Trade & Globalization: New America Events

Savings as a Tool for International Development

Kirsten Gilbert — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
10/15/2009 - 12:15pm

Can savings-led programs ensure poverty reduction? Preliminary results from World Council of Credit Unions' (WOCCU) MatchSavings.org program in Mexico, where online donations are used to match the first savings accounts of the poor,

Who Will Emerge Stronger After the Crisis?

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
05/26/2009 - 12:15pm

Will China and the Gulf oil states have the U.S. over the proverbial barrel, or will the world's leading capitalist economy get lucky once again? On May 26, 2009, two of the New America Foundation's leading experts on geopolitics and the global economy joined with Foreign Policy magazine to debate which countries will emerge relatively stronger in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

Beyond the Free Trade Agreement Impasse

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:48:00 -0400

A New America Event
05/07/2009 - 12:15pm

Please join Lori Wallach and Todd Tucker in a discussion of their book The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority.

The digital version of the book is available at www.FastTrackHistory.org.

McMafia

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:27:00 -0400

A New America Event
04/06/2009 - 12:00pm

McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld is the dark, riveting journey through the panoply of criminal organizations flourishing in an increasingly globalized world, reaching from the sex trade in Bulgaria and internet fraud in Nigeria to the ‘caviar mafia’ in Central Asia and marijuana markets in British Columbia.

Discussion and Wine Reception: Seeing the Elephant

Stephanie Gunter — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:30:00 -0400

A New America Event
03/11/2009 - 6:00pm

Now, more than ever, America's sucess depends on the success of its neighbors. Thanks to globalization, different countries are holding more economic and political influence than ever before. In Peter Marber's new book, Seeing the Elephant: Understanding Globalization from Trunk to Tail, he examines the connection between economic integration and global policy.

The Right (And Wrong) Way to Spend $1 Trillion

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:45:00 -0500

A New America Event
01/30/2009 - 12:15pm

On January 30, 2009, the New America Foundation hosted a panel discussion around the release of a Washington Monthly cover story and new proposal in the "Big Ideas" series. Featured speaker Phillip Longman, Senior Fellow at New America and Research Director of the Next Social Contract Initiative, pitched his plan to dramatically increase investment in freight rail infrastructure as part of the

NYC Event: It's the Economy... and the Environment

adminn — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
10/20/2008 - 6:00pm

With sustainability at the top of the world’s agenda, the global business landscape is changing fast. Staying ahead of the curve requires dynamic leadership and systemic solutions that deliver solid financial, social and environmental results.

This discussion was hosted jointly by the New America Foundation and Business for Social Responsibility.

When Band-Aids No Longer Work

Communications — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:15:00 -0400

A New America Event
08/14/2008 - 12:15pm

On August 14, the New America Foundation hosted Pat Choate, Director of the Manufacturing Policy Project, to discuss his new book, Dangerous Business: The Risks of Globalization for America, a tell-all look at the dangers that unfettered globalization poses to America’s security and the American middle class. Choate began by detailing a few of the threats the United States faces from unfettered international trade. He stated that we continue to import defective and often dangerous consumer goods from… more

America's Health Care Debacle

Communications — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:15:00 -0400

A New America Event
07/30/2008 - 4:15pm

Featured Speakers The Hon. Tom Daschle Former Senator (D-SD) and Senate Majority Leader Special Policy Advisor, Alston+Bird Leo Hindery Economic Advisor, Obama for President Managing Director, InterMedia Partners Former CEO, AT&T Broadband and Yankee Entertainment & Sports Network Moderator Steve Clemons Director, American Strategy Program New America Foundation Publisher, www.TheWashingtonNote.com

For more information, please see the New America Foundation/Health Policy Program Report, Employer Health Costs in a Global Economy.

This program is sponsored by New… more

America's Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Hegemony

Communications — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
03/12/2008 - 3:00pm

With the United States and China, who will rule whom? That's the central question of In the Jaws of the Dragon by Tokyo-based journalist and writer Eamonn Fingleton. His own answer is sobering. As American leaders fixate on the Middle East, China quietly consolidates both its geostrategic vision and its economic and military power. What is at stake is far more important than manufacturing jobs or the transparency of Sovereign Wealth Funds. It is a matter of which nation will… more

How Far Will America's Subprime Virus Infect Europe?

