Back to the Future: Is Socialism Striking Again?

The Fifth Annual Kotak Family Distinguished Lecture Series, presided by Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, assembled a renowned team of scholars to discuss iterations of socialism in different countries.

Cosponsored by Columbia SIPA | Deepak and Neera Raj Center for Indian Economic Policies;

Columbia SIPA | Center on Global Economic Governance; Columbia Business School's Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business and the India Business Initiative.

The panelists include:

Jan Švejnar, "Socialism: the Eastern European Experience"

Arvind Panagariya, "Why Socialism Failed in India"

Lee Branstetter, “China: Socialism and Capitalism”

Former Ambassador Juan Gabriel Valdés, "Socialism's appeal in Latin America"

Recorded September 24, 2019.