Past Event
14th Annual Conference: Agency, Prospering, Progress and the Working Class
November 18, 2016
9:30 AM - 9:30 PM
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Columbia University, New York, NY
- Introductory Remarks: Edmund Phelps
- Session 1: Agency and Values: Requisites for Innovation and Flourishing
- Chair: Tryggvi Thor Herbertsson
- Speakers: Philip K. Howard, W. Bowman Cutter, Edmund Phelps, Raicho Bojilov, Gylfi Zoega, Saifedean Ammous, Richard Sennett
- Discussants: Henry Kressel, Charles Kolb
- Luncheon Speaker: Matthew Winkler
- Session 2: The Current State of Forces Obstructing or Promoting Broad Agency and Wide Flourishing
- Chair: W. Bowman Cutter
- Speakers: Saskia Sassen, Alan Krueger, Simon Head, Malcolm Wiener, David Weil, David S. Rose, Katherine Cramer
- Session 3: Opportunities for Broader Agency and Wider Flourishing
- Chair: Peter Jungen
- Speaker: Ian Goldin
- Discussant: Edmond Alphandery
- Roundtable:
- Chair: Philip K. Howard
- Speakers: Richard Robb, Robert K. Vischer, JD Vance
- Dinner Speaker: Daniel Rose