Speakers in the News

Stop Treating Small Banks as If They Caused the Crisis: Bair

"Round up the usual suspects." That famous line from "Casablanca" neatly sums up the regulatory attitude toward the banking industry in the aftermath of the…

Bair speaks at rural summit

(The Star Democrat) - The keynote speaker was Sheila Bair, president of Washington College and former chairman of the FDIC.

Carly Fiorina: We Must Tackle the Addiction Crisis

We need to reform the criminal justice system and make sure we’re putting the right people in prison. The federal prison population has nearly doubled…

Top Risk for 2016: US-Europe Relations, Eurasia’s Bremmer Says

(Bloomberg Business) - Relations between the United States and Europe are at their weakest in decades and are the top risk for global investors in…

Alex Honnold Isn’t Fearless—He Just Accepts Death

(National Geographic) – “I have the same hope of survival as everybody else. I just have more of an acceptance that I will die at some…

In our opinion: Apple created a radical redefinition of the world economy

The industrial economy was forever transformed into an information economy, where wealth could be generated not just by what people owned but by what they…

Why India’s Tortoise May Beat China’s Hare

(Forbes) - Market sentiment is forever fickle about economic races between countries, especially where emerging markets are concerned. Today, intense attention is focused on India’s…

No Cold War redux for ‘frenemies’ US, China

(Nikkei Asian Review) - We live in a "G-Zero" world, marked by a shifting, uncertain global order and "geopolitical creative destruction," says Ian Bremmer, a…

Ken Burns Shares His Thoughts on Serving as the Grand Marshal for the 2016 Tournament of Roses

(Parade) - With the idea that the 2016 Rose Parade will help shine light on the centennial celebration of our nation’s national parks, Burns, who…

How One Positive Change Can Spark A Ripple Effect Of Happiness

(Huffington Post) - It begins with you.

A ‘Groundhog Day’ Global Economy In 2016?

(Forbes) - Will the world’s marketplace in 2016 be a shadow of its former self?

Ken Burns on Jackie Robinson, the Rose Parade, and Race in America

(The Creators Project) - The wildly prolific documentarian Ken Burns often uses the 19th-century phrase “With the bark on” to define a plain-spoken approach or…