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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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NOV 17, 2008 Podcast

Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations

From the scapegoating of "witches" in Africa, to the pitfalls of speed-dating, to the cultures that foster corruption, Raymond Fisman explores the economics and psychology ...

NOV 7, 2008 Podcast

Business and Human Rights: Achievements and Prospects

UN Special Representative John Ruggie presents his conceptual framework for business and human rights, and his plan to develop practical recommendations for all relevant stakeholders.

OCT 31, 2008 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Slow Versus Fast Food

Is fast food an ethical as well as a dietary issue? Yes, says the slow-food movement whose motto is: good, clean, fair food. Let's look ...

Flower Pulled By Web <br> Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/linkerjpatrick/36520832/" target="_blank">Patrick Greer</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>)

OCT 30, 2008 Podcast

Can Web 2.0 Revolutionize Corporate Responsibility?

This lively panel examines the intersection of Web 2.0 technologies and the effort to hold corporations to account for both the harms and benefits they create.

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OCT 29, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Financial Crisis Hurts U.S. Soft Power

The financial crisis could spell the end of America's global economic leadership, but working with other nations and building new institutions of governance may reinvigorate ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23065375@N05/2234742693/">ThinkPanama.com</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 27, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Medical Tourism Causes Complications

Medical tourism has started to globalize an industry long considered immune to outsourcing, increasing the need to reform public health programs.

Oil spill. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/esqenzo/320311357/">Jay-P</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 16, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: A Slick Solution for Oil Markets

Although oil prices are declining, the global oil market is out of whack and prices remain high, causing economic suffering around the world. To get ...

"Crane in colors" by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/2557364633/" target="_blank">tanakawho</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en" taget="_blank">CC</a>).

OCT 16, 2008 Podcast

Green Jobs

A panel including Peter Poschen, International Labour Organization and Michael Renner, Worldwatch Institute, discuss the new report "Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/29107673@N04/2898272979/in/set-72157608017685359/">Green Jobs Now</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 15, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Green Jobs Transition Must Accelerate

Jobs will be created by the transition from a high-carbon economy to an energy-efficient one, but the transformation will have to be rapid and global ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/julien_harneis/1373309049/">Julien Harneis</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 14, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Saving the Congo

The scale of Congo's resource curse, weak governance, and civil war calls for policy changes beyond anything typically contemplated by the international community.