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The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government hosts a weekly Business & Government seminar series that covers a variety of topics at the intersection of business and government. Below is a selection of our most recent events.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 69:12


    Eran Nitzan on Challenges and Opportunities in the Israeli Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 57:37


    This seminar was given on January 30, 2020 as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series. It was given by Eran Nitzan, Minister of Economic Affairs, The Embassy of Israel to the United States.

    Florian Berg on The Divergence of Corporate Sustainability Ratings

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 70:45


    This seminar, Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of Corporate Sustainability Ratings, was given on November 7, 2019 by Florian Berg, Research Fellow at MIT Sloan School of Management, as part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Nourishing Africa's 2.4 Billion: Leapfrogging Through Innovation and Technology

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 65:36


    This seminar was given by Ndidi Nwuneli, co-founder of AACE Foods and Managing Partner, Sahel Consulting. She is a former senior fellow at M-RCBG. This seminar was given as part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government seminar series and was also held on World Food Day, October 15, 2019.

    Christopher Hart on Autonomous Vehicle Benefits and Challenges

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 70:38


    This seminar, given on October 10, 2019, was delivered by Christopher Hart, former chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and is titled Autonomous Vehicle Benefits and Challenges: A Regulatory Policy Program Seminar.

    Avoiding Government Meltdown: Are there effective legal solutions to unaffordable pension liabilities?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 71:47


    This seminar was given on September 26, 2019 and was given by James E. Spiotto, Managing Director, Chapman Strategic Advisors LLC; Allan Fung, Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island; and Larry R. Deetjen, The Village Manager of Oak Lawn, Illinois. It was given as part of M-RCBG's weekly seminar series and was co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, also at HKS.

    Listokin on Law and Macroeconomics: Legal Remedies to Recessions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 73:01


    This seminar was given on May 2, 2019 by Yair Listokin, Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School, as part of M-RCBG's weekly business and government seminar series.

    Tom Wheeler on New Rules for New Tech

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 68:33


    This seminar was given on April 11, 2019 by Tom Wheeler, M-RCBG senior research fellow and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman (2013-2017) as part of M-RCBG's weekly seminar series.

    Karen Mills on Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019 64:48


    This seminar was given by Karen Mills, former M-RCBG senior fellow and former Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (2009-2013) on April 4, 2019. It was given as part of the Regulatory Policy Program's weekly seminar series.

    Raghuram Rajan on The Third Pillar: How Markets & The State Leave Community Behind

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2019 59:20


    This seminar was given on April 1, 2019 by Raghuram Rajan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (2013-2016) as part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Bill Overholt on "Will Xi Jinping Be Successful?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 76:10


    This seminar was given on March 28, 2019 by Bill Overholt, M-RCBG senior research fellow. It was given as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

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    Michael Nutter on the Role of Business and Public-Private Partnerships in Addressing Urgent Social Needs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 75:27


    This seminar was given by Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia (2008-2016), as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Artur Runge-Metzger on Evolving Governance Systems on Tackling Climate Change Under the Paris Agreement

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 65:56


    This seminar was given by Artur Runge-Metzger, Director, European Commission on March 7, 2019. It was part of the Regulatory Policy Program's weekly seminar series.

    A Conversation with Jack Lew, former US Treasury Secretary (2013-2017)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 56:40


    This conversation with Jack Lew, former US Treasury Secretary (2013-2017) was held on March 4, 2019 and was moderated by Karen Dynan, HKS. Jack Lew served as the 76th Secretary of the Treasury from 2013 to 2017. He also served as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama and Director of the Office of Management and Budget in both the Obama and Clinton Administrations. Previously, he was principal domestic policy advisor to House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr, and has held a variety of private sector and nonprofit roles. Jack is currently a partner at Lindsay Goldberg and on the faculty at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. This event is sponsored by M-RCBG, IOP and the Business & Government PIC.

    Angela Garcia Calvo on State-Firm Coordination and Upgrading: Reaching the Efficiencey Frontier in Complex Industries

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019 59:35


    This seminar was given on February 28, 2019 by Angela Garcia Calvo, an M-RCBG Visiting Fellow. It was given as part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Colin Mayer on The Purpose and Future of the Corporation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 72:55


    This seminar was given on February 21, 2019 by Colin Mayer, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies at the University of Oxford. Also participating in the conversation were John Ruggie, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at HKS and Linda Bilmes, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard. It was given as part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Jonathan Wiener on Adaptive Regulation: Instrument Choice for Policy Learning Over Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 70:10


    This seminar was given on February 14, 2019 by Jonathan Wiener, William R. and Thomas L. Perkins Professor of Law, Professor of Environmental Policy and Professor of Public Policy at Duke Law School. It was given as part of the Regulatory Policy Program's weekly seminar series.