Communications — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:15:00 -0500

A New America Event
02/26/2008 - 12:15pm

The New America Foundation welcomed Steffen Kampeter from the Budget Committee of Germany’s Bundestag for a discussion of the far-reaching effects of the American sub-prime mortgage crisis and the subsequent breakdown of financial markets. Patrick Doherty, Deputy Director of the American Strategy Program, moderated the session. Herr Kampeter briefed attendees on the general state of economic affairs in Germany and throughout the European Union, along with the European reaction to the sub-prime crisis. He stated that in… more

Why the World Isn't Flat

Communications — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:30:00 -0500

A New America Event
02/01/2008 - 12:30pm

On Feb. 1, Whitehead Senior Fellow Michael Lind hosted award-winning Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang, who delivered a talk based on his new book, Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism. A brief summary follows, while an MP3 audio recording of the 71-minute event can be downloaded below and the video can be viewed at right.

Chang’s central theme was that developing countries should look to the history of successful nations, rather than economic theory, to… more

Trade Imbalance

Communications — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:15:00 -0400

A New America Event
10/05/2007 - 12:15pm

In the coming months, the U.S. Congress will vote up or down on trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, Peru, and Korea. These elected officials will not examine these agreements solely on their commercial or foreign policy benefits to the American people. They will also weigh whether or not each agreement advances particular human rights abroad. However, these Representatives proceed with little information about how trade agreements, and even trade per se, affect human rights at home or abroad. Although… more

The Petro Mirage

Communications — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
05/16/2007 - 3:00pm

Over the past decade, improving the development and governance in oil-producing countries has become an international project encompassing everything from the NGO-lead Publish What You Pay campaign, to transparency and anti-corruption initiatives, "future generations" accounts for oil royalties, the World Bank's model project in Chad, and even Hugo Chavez's attempt at refocussing Venezuela's national oil company on local development projects. While a consensus has evolved around the problems that oil poses for development, the solutions are still… more

Preparing U.S. Students for the Global Economy

Communications — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:42:00 -0500

A New America Event
01/08/2007 - 2:30pm

Monday, Jan. 8, marks the fifth anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the beginning of a comprehensive congressional examination of standards-based school reform. How has it succeeded? How has it not? Why? And how can it be improved?

While the most significant accomplishment of the standards-based school reform movement that began in the 1980s is improved national student achievement in mathematics, international comparisons of mathematics and science achievement continue to indicate sub-par American student performance. Reports… more

End of the Line

Communications — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:00:00 -0500

A New America Event
11/29/2006 - 12:00pm

At this California event, Barry Lynn, a New America Foundation senior fellow, discussed his ground-breaking book, End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation.

We are used to thinking about the effects of globalization and outsourcing in terms of winners and losers: how these trends harm certain classes of American workers or benefit consumers. Lynn goes beyond the stereotypical debate about whether this economic revolution is good or bad to expose the dangerous underside… more

Book Launch: Shutting out the Sun

Communications — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:15:00 -0400

A New America Event
10/05/2006 - 12:15pm

Michael Zielenziger's new book, Shutting Out the Sun, offers an intelligent, insightful look into the economic disquiet and disturbing social trends afflicting Japan. Though once on the verge of eclipsing the United States as the world’s dominant economic power, Japan failed to recover fully from the economic collapse of the early 1990s and now confronts a Japanese society and economy jeopardized by disaffected youth.

Exploring the reasons behind Japan’s status as the industrialized nation with the highest suicide rate and the… more

Rebuilding America's Productive Economy

Communications — Thu, 11 May 2006 12:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
05/11/2006 - 12:05pm

Thanks to the digital revolution, people, companies, and industries can increasingly choose to locate anywhere, making regions with a good quality of life increasingly attractive as economic centers of activity. In this regard, the Heartland, that vast expansion of America from the Middle West to the Mountain West, has enormous underutilized and untapped resources -- from low housing costs and good schools to a favorable business climate, plentiful land and other natural resources -- that make it a potentially attractive… more

The Disposable American

Communications — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
04/10/2006 - 12:00pm

In his first book, Louis Uchitelle, an award-winning business reporter for The New York Times, examines the accelerating trend of corporate layoffs in America. In The Disposable American: Layoffs and their Consequences, Uchitelle examines rising job insecurity from its origins as a largely blue-collar phenomena in the mid 1970s to how it today affects white-collar workers as well. Arguing that we are now in an era of "downward mobility," he blows the lid off the myth that in America there… more

The Impact of Globalization on Children

Communications — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:00:00 -0500

A New America Event
03/02/2006 - 10:00am

Globalization is one of the most important, yet least understood, forces shaping our world. In a world of shifting work conditions and family living patterns, it impacts how Americans, and citizens of the world, raise their children. It touches on issues of child health and development, barriers to parents getting and keeping jobs, and problems families confront daily and in times of crisis. There is much that the world learns from America's economic and social strength, and… more