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Framing ethical perspectives

Business and commerce are at the heart of capitalist societies, and are becoming increasingly powerful as technologies proliferate and leaders acquire vast amounts of wealth and influence. Carnegie Council’s programs, events, and experts analyze these developments through an ethical lens.

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NOV 15, 2023 Podcast

Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World, with Bethany Allen

MAR 24, 2022 Podcast

The Doorstep: How Cryptocurrencies & NFTs May Change the Global World Order, with David Yermack

NYU Stern's Professor David Yermack discusses NFTs, Ukraine, and the future of crypto with Carnegie Council Senior Fellows Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin.

MAY 6, 2022 Podcast

For Companies, Could China Be the Next Russia? with Perth Tolle

Isaac Stone Fish and finance expert Perth Tolle discuss the global economic backlash to Russia after the Ukraine invasion, China, and much more.

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JAN 20, 2011 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Latin America's China Challenge

China's growth has been a great boon to Latin America in the short-term. It is up to Latin American nations to translate these short-term gains ...

JAN 3, 2011 Podcast

Putting Middle East Youth to Work: Partnering with Business to Turn a Youth Tsunami into an Asset

Founder and CEO Ron Bruder and VP Jasmine Nahhas di Florio introduce Education for Employment Foundation, an NGO that creates employment opportunities for youth in ...

NOV 22, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Kongjian Yu: The Art of Survival

Landscape architect Kongjian Yu is pioneering energy efficient and spiritually enriching designs to reconnect China's rapid urbanization to the land.

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NOV 12, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Rare Earths Diplomacy

The world should expect China to leverage its dominance in rare earth elements to climb up the manufacturing value chain and build green technologies in ...

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NOV 2, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Peer-to-Peer Microfinance Empowers Young Entrepreneurs

United Youth Development Organization facilitates peer-to-peer microlending between young people to tap their energy and innovation for sustainable entrepreneurship and development.

OCT 29, 2010 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Neo-liberalism and Welfare

Do markets promote the greatest good for the greatest number? What do you think? Should long-term economic growth, promised by a free market, be prioritized ...

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OCT 28, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Welcome to the Urban Revolution

We must become masters of a sustainable, just, and ecological urbanism writes Jeb Brugmann in his analysis of how the advantages of urban settlement are ...

OCT 25, 2010 Podcast

Interview with William Powers, Living Off the Grid

William Powers discusses his life's journey, including time in Liberia and Bolivia, and a stay in a 12 x 12-foot cabin with no electricity or running ...

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OCT 21, 2010 Article

Ukraine: Reset to a Future of Strength

The "reset button" between Washington and Moscow, far from leaving our former Soviet allies in the cold, has enabled a country like Ukraine to pursue ...

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OCT 13, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Recycling Global Imbalances

Is the United States at long last getting serious about global imbalances, or are we risking currency wars that can end in unmitigated disaster for ...