India as an Emerging Economic Power: Potential & Constraints
The first lecture in the ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006 was
presented by the ANU College of Business & Economics. In this
lecture, influential Indian economist Professor B.B. Bhattacharya
outlined the reasons for India’s success and considered the challenges
ahead. He discussed how long-term prosperity in India will depend on
increased growth in the agricultural sector, which employs the majority
of workers, but has been lagging behind areas like information
technology and telec
Socratic Forum: That Canberra is Taking Too Much Power from The States
In this debate, ANU plays host to a number of influential public
figures including ACT Attorney General Simon Corbell; Dr Clive
Hamilton, The Australia Institute; Professor Peter Bailey, ANU; Channel
10's Political Commentator, Paul Bongiorno; Karen Middleton, SBS; and
Charles Sampford from the Institute of Ethics Governance and Law.
Speakers contest a vigorous debate on issues surrounding Commonwealth-State Relations in Australia.
The Socratic Forum is part of a national discussion series aime
The Dirty Politics of Climate Change
2007 may be the year in which climate change has hit the headlines and
the environment has become the political issue, but how much do we know
really know about the backroom deals, lobbying and power players who
influence environmental policy? Why have our political leaders been so
slow to act? Which are the fossil-fuel lobby groups that still set the
policy agenda?
In this lecture Clive Hamilton, best-selling author of Scorcher, the Dirty Politics of Climate Change , reveals the real influences
Steven Proud - Girl Power? An analysis of peer effects using exogenous changes in the gender make-up
The effect of a childs peers has long been regarded as an important factor in affecting their educational outcomes. Romesh Vaitilingam discusses this with Steven Proud.
The Chinese economy Power and the illusion of control Indian power Is the global market economy broken? Is the global market economy broken? Poetry and Social Activism in Latin America - Enrique Yepes, Associate Professor of Romance Language Cuba's Favorite National Pastimes: Baseball and Politics NCPACS: Gandhi and the Power of Nonviolence - Transcending East and West NCPACS: Gandhi and the Power of Nonviolence - Transcending East and West The Virtues of Mendacity: On lying in politics Rethinking Good Governance and Transparency: The China-Latin America-U.S. triangle The political economy of agricultural science and technology with emphasis on developing countries Black Politics Robert Frank Speaks Out on the National Economy Environmental Planning and Politics in New York State The People, The Founders, and the American Political System
Linda Yueh, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, talks about the state of the Chinese Economy and the problems China's steady rise presents for other developing countries.
Niro Sivanathan's latest research investigates why power creates the illusion of control over uncontrollable situations, perhaps leading to some of the risky decisions that contributed to the global financial crisis
Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing, shares the essence of what he learned from 10 trips to India to interview more than 30 CEOs and top executives who are unleashing the new global power of Indian firms
Andrew Scott, Professor of Economics at London Business School examines whether the global market economy is broken, or if it can be fixed
Paul Walsh, Chief Executive of Diageo, offer his perspective on why the global economy isn't broken
Enrique Yepes, Bowdoin's Peter M. Small Associate Professor of Romance Languages, examines the vibrant emergence of new poetic voices in "Poetry and Social Activism in Latin America."
Was a young Fidel Castro scouted by a major leage baseball team? Find out as Allen Wells, Roger Howell, Jr. Professor of History, regales an audience of Bowdoin Trustees with an animated tale of baseball's intriguing, politically charged history in Cuba.
Dr. David Cortright, Director of Policy Studies, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame and Chair of the Board of the Fourth Freedom Forum in Goshen, Indiana.
Wednesday 9 December, 2009
Dr. David Cortright, Director of Policy Studies, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame and Chair of the Board of the Fourth Freedom Forum in Goshen, Indiana.
Wednesday 9 December, 2009
Inaugural event: The Virtues of Mendacity: On lying in politics
Martin Jay, University of California, Berkeley in conversation with Dirk Moses, University of Sydney
Monday 1 March, 2010, 6 pm (Running Time 57:38)
Consensual understandings of good governance and transparency are crucial to the international accommodation of China’s economic rise. This presentation examines how conceptions of these terms diverge, generate misunderstandings, and harbour potential. (Running Time 54:43)
Centenary Research Symposium
June 4, 2010 (Running Time 55:26)
Feelings of exclusion from the political process in the African American Community. Program analyzes why African American candidates were unable to win appointment to either Boston's School Committee or City Council in the 1975 elections. Guest host James Rowe of WILD Radio News speaks with Clarence ...
Why did Wall Street melt down in 2008? Why did we bail out the banks? Cornell economist Robert Frank offers some answers.
Date: 05/12/2010
Susan Riha discusses environmental issues and the role of politics in climate change and gas drilling in New York State.
Date: 05/12/2010
Professor Frank discusses how we think about our government with Glenn Altschuler.
Date: 06/17/2010
