Peter G. Peterson Distinguished Lecture on National Security and Fiscal Policy: Why Democracy Isn’t Delivering Economic Growth? A talk with Dr. Dambisa Moyo

Event Details

Date:
Thursday, December 7, 2017
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 
Location:
Harvard Club
35 W. 44th Street
New York, NY, NY
Event type
Lecture / Panel  

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Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Dambisa Moyo, Global Economist, Author, and Investor in the Future, who will speak on the intersection of democracy and future economic growth.   The lecture will be held on December 7th at the Harvard Club (35 W 44th Street, New York, NY 10036).  Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. 

 

Event Speakers

    • Dambisa Moyo - Speaker
      Global Economist, Author & Investor in the Future

      Dr. Dambisa Moyo is a pre-eminent thinker, who influences key decision-makers in strategic investment and public policy. She is respected for her unique perspectives, her balance of contrarian thinking with measured judgment, and her ability to turn economic insight into investible ideas.
       
      Dambisa has earned a strong reputation as a top-tier opinion former and trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes. She is a Board member of Barclays Bank, Barrick Gold, Chevron and Seagate Technologies. She holds a PhD in Economics from Oxford, a Masters from Harvard, and is recognized for fresh and innovative ideas as the Author of three (3) New York Times Bestselling Books:
       
      • Winner Take All: China’s race for Resources and What it Means for the World (2012)
      • How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead (2011)
      • Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa (2009)
       
      Dambisa was named to the list of Time 100 Most Influential people in the world; writes for the Financial Times, WSJ, Barron's, Harvard Business Review and has traveled to 80 countries. She runs marathons and practices pilates and yoga in her spare time.

    • Dambisa Moyo