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On my first day at the GES I had the pleasure of kicking off the GES interviews by sitting down with Jan Rieländer, an economist with the OECD and a specialist in one of the topics that are really dear to me, African development. I asked Mr. Rieländer about the […]

This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/.    

This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. The two days of the GES have been unlike any other experience in my life, academic or not. It wasn’t just the solution-oriented environment of the Symposium, the holistic approach to the topics or the sheer […]

  One of the most interesting and eloquent panels I attended this year at the GES was, surprisingly, one chock full of economists. Usually when you attend a lecture by economists you expect it to be quite occult and verbose, not unlike a philosophy lecture only with more focus on […]

  During these past few months I have been closely following Mr. Soros’ work and his ongoing debate with Hans-Werner Sinn over what the best solution might be for the eurozone crisis. In general I tended to lean more towards Mr. Soros’ perspective as I felt, and still feel, that […]