Events

Past Event

Fifth Annual Kotak Family Distinguished Lecture Series: Back to the Future: Is Socialism Striking Again?

September 24, 2019
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY 10027 Room 1501

From The Event

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Join us for the Fifth Annual Kotak Family Distinguished Lecture Series, presided by Professor Jagdish Bhagwati. For this installment of the lecture series, Professor Bhagwati has assembled a renowned team of scholars to discuss iterations of socialism in different countries.

  • Reception, 5:30 - 6:00 p.m.

  • Lecture & Panel, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Panelists include

  • Jan Svejnar, “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”

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

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