    Nancy Rose on Reinvigorating Competition Policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2018 73:32


    This seminar was given on November 29, 2018 by Nancy Rose, Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics at MIT as part of the Regulatory Policy Program's seminar series.

    Quinn Slobodian on Neoliberal Globalism as Intellectual History

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2018 69:50


    This seminar was given on November 8, 2018 by Quinn Slobodian, Associate Professor of History at Wellesley College. It was given as part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Severin Borenstein on Emissions Uncertainty and Environmental Market Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2018 70:58


    This seminar was given on November 1, 2018 by Severin Borenstein, Professor and Faculty Director, Energy Institute at Haas, UC Berkeley. It was given as part of the Regulatory Policy Program's weekly seminar series.

    Karin Buhmann on Watch Your Words: How strategic communication can shape sustainability regulation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 73:30


    "Watch Your Words: How Strategic Communication Can Shape Sustainability Regulation, Its Reception, and Its Implementation in Organizations...a socio-legal presentation with examples from Denmark, the EU and the UK." This seminar was given on October 18, 2018 by Prof. Karin Buhmann, Copenhagen Business School. It was given as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

    F.M. Scherer on Managerial Control and Executive Compensation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 72:35


    This seminar was given on October 4, 2018 by F.M. Scherer, Aetna Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Kennedy School. It was given as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Bill Janeway on Doing Capitalism: The Dark Side of the Three-Player Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 68:02


    This seminar was given on September 19, 2018 by Bill Janeway, author and senior advisor and managing director at Warburg Pincus. It was given as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Stuart Eizenstat on President Carter: The White House Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2018 72:12


    This seminar was given on September 13, 2018 by Stuart Eizenstat, former chief White House domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration. It is part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Liliana Andonova on How the Risk of Public-Private Partnerships is Changing International Governance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2018 71:12


    This seminar was given on September 11, 2018 by Liliana Andonova, Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, as part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Goldilocks in the Trump Stock Market: Over, Under and Just Right Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2018 75:59


    This seminar was given on May 1, 2018 by Richard Zeckhauser, Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy at HKS; and Alexander Wagner, Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Zurich as part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Mariana Mazzucato on the Rate and Direction of Innovation-Led Growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 84:03


    This seminar was given on April 18, 2018 by Mariana Mazzucato, Professor of the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, and Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London. It was part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar series.

    Jason Furman on A Retrospective on the Tax Law of 2017 and Prospective on the Next Tax Laws

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2018 66:12


    This seminar was given on February 15, 2018 by Jason Furman, Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at HKS and a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. It was part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar series.

    Joe Goffman on Scuttling the Craft: A Progress Report on Deconstructing the Expert State

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2018 67:25


    This seminar was given on April 5, 2018 by Joe Goffman, Executive Director of the Harvard Environmental Law Program at HLS. It was part of the Regulatory Policy Program's weekly seminar series

    Jason Bordoff on the Geopolitics of Energy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2018 70:11


    This seminar was given on March 29, 2018 by Jason Bordoff, Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs; and Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. It was part of the Regulatory Policy Program's weekly seminar series and was co-sponsored by the Consortium for Energy Policy Research at Harvard.

    Elizabeth Golberg on Regulatory Policy: The EU Variation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018 70:09


    This seminar was given on March 8, 2018 by M-RCBG Senior Fellow Elizabeth Golberg. It was part of the Regulatory Policy Program's weekly seminar series.

    Benjamin Heineman on Can Business Fix Broken Politics in an Age of Upheaval?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018 71:40


    This seminar was given on January 25, 2018 by Ben Heineman, senior fellow at both Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School. It was part of M-RCBG's weekly Business & Government Seminar series.

    Sally Katzen on Reflections on U.S. Regulatory Policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2017 71:10


    This seminar was given on November 30, 2017 by Sally Katzen, Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence, NYU Law School and former administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (1993-1998). It was part of the Regulatory Policy Program's weekly seminar series.

