Chicago GSB Podcast Series Archive

Becker Brown Bag Series: Kevin Murphy on Wage Inequality

Increased demand for skilled workers has created wage inequality between those who have college degrees and those who don't in the United States, but the news isn't all bad, according to Kevin Murphy, George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics.
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 CST

Using Microfinance to Break the Generational Cycle of Poverty

Microfinance is not as a suite of social products, it's a platform for social development through business, according to Alex Counts, president of the Grameen Foundation.
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 CST

Becker Brown Bag Series: How to Improve United States Immigration Policy

This broadcast features Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, University Professor of Economics and of Sociology. The GSB's Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory hosted the first in a series of lunchtime discussions. Professor Becker talks about the benefits of setting a price for immigration.
Wed, 4 Apr 2007 00:00:00 CST

Global Financial Markets Forum featuring Luigi Zingales

This broadcast features Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance. Zingales is also a member of the Committee on Capital Market Regulation. He reports on the committee's findings regarding concerns that excessive regulation is stifling the public securities markets and causing U.S. markets to lose business to foreign competitiors.
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 CST

Initiative on Global Financial Markets Hosts Inaugural Forum

The long string of major financial crises that beset emerging markets from 1994 to 2002 was caused by a variety of factors, according to John Taylor, former U.S. Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs. Among those were countries trying to peg their exchange rates while inflation at home exceeded inflation abroad. "Essentially that means your exchange rate gets out of line or overvalued," he said. "Eventually currencies depreciated. On top of that, many emerging-market countries had borrowed in dollars, but their earnings were in local currency. A sudden depreciation meant they had to pay a lot more dollars back, which led to a debt problem." The International Monetary Fund's unpredictable responses to the crises further complicated the problem, Taylor said.
Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:00:00 CST

Chicago GSB Business Forecast 2007: Marvin Zonis (Speaker 3 of 3)

At Chicago's Business School, Zonis teaches courses on International Political Economy, Leadership, and E-Commerce. He was the first professor at the Business School to teach a course on the effects of digital technologies on global business. He also consults to corporations and professional asset management firms throughout the world, helping them to identify, assess, and manage their political risks in the changing global environment. Zonis is a co-founder and Chairman of DSD, a software development company based in Moscow and Chicago. What unites these activities is Zonis' unique awareness of the intersections of politics, economics, and emergent technologies.
Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:00:00 CST

Chicago GSB Business Forecast 2007: Michael Mussa, AM '70, PhD '74 (Speaker 2 of 3)

Michael Mussa, AM '70, PhD '74, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics. He served as Economic Counselor and Director of the Department of Research at the International Monetary Fund from 1991-2001, where he was responsible for advising the Management of the Fund and the Fund's Executive Board on broad issues of economic policy and for providing analysis of ongoing developments in the world economy. By appointment of President Ronald Reagan, Mussa served as a member of the US Council of Economic Advisers from August 1986 to September 1988. He was a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago (1976-91) and was on the faculty of the Department of Economics at the University of Rochester (1971-76).
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 CST

Chicago GSB Business Forecast 2007: Austan D. Goolsbee (Speaker 1 of 3)

Austan D. Goolsbee, Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics, currently works as a member of the U.S. Census Advisory Committee, a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a columnist for the New York Times.
Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 CST

What Makes Demographics Drive Other Trends?

Demographics are the "sleeper driver" that will affect several other trends, according to Paul Laudicina, managing officer and chairman of the board for A.T. Kearney. The author of World Out of Balance, he put demographics at the top of the list of five drivers of change; others include the "new consumer" and natural resources and environmental regulation and activism. "Demographics is clearly driving lots of the other trends," he said. "Certainly in the last 50 years we've had greater advances in life expectancy than in the last 5,000."
Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 CST

Software executive Jeff Rodek discusses alternative approach to leadership

Hyperion executive chairman chats with Dean Snyder about how his view of leadership encompasses employees.
Fri, 1 Dec 2006 00:00:00 CST

Special Chicago GSB panel on the legacy of Milton Friedman

Former students and colleagues take a look at Friedman's intellectual contributions as well as his life.
Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:00 CST

UBS Invests in Efficiency of the Markets

UBS Investment Bank president Ken Moelis looks at the industry and his career.
Wed, 8 Nov 2006 00:00:00 CST

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney on the tool set that had enabled him to meet new challenges

Speaking at a Graduate Business Council event, Romney looked back at the tool set that had enabled him to meet new challenges throughout his career - from running the 2000 Olympics to providing health insurance for all Massachusetts residences.
Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:00:00 CST

Raghu Rajan on Why are poor countries financing the rich?

