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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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APR 18, 2017 Podcast

Easternization: Asia's Rise and America's Decline from Obama to Trump and Beyond

"Financial Times" chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman says, "We've reached the point where the West's grip on world affairs begins to loosen." China's economic ...

APR 17, 2017 Podcast

Megatech: Technology in 2050

In this insightful interview, "Economist" executive editor Daniel Franklin discusses driverless cars, gene-editing, artificial intelligence, and much more. Are we entering an "accelerando" stage of ...

FEB 27, 2017 Podcast

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Soon, humankind may be able to replace natural selection with intelligent design and to create the first inorganic lifeforms, says Yuval Noah Harari. If so, ...

Shanghai. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/88556909@N05/8160802746">Gonzalo RA</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

FEB 23, 2017 Podcast

Geoeconomics and Statecraft: Is China Outdoing the United States?

Co-author of "War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft," Jennifer Harris defines geoeconomics as "the use of economic instruments to achieve specific geopolitical results." Why ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe at the White House, February 10, 2017. CREDIT: <a href="http://japan.kantei.go.jp/97_abe/actions/201702/10article1.html">Government of Japan</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">(CC)</a>

FEB 22, 2017 Podcast

Trump and the "Trilateral Relationship" in Northeast Asia

Asia expert and former Bush administration official Michael Green discusses the recent meeting between Trump and Abe and what may come of it, on trade ...

FEB 15, 2017 Podcast

Data for the People: How to Make our Post-Privacy Economy Work for You

"I want people to be empowered by the data they create and not to be stifled by the data they create," says Andreas Weigend, one ...

FEB 8, 2017 Podcast

Trump in Asia: Back to the Future?

In many ways, we're back to the future of reassuring every friend and ally--and adversary--that U.S. constancy is there, says Chris Nelson. In some ...

FEB 7, 2017 Podcast

Sensible Advice for Trump's Asia Policy

"Hopefully, 'America First' really means peace through strength; it means putting our economy and our economic policy at the forefront of our strategy; it means ...

FEB 2, 2017 Podcast

Shalini Kantayya: The Intersection of Ethics, the Environment, & Economics

"I think we as a movement have not done a good job of making climate change a kitchen-table issue, of making this an economic issue ...

JAN 27, 2017 Podcast

Europe's Last Chance: Why the European States Must Form a More Perfect Union

To avoid disaster, the EU needs to become a real federation, argues Guy Verhofstadt. "That means a small, real European government controlled by two bodies, ...