R. Glen Hubbard, author of “Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System”, gives a talk with Hal Varian at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA.
This video is part of the Authors@Google series. Credits: Speaker:R. Glenn Hubbard, Speaker:Hal Varian
[Moderator] Lael Brainard, Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution
Jo’ Schwenke, Managing Director, Business Partners Ltd. [South Africa]
Ali A. Mufuruki, Chairman and CEO, Infotech Investment Group Ltd. [Tanzania]
Alan Patricof, Founder and Managing Director, Greycroft LLC
Part of the Global Philanthropy Forum 2007, a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Since the beginning of economic reforms two decades ago, the economy in China has produced real growth rates of between 8 percent and 10 percent per year. It is believed that China will continue to experience exceptional growth for decades to come at rates well above those of any other large country in the world. In this talk Professor Burton Malkiel discusses why China will enjoy growth rates of economic activity well above those in the developed world. But economic growth does not necessarily translate into high-security returns. Indeed, returns from investments in Chinese equities have been unattractive for the past decade, and corruption and corporate governance issues, as well as a variety of…
Plenary 9: Mobilizing for Action — Feeding the Mind, Tickling the Funny-bone, Touching the heart
[Moderator] Sally Osberg, President and CEO, Skoll Foundation
Richard Curtis, Co-Founder and Vice Chair, ComicRelief [United Kingdom]
Ben Cohen, Co-Founder, Ben and Jerry’s; President, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities
Angélique Kidjo, Singer & Songwriter; UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador [Benin]; Founder, The Batonga Foundation
Bobby Shriver, CEO, Product (Red)
Part of the Global Philanthropy Forum 2007, a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Plenary 6: Financing Poverty Alleviation
[Moderator] Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO, Women’s World Banking
Fola Adeola, Chairman and Founder, FATE Foundation; Co-Founder, Guaranty Trust Bank [Nigeria]
Laurie Spengler, President, Shorebank International Ltd.
Reemaben Nanavaty, Director, Economic and Rural Development, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) [India]
Part of the Global Philanthropy Forum 2007, a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
A Visiting Scholar in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at Stanford, Berlin is also Project Historian for the Silicon Valley Archives, a division of the Stanford University Department of Special Collections. In this capacity, she is working to find and preserve key papers and artifacts pertaining to the history of Silicon Valley. Her research interests include the history of the semiconductor industry in Silicon Valley and the role of leadership in high-tech business. “Capturing the history of a place that considers self-obsolescence the pinnacle of success is not easy, but it is important,” Berlin says. “In a region so focused on the future, it is essential that we also do not forget…
Plenary 5: Entrepreneurs in Action
Jean Case, Co-Founder and CEO, The Case Foundation
Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution; Co-Founder, America Online; Co-Founder and Chairman, The Case Foundation
in conversation with Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council and the Global Philanthropy Forum
Part of the Global Philanthropy Forum 2007, a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Nutritionist AmyJo Johnson speaks to Googlers about Health and Protein
Various members of the BayPIGies show off cool things you can do with just a snippet of Python code.