesh – “Rogue Sociologist” Embeds With Prostitutes and Crack Dealers in NYC
"Rogue Sociologist" Embeds With Prostitutes and Crack Dealers in NYC
Gluck, Diouf, & Bilgrami – Alliance Program Grants
Carol Gluck, Mamadou Diouf and Akeel Bilgrami have been awarded Alliance Program Grants for Joint Projects for 2014-2015.
Mazower – The Future of Democracy
The Future of Democracy
Admission application for fall 2015 is is now live
Admission application for fall 2015 is is now live. Click here for more information.
Sassen & Hansen – High-Profile Professors Sound off on NSA Surveillance
High-Profile Professors Sound off on NSA Surveillance
Stiglitz – ‘Creating a Learning Society,’ and the Implications for Industrial Policy
Joseph Stiglitz: 'Creating a Learning Society,' and the Implications for Industrial Policy
Stiglitz – How Dr. King Shaped My Work in Economics
How Dr. King Shaped My Work in Economics
Ocampo – The Global Implications of Falling Commodity Prices
The Global Implications of Falling Commodity Prices
Bolton – British Academy Welcomes 59 New Fellows
British Academy Welcomes 59 New Fellows
Sassen – AD Interviews: Saskia Sassen
AD Interviews: Saskia Sassen
Stiglitz – The Wrong Lessons From Detroit’s Bankruptcy
The Wrong Lessons From Detroit's Bankruptcy
El-Sadr – Faculty Q&A With Wafaa El-Sadr
Faculty Q&A With Wafaa El-Sadr
Gluck – 2012‑2013 Faculty Mentoring Award
Carol Gluck, member of the Committee on Global Thought and George Sansom Professor of History, is the recipient of the 2012- 2013 Faculty Mentoring Award for faculty in the Graduate School of Arts and
Sassen – Prince of Asturias Laureate in Social Sciences
Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in Social Sciences on May 15, 2013. This award, convened by the Prince of Asturias Foundation honors
Desai – Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Swears In Five Presidential Appointees to the National Museum and Library Services Board
Vishakha Desai, Special Advisor for Global Affairs to President Lee Bollinger and Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of International and Public Affairs, has been named a board member
El-Sadr – Martin Chalfie and Wafaa El-Sadr Appointed University Professors
Martin Chalfie and Wafaa El-Sadr Appointed University Professors
Ocampo – Q&A: Moving Away from “Elite Multilateralism”
Q&A: Moving Away from “Elite Multilateralism”
Sassen – Drones Over There, Total Surveillance Over Here
Drones Over There, Total Surveillance Over Here
Ocampo – Closing of Nominations for President of World Bank
Closing of Nominations for President of World Bank
UCGT – Committee discusses Occupy, global solidarity
Committee discusses Occupy, global solidarity
Coatsworth – Appointed Permanent Provost of Columbia University
In a statement released on the morning of Friday, Febuary 17, 2012, Lee C. Bollinger, President of Columbia University, confirmed the appointment of John Coatsworth to the permanent position of
Sassen & Stiglitz – The Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers
The Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers
Committee Strives to Globalize Curriculum, Campus Mind-set
Committee Strives to Globalize Curriculum, Campus Mind-set