How the UN set the standard for human rights in the corporate world
HKS Professor John Ruggie, who has twice served in senior roles at the United Nations, describes how the UN was able to leverage its convening power to create an unprecedented set of "Guiding Principl...
14 Okt 201521min
Don't Panic: China's Just Switching Gears
Peiran Wei, a 2015 China and Globalization Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and former Bloomberg reporter, describes his country as "switching gears" – in its economy, its politics, ...
7 Okt 201522min
Why Hasn't Homeownership Recovered?
Christopher Herbert, managing director of Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, explains whether there’s reason for concern about the state of the US housing market, which has been beset by fall...
30 Sep 201521min
How to Fix a Sovereign Debt Crisis
HKS Professor Carmen Reinhart details the lessons we can learn from two centuries of data on how countries have historically dealt with debt problems. She discusses the long menu of debt relief option...
23 Sep 201525min
America: The Next Great Emerging Market?
Retired US Army Gen. David Petraeus, a non-resident senior fellow at the Belfer Center, explains why he believes a combination of four technological revolutions will lead to a renewed era of American ...
16 Sep 201527min
The Iran Nuclear Accord: What Happens Next?
Gary Samore, President Obama’s former principal advisor on arms control and nuclear proliferation who currently serves as the Director for Research at the Belfer Center, gives his take on the agreemen...
9 Sep 201523min
Better Policy Through A.R.T.
Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus, Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and professor of the practice of theatre at Harvard, explains why the arts are critical to the sh...
27 Maj 201524min
A Wholesale and Retail Approach to Digital Government
Nick Sinai, formerly a U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer at the White House and currently a Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy fellow at the Shorenstein Center, describes in detail the effort t...
20 Maj 201522min
