| The fall 2011 Faculty Chalk Talk series has ended. Find video and audio of these lectures at ACE on Demand. | ||
In the Wake of the Financial Crisis, What Next?Matthew Slaughter, Associate Dean, MBA Program, and the Signal Companies Professor of Management, Tuck School of Business The world continues to struggle with the aftermath of the world financial crisis and with building a sustainable recovery from the deepest recession since the Great Depression. Many business policy challenges lie ahead. How and when will countries start to unwind the historic loosening of monetary and fiscal policy they undertook during the crisis? Do additional shocks await in European sovereign debt, U.S. sovereign debt, or Chinese real estate? How will governments manage opportunities and tensions over trade, investment, tax, and currency policies? Professor Slaughter discusses some of the key risks and opportunities that the global economy presents to business and government leaders today. | ||
Moral Authority: What Should America's Political Leaders Be Willing to Do?Lucas Swaine, Associate Professor of Government Should those holding high office be prepared to act in immoral ways for the good of the country? Must American leaders be willing to do whatever it takes to win, in a world full of ruthless and unscrupulous adversaries? Professor Swaine considers what kinds of actions political leaders in democracies should be willing—or unwilling—to perform in office. He addresses these questions by bringing the moral character of leaders into focus and applying character to such issues as lying in politics, killing civilians in war, and torture. | ||
Foreign Policy Tradeoffs in an Age of AusterityDaryl Press, Associate Professor of Government The federal deficit, the national debt, and the looming increase in entitlement spending for retiring baby boomers are causing U.S. leaders to reconsider national priorities. Facing the prospect of major tax increases and large cuts to Medicare and Social Security, Americans may seek savings in the sole giant discretionary spending program: the Department of Defense. How would such cuts affect U.S. foreign policy? Would they leave us less safe? How might the U.S. prioritize among its current global security commitments? Which allies would be cut loose? Is this the twilight of the era of American global primacy? | ||
Who Can Fix Health Care?Albert Mulley Jr. ’70, MD, MPP, Director, Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science There's no question that the U.S. health care system needs mending. Media attention ricochets from Washington to academia, but who really has the solution? Dr. Mulley will examine the role of data in health care delivery, the importance of the patient's voice, and how pundits and politicians can work more effectively to help foster productive debate. | ||
Why Worry about Carbon Emissions?Andrew Friedland, Professor of Environmental Studies and the Richard and Jane Pearl Professor in Environmental Studies Most governments in the world have formally agreed to address climate change, but ours has not. Professor Friedland will examine the role of higher education, businesses, and individuals in mitigating climate change, and make a case for informed, personal action as part of the portfolio of responses that should be employed. |
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