In Gold We Trust? A Great Debate
Speaker: James Grant David Stockman Richard Sylla John Dizard Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 6:30pmThu, 05/05/2011 - 7:30pmSince 1971, the U.S. dollar has not been convertible into anything except small...
View ArticleWWII & NYC
Oct 5 2012May 27 2013Start and end dates: Fri, 10/05/2012 - Mon, 05/27/2013Irving Boyer, Prospect Park, ca. 1942–1944. Oil on academy board. The New-York Historical Society, Gift of Selwyn L. Boyer,...
View ArticleThe Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
Speaker: Jeffrey Sachs Andrew Ross Sorkin (moderator) Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 6:30pmThu, 10/06/2011 - 7:30pmEvent detailsIn the wake of the worst recession in recent history, pre-eminent economist...
View ArticleCivilization: The West and the Rest
Speaker: Niall Ferguson Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 6:30pmThu, 12/08/2011 - 6:30pmEvent detailsWhat was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior...
View ArticleThe Money Trust
Speaker: James Grant Paul Gigot Richard Sylla (moderator) Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 6:30pmWed, 01/18/2012 - 6:30pmEvent details"The greatest monopoly in the country is the money monopoly,"...
View ArticleWill China Take Over the World?
Speaker: Sebastian Mallaby Steven Rattner Byron R. Wien (moderator) Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 6:30pmTue, 02/21/2012 - 6:30pmNote: This event is sold out Event detailsArmed with the world’s largest...
View ArticleSpecial '21' Club Breakfast & Talk - A Contest for Supremacy: China, America,...
Speaker: Aaron L. Friedberg Monday, November 28, 2011 - 8:00amMon, 11/28/2011 - 8:00amEvent detailsJoin us at New York’s landmark ‘21’ Club for this singular program, which includes a breakfast and...
View ArticleForebodings of Armageddon
Speaker: Michael S. Neiberg John H. Maurer Saturday, April 6, 2013 - 9:00am - 12:15pmSat, 04/06/2013 - 9:00am - 12:15pmA series of Saturday programs presented in collaboration with the Foreign Policy...
View ArticleEcstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877
Speaker: Brenda Wineapple Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 7:00pmWed, 08/07/2013 - 7:00pmEVENT DETAILSIn collaboration with the New-York Historical Society and Oxford University Press, the Bryant Park...
View ArticleMacy's Sunday Story Time: My Heart Will Not Sit Down
Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 11:30amSun, 10/20/2013 - 11:30amRecommended for children ages 3–7. My Heart Will Not Sit Down by Mara Rockliff When she hears about the Great Depression and all of the...
View ArticleAn Interview with Joseph Stiglitz
Speaker: Joseph E. Stiglitz Bob Herbert (moderator) Saturday, March 1, 2014 - 9:30am - 11:00amSat, 03/01/2014 - 9:30am - 11:00amEVENT DETAILS9 am — Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:30 am —...
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