    Thomas Hazlett on The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2017 65:11


    This seminar was given by Thomas Hazlett, H.H. Macaulay Endowed Professor of Economics, Clemson University on November 9, 2017 as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

    John Ruggie on Human Rights as the "S" in ESG Investing

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2017 68:26


    This seminar was given by John Ruggie, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School on November 2, 2017, as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Jason Furman on The Promise, Perils and Prospects for Tax Reform

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2017 67:42


    This seminar was given by Prof. Jason Furman, HKS, on October 26, 2017, as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

    David Moss on Democracy: A Case Study

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017 66:04


    To all who declare that American democracy is broken—riven by partisanship, undermined by extremism, and corrupted by wealth—history offers hope. In nearly every generation since the nation’s founding, critics have made similar declarations, and yet the nation is still standing. When should we believe the doomsayers? In this seminar, David Moss will discuss case studies from his book on democracy and discuss how the United States has often thrived on political conflict. This seminar was given on October 12, 2017 by Professor David Moss of Harvard Business School as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Andrea Renda on The New U.S. Regulatory Budging Rules in Light of the International Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017 67:57


    This seminar was given on October 5, 2017 as part of the Regulatory Policy Program seminar series at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government.

    Sustaining Capitalism: Bipartisan Solutions to Restore Trust & Prosperity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2017 67:09


    This seminar was given by Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research for the Committee for Economic Development as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series. It was delivered on April 27, 2017.

    Roger Lowenstein on Presidential Elections and Political Change: 1912 and the Making of the Fed and Donald Trump Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 65:38


    This seminar was given as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series on Thursday, April 6, 2017.

    Nick Lovegrove on The Mosaic Principle: The Six Dimensions of a Remarkable Life and Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2017 52:33


    This seminar was given by Nick Lovegrove, former M-RCBG senior fellow and U.S. Managing Partner at the Brunswick Group. The seminar was given as part of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government's Business & Government Seminar Series on February 15, 2017.

    Bill Clark on Pursuing Sustainability: A Guide to the Science and Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2017 69:07


    This seminar was given by Bill Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, and co-director of the Sustainability Science Program at the Harvard Kennedy School. The seminar was given as part of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government's Business & Government Seminar Series on February 16, 2017.

    Norm Champ on My Adventures in the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2017 63:32


    This seminar was given by Norm Champ, partner at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP and author of the book “Going Public: My Adentures Inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis." It was given on February 2, 2017 as part of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government's Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Europe After Brexit: A Proposal for a Continental Partnership

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2016 72:39


    This seminar was given by a panel that included: Paul Tucker, Chair of the Systemic Risk Council and Deputy Governor, Bank of England (2009-2013); M-RCBG senior fellow Christopher Smart; and Karl Kaiser, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at HKS and senior associate of the Program on Transatlantic Relations of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

    Sebastian Mallaby on The Man Who Knew: The Life & Times of Alan Greenspan

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2016 50:16


    This seminar was given by Sebastian Mallaby, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the new book "The Man Who Knew: The Life & Times of Alan Greenspan". It was given on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Richard Light and Rachel Gable on First Generation College Students: How Campus Leaders Can Support Their Continued Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2016 66:43


    This seminar was given by Richard Light, Professor at HKS and HGSE and Rachel Gable, Ed.D. candidate at HGSE. It was given on November 3, 2016 as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

    Joseph Aldy on the Political Economy of Policy Redundancy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2016 67:31


    This seminar was given by Joseph Aldy, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Faculty Chair of the Regulatory Policy Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government. It was given on October 27, 2016.

    Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2016 65:46


    This seminar was given Calestous Juma, of Harvard Kennedy School on October 6, 2016.

    Ben Heineman on The Right Corporate Approach to Public Policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2016 68:59


    This seminar was given by Ben Heineman of the Harvard Kennedy School on September 29, 2016.

    Ndidi Nwuneli on Social Innovation in Africa: A Practical Guide for Scaling Impact

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2016 53:16


    This seminar was given by Ndidi Nwuneli, Director, African Philanthropy Forum and Founder, LEAP Africa, at the Harvard Kennedy School on September 21, 2016.

    Brigitte Madrian on Recommendations to Improve American's Retirement Security and Personal Savings

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2016 65:50


    This seminar was given by Brigitte Madrian, Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management at the Harvard Kennedy School on September 15, 2016. It is part of M-RCBG's Regulatory Policy Program Seminar Series.

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