Marketplace. Last year the wall street journal called the decline of europe as a force in World Affairs the mostn consequential shift of the last 100 years but there is some truth in that, since world war ii the military influence of europe has certainly declined. It is also true that europeans, growth has not compared favorably with that of the United States or for example, with china or india. Of course, efforts to maintain an Economic Union within europe have been more, gated lately but professor bradford sees things divinely and in her new bookro e brussels effect the European Union rules the world is here and back there and you must have a copy. Professor bradford argues that the eu remains a critically important economic superpower. She makes the case very persuasively. He continues to wield a unilateral power in regulating their market and that is a phenomenon that they call the brussels effect. What does it mean . Many, many examples, eu shapes policies in areas for data privac
Peter your new book is called hidden in plain sight. You remember the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission investigating the cause of the 2,072,008 financial crisis not only democrats but also from the republican appointees what did you see that they didnt . The housing system in the United States fannie mae and freddie mac for quite a while before a lot of background of what has been happening in the housing sector. I was looking for the commission to look into what happened with fannie mae and freddie mac what role they couldve played in the housing crisis and i found the commission was not interested in that. They would not look at it to the degree that i tried to interest them and given all kinds of signals that is not something they would do but my differences with the republicans came from the fact that my view our responsibility on the commission was to make sure the American People understood what happened in the crisis and i was outside the partisan differences between the repu
The good evening everyone. Thank you so much for being with us. I am david, one of the codirectors of the Richmond Center. I also served as the dean of Columbia Law School from 2004 to 2014 which i mention for a very particular reason. I was a dean when the professor joined our faculty and one of my proud moments when we persuaded her to do that. So im honored to kick off what i know will be a fascinating discussion about the influence oof the influence ofeurope on tl marketplace. Last year the wall street journal called the decline of europe a force in World Affairs the most consequential shift of the last 100 years and there is some truth in that since world war ii military influence of europe is certainly declined, and its also true the Economic Growth has been compared favorably with that of the United States or for example with china or india. And of course efforts to maintain an Economic Union have been more complicated greatly as we all know. But still, i think professor bradfor
To look more broadly and more deeply at the drivers of instability in themiddle east. From yemen to syria to interact, and now with ran , the region more than ever seems in a permanent of turmoil if it cant become a land of endless wars and tragically despite decades of intense and often wellmeaning american attention and the expenditure of billions of dollars, jewish policy has more often than not been a failure. Maybe the caveat more often than not is to kind. Its been an absolute failure if one accepts the basic aim was to fosterstability and a better life for the people of the region. The ones ultimately responsible for a countrys success or failure are the people who live there but the catastrophe of todays middle raises a lot of questions about whether the United States should continue to be engaged in the region and if so, how . In this regard, the editor of seven pillars Michael Rubin and Brian Katulis and their cocontributors have given us and get. Identifies seven factors tha
The good evening everyone. Thank you so much for being with us. I am david, one of the codirectors of the Richmond Center. I also served as the dean of Columbia Law School from 2004 to 2014 which i mention for a very particular reason. I was a dean when the professor joined our faculty and one of my proud moments when we persuaded her to do that. So im honored to kick off what i know will be a fascinating discussion about the influence oof the influence ofeurope on tl marketplace. Last year the wall street journal called the decline of europe a force in World Affairs the most consequential shift of the last 100 years and there is some truth in that since world war ii military influence of europe is certainly declined, and its also true the Economic Growth has been compared favorably with that of the United States or for example with china or india. And of course efforts to maintain an Economic Union have been more complicated greatly as we all know. But still, i think professor bradfor