Brasília, 7 February 2021.
Dear colleagues,
This is the selection of free webinars for this week about political economy, public policy and business-government relations.
Please, observe the time zones, and thanks for all the suggestions.
Best regards,
Arthur Wittenberg.
Monday, 8 February
9:00am – 10:15am (EST) – Brookings – Strengthening the multilateral order in a nationalist age
10:00am – 11:00am (BRT) – IDP – Os Desafios da Segurança Pública na América do Sul
5:00pm – 6:00pm (GMT) – QMUL – London Financial Regulation Seminar: Debt, Deficits, and Inflation
Tuesday, 9 February
9:00am – 10:00am (EST) – PIIE – Getting the best out of tech: Would international rules of the road help?
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST) – Yale – After Trump: What’s Next for America, At Home and Abroad
2:00pm – 3:00pm (GMT) – Oxford – Fiscal Systems and Digital: How to Tax for Innovation
4:00pm – 5:15pm (PST) – Stanford – The Political Economy of the Abe Government and Abenomics Reforms
Wednesday, 10 February
9:00am – 10:00am (EST) – PIIE – A holistic look at Big Tech regulation
9:00am – 10:00am (EST) – Atlantic Council – Financial resilience, the future of secondary sanctions, and global response
10:30am – 11:30am (EST) – Atlantic Council – A conversation with the President of the European Council Charles Michel
11:00am – 12:30pm (PST) – Stanford – A Quarter Century of ‘The Proper Scope of Government’: Theory and Applications
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST) – Harvard – Presidential Accountability Reform: A Conversation with Award-winning Journalist Bob Woodward and DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz
1:00pm – 2:00pm (EST) – Columbia – Making It Big: Why Developing Countries Need More Large Firms
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – Oxford – Keeping tech accountable: a conversation with The Markup
2:00pm -6:00pm – 7:30pm (BRT) – FGV – Temas Estratégicos de Gestão e Governança para o Brasil, com o Ministro da Casa Civil, Walter Braga Netto
2:00pm – 4:00pm (GMT) – Political Studies Association – PSA Parliaments Online Conference: Analysing Legislative Scrutiny and Behaviour
Thursday, 11 February
12:15pm – 1:15pm (CT) – Chicago Booth – Market Power and Money in Politics: An Assessment
12:30pm – 1:30pm (EST) – Princeton – Esther Duflo on Encouraging Social Distancing: Evidence from Several Randomized Controlled Trials
3:00pm – 4:00pm (GMT) – Apolitical – How behavioural science can make government more effective
6:00pm – 7:30pm (EST) – Columbia – Nonprofits & Election 2020: Policy and Advocacy in Action during the National Election Cycle
Friday, 12 February
12:20pm – 17:30pm (CET) – CEPR – CEPR Conference: The Politics of Regulation and Central Banking
12:30pm – 1:30pm (EST) – Princeton – Will the Biden Stimulus lead to Inflation? A Conversation with Paul R. Krugman and Lawrence H. Summers
2:00pm – 3:00pm (GMT) – Oxford – Leveraging Money and Politics: the Rise of China’s Sovereign ‘Leveraged’ Funds and China’s Financial Statecraft
Arthur Wittenberg 