General

Lester Thurow on Globalization

Wednesday, 04 May 2005
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Organizer: Ford Hall Forum

Fortune Favors the Bold:
What We Must Do To Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity

Lester C. Thurow, renowned economist and professor of management and economics at MIT

The new global economy is linking the fortunes of every nation on every continent — for good or for ill.

Its hallmark is a rising instability and a growing inequality between the first and third worlds, in spite of rising average incomes.

The United States and other first world economies are finding it hard to recover after the boom of the 1990s and the bust of the early 21st century.

Financial crises in the third world come frequently and are increasingly severe.

Globalization is invoked to explain riots, civil disobedience, and as a factor in the rise of terrorism.

The renowned economist, Lester Thurow, argues that now is the time to shape globalization into what we want it to be — before it's too late.

The Frederic G. Corneel Memorial Lecture

Location:
Faneuil Hall, Boston

Cost: free

URL: http://www.fordhallforum.neu.edu/programs.html