Youngest IMF chief economists discusses global imbalances in savings, investments and economic growth as part of the Global Leadership Series
Fri, 6 Oct 2006 00:00:00 CST

Anne Mulcahy Tells How She Resurrected Xerox

Mulcahy spoke to students at the third USA Today CEO forum at the Hyde Park Center
Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 CST

Steven Levitt Discusses Cases That Illustrate His Unique Take on Research

Steven Levitt, Alvin H. Baum Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago and author of the New York Times bestseller Freakonomics, regaled the students with cases from his research. One example illustrated why Chicago emphasizes the importance of hard data for all kinds of decision-making.
Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST

Chicago's Road to China Presented by Linda Yu

Chicago ABC 7 News anchor Linda Yu discussed China's rapid growth - both its affect on global business as well as her own family's heritage - at a meeting of the International Roundtable.
Tue, 4 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST

Nobel Laureate Gary Becker on The World Economy and Future of The Energy Market

Nobel Laureate Gary Becker suggests several options for how governments and businesses around the world could adapt to high energy prices. He spoke as part of the Global Leadership Series at an event in London.
Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST

General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Offers Advice

In a Distinguished Speaker Series address May 18 at the Hyde Park Center, Pace endorsed making the most of any position.
Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST

What the Red Cross and Big Business Have in Common

Katrina forces the agency to become even bigger, CEO Jack McGuire says
Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST

Careers in Venture Capital

Chicago GSB MBA Career Services invited 5 panelists to describe the paths they took on the way to the positions they currently hold
Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST

RadioShack CEO Claire Babrowski on how women can rise to the top

RadioShack CEO Claire Babrowski spoke at the spring conference of the Committee of 200, an organization of top female entrepreneurs and executives.
Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST

54th Annual Management Conference: CEO of Credit Suisse and GSB Alum, Brady Dougan, Delivers Keynote Speech

In a question and answer session with Chicago GSB Dean Edward Snyder, Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan, AB '81, MBA '82 discusses hedge funds, emerging markets in China and India, and more.
Thu, 1 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST

Founder of Sycamore Networks Predicts Influx of Capital for India

At the Tata India Business Conference, held at Chicago GSB, founder of Sycamore Networks, Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, urges entrepreneurs to follow their convictions.
Wed, 31 May 2006 00:00:00 CST

Early Stage Investing: Web 2.0, SMS, Internet Convergence

The European Private Equity and Investment Banking Roundtable featured Steve Schlenker, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of DN Capital, who discusses challenges and opportunities in early stage investing.
Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 CST

Nuclear Proliferation: Gary Samore takes a look at the related commercial, economic, and geopolitical issues for the American business community

In the aftermath of President Bush's "axis of evil" speech, the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs have become front page news in newspapers around the USA. Gary Samore, Vice President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, speaks on the impact of nuclear proliferation on the American business community.
Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 CST

Chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises, Christie Hefner, talks about women in the executive suite

Christie Hefner was the keynote speaker at the spring conference of the Committee of 200, an organization of top female entrepreneurs and executives. She discusses the need for more women to blaze the trail to the executive suite so the idea of who can be successful is changed for business people of both sexes.
Fri, 26 May 2006 00:00:00 CST

Czech President Sounds Alarm Over EU Movement

The president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, discusses why he thinks the European Union is marching in the wrong direction
Wed, 24 May 2006 00:00:00 CST

Buffett Is Wrong: Money Managers Are Worth Big Paychecks

Never mind what Warren Buffett says. Money managers who earn enormous paychecks deserve what they make, according to panelists discussing the market for talent in finance at the inaugural conference at the Gary S. Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory Founded by Richard O. Ryan, '66 at Hyde Park Center April 7. Panelists included Andrew Rosenfield, Nancy Zimmerman, Kevin Murphy, Dick Elden, and Steven Levitt.
Fri, 5 May 2006 00:00:00 CST

Christine Lagarde, the French Minister of Foreign Trade, on globalization and the WTO

150 member states have agreed to abandon a bit of sovereignty to the WTO... that's extraordinary. France's Foreign Trade Minister visits GSB to speak to students.
Wed, 3 May 2006 00:00:00 CST

India's "Mother of Invention", Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, discusses the founding and growth of Biocon Ltd., Asia's largest biotech firm

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder and co-chair of Biocon, Ltd., Asia's largest biotech firm, started her journey by learning to brew beer. She became a master brewer in Australia and went home to India, where the brewing community promptly rejected her. On the rebound, she came across an Irish biotech entrepreneur who asked her if she'd like to start a biotech company in India.
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:00 CST

How Indian Software Giant Infosys Rode the Wave from Zero to $2 Billion

Nandan Nilekani, CEO and co-founder of Infosys, the Indian software giant, discusses the company's meteoric growth and the rise of globalization. As part of the GSB's Distinguished Speaker Series, Nilekani and Infosys Consulting CEO Stephen Pratt spoke to students assembled for a fireside chat at the Hyde Park Center March 28.
Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:00:00 CST

Chicago Fed CEO Weighs In on Anchoring Inflation

To keep the economy healthy, it's critical to clamp down on expectations of inflation, and the Fed plays a crucial role in doing so, said Michael Moskow, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST

GE CMO David Slump and GSB Dean Edward Snyder Tackle Global Energy Issues

What Price Are We Willing to Pay For Clean Energy? Chicago GSB Distinguished Speaker Series with GE Chief Marketing Officer David Slump and dean Edward Snyder.
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST

Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes, '64 on Investing

Myron Scholes, '64 speaks to students on February 28, 2006 as a part of Chicago GSB's Distinguished Speaker Series.
Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST

CDW CEO John Edwardson, '72 on Corporate Culture

John Edwardson discusses building corporate culture at the Alumni Entrepreneur Conference. February 16, 2006.
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST

JetBlue CEO David Neeleman Speaks on Becoming the Best Customer Service Company Anywhere

David Neeleman talks about setting a standard for all companies. January 20, 2006.
Tue, 7 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST