2018 Events
Wednesday, January 24
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Richard Sweeney, Boston College
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Thursday, January 25
Business & Government Seminar
Can Business Fix Broken Politics in an Age of Upheaval?
Ben Heineman, Harvard University
Fainsod Room (3rd Floor Littauer)
11:45am-1pm
Monday, January 29
STS Circle at Harvard
Alma Steingart, Harvard
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Tuesday, January 30
Study Group
When to Choose a Public Private Partnership for Your Public Infrastructure Project
Phil Gildan, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
M-RCBG Conference Room (B-503)
4:00-5:30pm
Tuesday, January 30
IOP Forum
Michael Froman
United States Trade Representative (2013-2017)
Nicholas Burns
Faculty Director, Future of Diplomacy Project and Faculty Chair, Middle East Initiative, vlog
Lawrence Summers
Director, M-RCBG
JFK Jr. Forum
6pm
Wednesday, January 31
Study Group
Dostoevsky v. Dimon: Crime and Punishment and the 2008 Financial Crisis
Timothy Massad, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
M-RCBG Conference Room (B-503)
4:00-5:30
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Gernot Wagner, Harvard University
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Thursday, February 1
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar Series
Regulatory Reform and Individual Liberty
Neomi Rao, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Monday, February 5
STS Circle at Harvard
Devin Kennedy, Harvard
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Study Group
Rethinking the Recent Oil Price Collapse
Rabah Arezki, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
M-RCBG Conference Room (B-503)
4:00-5:30
Wednesday, February 7
Study Group
Urban Redevelopment: Government Polices and Their Impact
Stan Marcuss, Senior Counsel, Bryan Cave, and former M-RCBG Senior Fellow
M-RCBG Conference Room (B-503)
4:00-5:00
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
James Stock, Harvard University
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Thursday, February 8
Business & Government Seminar
Pursuing Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities
Bill Clark, Harvard University
Fainsod Room (3rd Floor Littauer)
11:45am-1pm
Business & Government PIC Event
Davos Debrief
Dean Doug Elmendorf, vlog
Amy Bernstein, Harvard Business Review
Ricardo Hausmann, vlog
Malkin Penthouse (4th Floor Littauer)
3-4pm
Monday, February 12
Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar
Steve Cicala, University of Chicago
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Daniel Hirschman, Brown
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Thursday, February 15
Business & Government Seminar
A Retrospective on the Tax Law of 2017 and Prospective on the Next Tax Laws
Jason Furman, vlog
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Missed the seminar? Listen to the and view the slides.
Tuesday, February 20
Study Group
EU Better Regulation? The Case of Telecom Roaming Charges
Led by Elizabeth Golberg, M-RCBG Senior Fellow, with guest Speaker Fabio Colasanti (former Director General, European Commission, Information Society Directorate General)
M-RCBG Conference Room (Belfer 503)
4:00-5:30pm
Wednesday, February 21
IOP Forum Event
Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates
Moderated by Larry Summers, M-RCBG Director
JFK Jr. Forum
6pm
Monday, February 26
Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar
Michael Davidson, vlog
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Jeremy Ward, Universite Paris-Sorbonne
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Tuesday, February 27
Study Group
The Macroeconomics of Resource-Rich Countries: Part I
Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow, Rabah Arezki
M-RCBG Conference Room (Belfer 503)
11:30am-1:00pm
Study Group
The Macroeconomics of Resource-Rich Countries: Part II
Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow, Rabah Arezki
M-RCBG Conference Room (Belfer 503)
1:30-3:00pm
Study Group
The Eleventh Hour: Will Brexit Be Reversed?
Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow, Camilla Cavendish
Wexner 434-AB
4:00-5:30pm
Wednesday, February 28
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Joseph Aldy, Harvard University
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Study Group
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa--Part 1
Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow, Euvin Naidoo
M-RCBG Conference Room (Belfer 503)
4:00-5:30pm
Thursday, March 1
Study Group
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa Part 2
Developing Capital Market: A Conversation with Mr. Bola “Koko” Onadele
Managing Director of FMDQ
Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow, Euvin Naidoo
Carr Conference Room (Rubenstein 229)
4:00-5:30pm
Monday, March 5
Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar
Varun Sivaram, Council on Foreign Relations
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Robin Scheffler, MIT
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Wednesday, March 7
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Martin Weitzman, Harvard University
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Forum Event
Atul Gawande, Harvard Medical School and Ariadne Labs
David Ellwood, vlog
Moderated by Cristine Russell, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
This event is co-sponsored by M-RCBG
JFK Jr. Forum
6pm
Thursday, March 8
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar Series
Elizabeth Golberg, M-RCBG Senior Fellow and former Director of Smart Regulation, European Commission
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Monday, March 19
Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar
Robert Kleinberg, Schlumberger
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Patricia Williams, Columbia Law School
CGIS South S250, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Monday, March 26
Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar
Hung-Po Chao, PJM Interconnection
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
Business & Government PIC Event: Fintech Week
L-324
4-5pm
Wednesday, March 28
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Cass Sunstein, Harvard University
Nye BC (5th Floor Taubman)
4:15-5:30pm
IOP Forum Event
Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University
Terry Tempest Williams, naturalist and environmental writer
Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, U.S. National Park Service (2009-2017)
Moderated by Linda J. Bilmes, vlog and member, National Park Service Advisory Board
JFK Jr. Forum
6pm
Thursday, March 29
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar Series
Jason Bordoff, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs and Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Co-hosted with the Consortium for Energy Policy Research at Harvard
Business & Government PIC Event: Fintech Week
Daniel Kimmerling, Deciens Capital
L-382
3-4pm
Monday, April 2
Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar
Matthew Bunn, vlog
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
B&G PIC Infrastructure Panel Discussion 1
How to Revitalize American Infrastructure
Panelists: Phil Gildan, M-RCBG senior fellow; Prof. Jason Furman, vlog; Scott Bosworth, MassDOT; John Macomber, HBS
Moderated by Dennis Lockhart, M-RCBG senior fellow
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
4:15-5:30pm
B&G PIC Infrastructure Panel Discussion 2
How to Invest in "Next-Generation" Infrastructure in the US
Panelists: Professor Stephen Goldsmith, vlog; Joe Aiello, Meridiam Americas; Prof. Amro Farid, Dartmouth and Laboratory for Intelligent Integrated Networks of Engineering Systems
Moderated by Prof. Henry Lee, vlog
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
5:30-6:45pm
Tuesday, April 3
Study Group | Also a Business & Government PIC Event: Fintech Week
Intersection of Business and Policy at LendingClub, with Louis Caditz-Peck, Director of Public Policy and Regulatory at LendingClub
Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow Todd Baker
Littauer 382
3-4pm
Wednesday, April 4
Business & Government Seminar Series
Can Finance Save the World? Regaining Power over Money to Serve the Common Good
Bertrand Badre, former Managing Director of the World Bank, author, and founder and CEO Blue like an Orange Capital
Allison Dining Room (5th Fl. Taubman)
11:45am-1pm
Program on International Financial Systems
Fireside Chat with Jay Clayton
Jay Clayton, Chairman of the SEC
Wasserstein Hall, Room 2009, Harvard Law School
4:30-6pm
RSVP to kpetrosino@law.harvard.edu
Pollak Lecture Series with Richard Locke
Provost Richard Locke, Brown University
Wiener Auditorium
6:30-8pm
This lecture is sponsored by Ash Center, Carr Center, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government and Wiener Center.
Thursday, April 5
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar Series
Joe Goffman, Executive Director, Harvard Environmental Law Program
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Malcolm H. Wiener Lecture in International Political Economy
Kevin Hassett, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
JFK Jr. Forum
4pm
Friday, April 6
2018 Harvard European Law Symposium
Europe and the US: Isolationism First?
Keynote Speaker: Paul Nihoul, Court of Justice of the EU
Closing Speaker: Enrico Spolaore, Tufts, National Bureau of Economic Research
Harvard Law School
For more information and to register, click
Monday, April 9
Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar
Wei Peng, vlog
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
Wednesday, April 11
Lunch Talk
William Overholt, Senior Fellow, Harvard Asia Center
Author, China's Crisis of Success
Ash Center Foyer (124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200 North)
12-1:15pm
Gordon Lecture
Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Former chief economist and director of research at the International Monetary Fund
JFK Jr. Forum
6pm
Thursday, April 12
Business & Government Seminar Series
Managing Risk to Improve Public Pension Plan Funding
Bob Stein, Chair, Blue Ribbon Panel on Public Pension Plan Funding, Society of Actuaries
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm | Additional information here.
Book Launch
Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top Down Management of Foreign Aid Doesn't Work
Dan Honig, Assistant Professor of International Development, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Co-sponsored by Building State Capability at the Center for International Development at Harvard University and the Sustainability Science Program at M-RCBG.
Nye A (5th Floor Taubman)
4-5:30pm
Monday, April 16
Hoffman Lecture
Superbugs Attack! How the World Can Contain the Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance
Prof. Steven Hoffman, Director of the Global Strategy Lab and Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Population & Public Health
Co-sponsored by M-RCBG, Belfer Center, Weatherhead Center, Microbial Science Initiative, Harvard Global Health Institute and the Broad Institute.
Click here to RSVP.
Allison Dining Room (5th Floor Taubman)
11:45am-1pm
Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar
Kaveri Iychettira, vlog
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
Tuesday, April 17
University-Wide Public Talk (SEAS & HLS)
LIU Zhenya, former Chairman and President of State Grid Corporation of China; Chairman of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO); Chairman, China Electricity Council
Milstein East B/C, Wasserstein Hall, HLS
5-6:30pm
Study Group
Being a British Politician Today
Ed Balls, M-RCBG Research Fellow and Former UK Shadow Chancellor (2011-2015)
Weil Hall (B-L-1)
6:00-7:30pm
Wednesday, April 18
Business & Government Seminar
The Rate and Direction of Innovation-Led Growth: A Mission-Oriented Approach (more)
, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, and Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London
Rubenstein Building 414 AB (Democracy Lab)
1:10-2:30pm
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Janhavi Nilekani, Harvard University
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Business & Government Seminar Series
On The Rebound: Prospects for a US-UK Free Trade Agreement
, M-RCBG Director
Ed Balls, M-RCBG research fellow and former UK Shadow Chancellor (2011-2015)
Camilla Cavendish, M-RCBG senior fellow
, MPP1
Starr Auditorium
4:30-6pm
Thursday, April 19
Business & Government Seminar Series
The Disruption in Autonomous Vehicles Disruption: Implications for Policy Makers
Mark Fagan, vlog
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government.
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Harvard Environmental Economics Program Seminar
The Paris Agreement: Thoughts of a Negotiator on its Significance and Future
Sue Biniaz, UN Foundation Senior Fellow
Wexner 434
4:30pm
Monday, April 23
Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar
Denise Mauzerall, Princeton University
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Patricia Williams, Columbia Law School
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Tuesday, April 24
US-Japan Program Seminar
Steven Vogel, University of California Berkeley
Moderator: Susan Pharr, WCFIA Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard
Discussant: Peter Hall, Harvard
Bowie Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
12:30-2pm
Study Group
"When I'm 64....will you still pay my bills? The Ageing of America and the West, the implications for the next generation, and how to fix the growing gap between rich and poor
Camilla Cavendish, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
M-RCBG Conference Room (Belfer 503)
4-5:30pm
Wednesday, April 25
Lunch Discussion
Amir Levi, M-RCBG Senior Fellow and former Director of Budgets, Israel's Ministry of Finance
Moderated by Tarek Masoud, Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200 North
12-1:10pm
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Sarah Jacobson, Williams College
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Thursday, April 26
Business & Government Seminar Series
Leading Change in Toxic Environments: Common sense strategies to break through bureaucracy
, former Mayor of Flint, Michigan
From dealing with the onslaught of Michael Moore's Roger & Me, to providing context regarding the Flint Water Crisis, vlog Alum Matt Collier will discuss his adventures in public and private sector leadership - as Mayor of Flint, Michigan, as an Appointee of President Obama in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and as a Technology CEO in the private sector.
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government.
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Tuesday, May 1
Business & Government Seminar Series
Goldilocks in the Trump Stock Market: Over-, Under- and Just-Right Reactions
Richard Zeckhauser, vlog
Weil Town Hall (1st Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
**Missed this seminar? Click here to read about it and link to the podcast.**
Wednesday, May 2
Study Group
Rethinking Public Infrastructure Funding Options for State and Local Governments
Phil Gildan, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
M-RCBG Conference Room (Belfer 503)
4-5:30pm
Thursday, May 10 to Friday, May 11
Conference
This workshop will bring together leading scholars in economics, ethics, health policy, public health, medicine, sociology, and law to explore questions around ethics and efficient delivery of healthcare. Full information and the conference program can found . Registration is required.
Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East
2pm Thursday to 1:30pm Friday
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Thursday, September 6
M-RCBG's Fall Open House
Please join us to learn more about M-RCBG's faculty and programs, as well as meet other students interested in business and government.
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Monday, September 10
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Massimo Filippini, ETH Zurich and Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Whitney Robles, Harvard
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Tuesday, September 11
Business & Government Seminar
How the Rise of Public-Private Partnerships is Changing International Governance
, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
Nye BC (5th Floor Taubman)
11:45am-1pm
Wednesday, September 12
Study Group
Developing Multisectoral Action for Health and Social Impact – answering the call to action for the UN SDGs: an Introduction
Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow, Scott Ratzan
M-RCBG Conference Room, Belfer 503
4-5:30pm
Thursday, September 13
Business & Government Seminar
, author
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Friday, September 14
Study Group
Developing Multisectoral Action for Health and Social Impact – answering the call to action for the UN SDGs: the economic burden of non-communicable diseases, and the challenges of global health financing...
Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow, Scott Ratzan with guest speaker Andrea Feigl, HSPH Visiting Scientist
M-RCBG Conference Room, Belfer 503
2-3:30pm
Monday, September 17
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Jesse Jenkins, Harvard University Center for the Environment
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Stefan Schafer, Berlin IASS and Harvard STS
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Wednesday, September 19
Business & Government Seminar
Doing Capitalism: The Dark Side of the Three-Player Game
, author and senior advisor and managing director, Warburg Pincus
Allison Dining Room (5th Floor Taubman)
11:45am-1pm
Monday, September 24
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Travis Fisher, FERC
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
Tuesday, September 25
Study Group
Quantitative Easing - Explaining It and Dispelling the Myths: QE Basics – What it is and what it isn’t
Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow Paul Sheard
M-RCBG Conference Room, Belfer 503
4-5:30pm
Wednesday, September 26
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Sebastien Houde, ETH Zurich
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Study Group
Developing Multisectoral Action for Health and Social Impact: Inspiring smart choices and building confidence in vaccines for sustainable health
Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow, Scott Ratzan
With guest Dr. Heidi Larson, Director, The Vaccine Confidence Project, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
M-RCBG Conference Room, Belfer 503
4-5:30pm
Thursday, September 27
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
Robotic Cars, Stoned Drivers, and Deadly Airbags: Managing Risk, Uncertainty, and Rapidly Changing Technologies in Cooperative Federalism
Heidi King, Deputy Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Study Group
Urban Gentrification and Diversity
Stan Marcuss, M-RCBG Senior Fellow 2015-2016
Victoria Alsina Burgues, M-RCBG and Ash Center Fellow
Belfer 503 (M-RCBG conference room)
4:00-5:00 pm
Friday, September 28
Study Group (in NYC)
Unlocking Synergies in Global Health: Developing a Framework for
Galvanizing Multisectoral Action and Financing for SDG3
Scott Ratzan M-RCBG Senior Fellow, with Myriam Sidibe, M-RCBG Senior Fellow and , Harvard Visiting Scientist and Health Economist at the OECD
McCann Global Health, 622 Third Avenue (41st and Third Ave), New York, NY
10:30am-12:30pm
To attend, RSVP by registering or by confirming your attendance to anf403@mail.harvard.edu by September 27th
Monday, October 1
Economic Diplomacy Initiative Event
, President of the Inter-American Development Bank
Allison Dining Room (5th Floor Taubman)
8am
This event is co-hosted by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, M-RCBG and the Economic Diplomacy Initiative
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Trevor Houser, Rhodium Group and Climate Impact Lab
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Declan Kuch, University of New South Wales
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Study Group
“How many lives can a bar of soap actually save?" – The Lifebuoy Case Study
M-RCBG Senior Fellow, Myriam Sidibe
Taubman 301
4:00-5:30pm
Tuesday, October 2
Program on US-Japan Relations
Saori Katada, University of Southern California
Moderator: Christina Davis, Harvard
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
12:30-2pm
Study Group
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and Bikes)...
David Block-Schachter, MBTA Chief Technology Officer
Evan Rowe, MBTA Director of Revenue
L-130 (Bolton Room)
4:30-6pm
Sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston and M-RCBG.
Wednesday, October 3
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Jacquelyn Press, University of Oxford
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Thursday, October 4
Business & Government Seminar
Managerial Control and Executive Compensation | Background Paper
F.M. Scherer, Aetna Professor Emeritus, vlog
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Tuesday, October 9
Study Group
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and Bikes)...
A Report from the Frontlines of Transportation: vlog Students Share their Insights
L-130 (Bolton Room)
4:30pm
Sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston and M-RCBG.
Documentary Screening
"Travels in Trumpland" with Ed Balls
Ed Balls, Fellow of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, is hosting a screening of the first of his Travels in Trumpland documentary, recently shown on the BBC to great critical and audience acclaim. The show follows Ed as he travels around America's Deep South, where he immersed himself in the lives of those who put Trump in power, to learn how this reality TV businessman won them over. Highlights of Episode One include Ed joining 15,000 working-class Americans in Saint-Jo, Texas, for the wild Rednecks with Paychecks festival; and the return of the “British Bruiser”, as Ed, this time in a leotard, trains with former WWE star Johnny Slaughter of Southern Legacy Wrestling, Alabama.
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
4pm
Study Group
The World’s Turned Upside Down: The Challenge of Making Economic Policy when Geopolitics is in Turmoil
Ed Balls and Paul Tucker, M-RCBG Research Fellows
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
6pm
Wednesday, October 10
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Joshua Goodman, Harvard University
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Study Group
A New Economy for the Middle East and North Africa
Rabah Arezki, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
Belfer 503 (M-RCBG conference room)
4:00-5:30 pm
Thursday, October 11
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
A Republican's Reflections on Environmental Policy
Jeff Holmstead, Bracewell, LLP
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Study Group
Rethinking the Macroeconomics of Resource Rich Countries
Rabah Arezki, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
Belfer 503 (M-RCBG conference room)
2:40-4:00 pm
A Symposium in Honor of Martin L. Weitzman
Frontiers in Environmental Economics and Policy
In honor of Martin L. Weitzman, a symposium will be held with keynote speaker William D. Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University. A reception with refreshments will follow the symposium.
Nye ABC (5th Floor Taubman)
3-5:30pm
Please RSVP by clicking , or visit for additional information.
Study Group
The Regulation of Bitcoin and Other Cryptoassets: What Should We Do?
Tim Massad, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
WEX-G02 SEMINAR ROOM (Wexner Ground Floor)
4:00-5:30 pm
Friday, October 12
Study Group
Global reform cycles
Rabah Arezki, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
Belfer 503 (M-RCBG conference room)
9:00-10:30 am
Monday, October 15
STS Circle at Harvard
Nick Seaver, Tufts
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Study Group
The Changing Role of Consumers in Health Care Purchasing: Medical Perspectives
Deb Gordon, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
Belfer 503 (M-RCBG conference room)
4:00-5:30 pm
Fall Student Reception
Please join us to network with faculty, fellows and students interested in business and government. Hear remarks from Lawrence Summers, Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Governent; and John Haigh, Co-Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government.
Fainsod Room (3rd Floor Littauer)
4-5pm
Wednesday, October 17
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Siqi Zheng, MIT
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Thursday, October 18
Business & Government Seminar
Watch your words: How strategic communication can shape sustainability regulation, its reception, and its implementation in organisations. A socio-legal presentation with examples from Denmark, the EU and the UN
, Copenhagen Business School
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Study Group
Is China perceived as a leader? Case studies from Europe
Philippe Le Corre, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
Belfer 503 (M-RCBG conference room)
2:40-4:00 pm
Monday, October 22
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Michael J. Ford, Harvard University Center for the Environment
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Tito Brige de Carvalho, Harvard
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Sustainability Science Program Event
The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in India: Indirect management of groundwater through electricity sector reforms
Aditi Mukherji
Nye A (5th Floor Taubman)
2:30-4pm
This event is co-sponsored by the Program on evidence for Policy Design, Harvard University Center for Environment, Harvard Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute and Abdul Jameel Latif Water and Food Systems Lab.
Tuesday, October 23
Program on US-Japan Relations
Keisuke Iida, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard; Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo
Moderator: Christina Davis, Harvard
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
12:30-2pm
Study Group
Quantitative Easing - Explaining It and Dispelling the Myths, Session 2: Comparing and contrasting the QE of the major central banks
Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow Paul Sheard
M-RCBG Conference Room, Belfer 503
4-5:30pm
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and Bikes) Series
Chris Dempsey, Massachusetts Director of Transportation
Nye B (5th Floor Taubman)
4:30-6pm
Wednesday, October 24
European Economic Policy Forum
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
3:30-5pm
Annual Robert Glauber Lecture
Reinforcing Financial Stability in a Crumbling International Order
, M-RCBG research fellow and chair, Systemic Risk Council
JFK Jr. Forum
6pm
Monday, October 29
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Joseph Aldy, vlog
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Hans Pols, University of Sydney
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Study Group-CANCELLED
Case strategies and solutions when preparing for an interview with a consulting firm: How to think like a consultant – learn tips, trips and insights from experienced consultants
Marshall Lux
John Haigh
M-RCBG Conference Room, B-503
This Study Group has been postponed and will be rescheduled.
Tuesday, October 30
Roundtable Discussion
Philippe Le Corre, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Senior Fellow
, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Senior Fellow
, Director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S354
2-4pm
Study Group
A Crash Course on the Crash: The Key Things You Need to Know About the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
Tim Massad, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
Nye A (Taubman 520)
4-5:30pm
Seminar
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and Bikes)...
Emily Warren, Lime
L-130 (Bolton Room)
4:30pm
Sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston and M-RCBG.
Wednesday, October 31
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Thursday, November 1
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
Expecting the Unexpected: Emissions Uncertainty and Environmental Market Design
Severin Borenstein, Professor and Faculty Director, Energy Institute at Haas, UC Berkeley
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Study Group
The Future of the Dollar (and the RMB) in Populist Times
Christopher Smart, Former M-RCBG Senior Fellow; Head of Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Research, Barings LLC
M-RCGB Conference Room (B-503)
4-5:30pm
Monday, November 5
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Chiara Lo Prete, The Pennsylvania State University
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
Wednesday, November 7
Study Group
The power of story in medicine: why patients don't always follow doctors' orders, and the kind of conversations physicians might like to have
Camilla Cavendish, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
Suzanne Koven MD, primary care physician, writer in residence at Mass General Hospital, and Boston Globe contributor
M-RCBG Conference Room B-503
4-5:30pm
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Joseph Shapiro, UC Berkeley
L-382
4:15-5:30pm
Thursday, November 8
Business & Government Seminar
The World Economy Must be Defended: Neoliberal Globalism as Intellectual History
, Wellesley College
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
In this talk, Quinn Slobodian will introduce the themes of his recent book, Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism, which follows a group of thinkers, including F. A. Hayek and others, from the ashes of the Habsburg Empire to the creation of the World Trade Organization as they debated the need to insulate certain institutions from democracy to ensure the reproduction of global capitalism.
Friday, November 9
Study Group Lunch
Health Reform: Where We Need to Go and How Women Can Get Us There
Deb Gordon, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
(MPP ’92), Founder and CEO, Day Health Strategies
Taubman 301
12:00-1:30
This study group is being co-sponsored by the Women and Public Policy Program.
Monday, November 12
STS Circle at Harvard
Matthew Bunn, vlog
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Tuesday, November 13
Study Group
Working For All?: A Clear-Eyed Discussion of the Role of Corporations in Our Economy [suggested pre-readings here]
Antonio Weiss, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
, Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
John Haigh,M-RCBG Co-Director
Weil Town Hall (Belfer B-L-1)
10:10-11:30am
Program on US-Japan Relations Event
, Harvard
Moderator: , WCFIA Program on US-Japan Relations
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262) CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
12:30-2pm
Study Group
The Crisis in Puerto Rico
Antonio Weiss, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
M-RCBG Conference Room (B-503)
4:00-5:30pm
Wednesday, November 14
Study Group
Brands on a Mission - A New Contribution to Public Health: The Business of Brushing Teeth and Oral Health
Myriam Sidibe, M-RCBG Senior Fellow, with Guest Speaker Safaa Suleiman, DrPH, Oral Health and Hygiene Program, Earth Institute, Columbia University
M-RCBG Conference Room (B-503)
4:00-5:30pm
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Michael Mehling, MIT
Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts University
Land Hall (4th Floor Belfer)
4:15-5:30pm
This event is co-sponsored by the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. A reception will immediately follow in Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer).
Thursday, November 15
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Tax Regulations: A Case Study
David Weisbach, Professor, The University of Chicago Law School
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Study Group
Regulatory Cooperation – A Reality Check. European Union Perspective
Elizabeth Golberg, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
M-RCBG Conference Room, Belfer 503
4:00-5:30pm
Monday, November 19
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Susan Pope, FTI Consulting
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Caley D. Horan, MIT
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Study Group
Brands on a Mission: How a Failing Sanitation Economy Costs Governments and Businesses Billions
Myrian Sidibe, M-RCBG Senior Fellow with Guest Speaker James B. Tidwell, Research Associate, M-RCBG
M-RCBG Conference Room, Belfer 503
4:00-5:30pm
Monday, November 26
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Cuicui Chen, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, vlog
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
Study Group
Multisector Engagement for Sustainable Health Session 5: Inspiring Smart Choices with Health Diplomacy
Scott C. Ratzan, MD, M-RCBG Senior Fellow with Guest Speaker Jimmy Kolker MPA '83,
Former Ambassador and Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, HHS
M-RCBG Conference Room, Belfer 503
4:00-5:30pm
Tuesday, November 27
Program on US-Japan Relations Event
, University of Tokyo
Moderator: , WCFIA Program on US-Japan Relations
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262) CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
12:30-2pm
Study Group
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: More Diverse, Less Inclusive?
Camilla Cavendish, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
Trevor Phillips, Chair of the NY Center for Talent Innovation, anti-racism campaigner, former Chair of the UK Equalities Commission
Nye A (Taubman 520)
4-5:30pm
Wednesday, November 28
Study Group
Is there a risk of a new global financial crisis?
Jean-Pierre Landau, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
M-RCBG Conference Room, Belfer 503
4:00-5:30pm
Thursday, November 29
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
Reinvigorating Competition Policy
Nancy Rose, Professor, MIT
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
11:45am-1pm
Study Group
Cryptocurrencies: after the bubble
Jean-Pierre Landau, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
M-RCBG Conference Room, Belfer 503
4:00-5:30pm
Monday, December 3
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Deborah Gordon, Energy and Climate Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer)
12-1:30pm
STS Circle at Harvard
Olga Breininger-Umetayeva, Harvard
Bowie-Vernon Room, K262, CGIS North, 1737 Cambridge Street
12:15-2pm
Wednesday, December 5
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Larry Karp, UC Berkeley
L-382
4:15-5:30pm