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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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OCT 7, 2008 Podcast

Public Ethics Radio: Leif Wenar on the Resource Curse

There is a powerful case that corporations and countries that buy natural resources from bad actors in developing countries are violating the property rights of ...

cover image, The Difference Makers, by Sandra Waddock

OCT 2, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Difference Makers

Sandra Waddock's book "The Difference Makers" tells the stories of nearly two dozen innovators who pioneered the corporate responsibility movement over the past quarter century.

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/arkntina/241070625/">RK & Tina</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 2, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Laws Gone Wild in Ecuador

Ecuador is the first country to constitutionally enact ecosystem rights, expanding the mandate of environmental protection beyond personal injury and corporate license to pollute.

Racers at the start. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sylvainelies/2639408177/">Sylvain <br>Elies</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

SEP 23, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Race to the Middle

Recent developments in the case law of Mexico and the United States suggest that labor standards between these trading partners may actually be converging.

Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/djwhelan/497090528/">Dave Whelan</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

SEP 19, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Yoga Bends the Globalization Stereotype

The worldwide popularity of yoga proves that globalization is flowing in every direction, and has been for a while.

A biodiesel Hummer. "<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/139447357/">Swords to <br>ploughshares</a>" by Steve Jurvetson (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

SEP 5, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: From Mules to Biofuels

Policymakers have two main concerns when it comes to ethanol: the effect of demand on food prices, and the environmental benefits. While families were sharing ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/ezra/1589931148/">Derek</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

AUG 14, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Cogeneration Can Slash Carbon and Costs

At home or on the city level, cogeneration of electricity and heat is one of the most promising means of using existing technologies to increase ...

Icarus flew too close to the sun. Photo by <br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/loriwright/185265674/">Lori Wright</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUL 23, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Fuel Costs Clip Airline Wings

The rising price of jet fuel has the global airline industry struggling to cut costs and stay aloft, but it also incentivizes the development of ...

JUL 22, 2008 Podcast

Devin Stewart Interviews Jeff Hittner of IBM

Jeff Hittner, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leader for the IBM Global Business Services, gives examples of how CSR is not a company expense or philanthropic ...

JUL 11, 2008 Podcast

The Rise of the Rest II: How the Ascent of Russia and China Affects Global Business and Security

From economic growth to cultural exports, the global distribution of power is shifting from "the West" to the rest of the world. This panel addresses ...