4 Events

Seminar - Open to the Public

EDI Seminar: “Is this time different? COVID-19 and the Global Economy”

Thu., July 23, 2020 | 9:00am - 10:00am

The World Bank expects over 90% of countries to be in recession in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Advanced economies will shrink by 7%, and developing economies by 2.5%. An additional 100 million people around the globe will fall into extreme poverty because of the virus. Some developing markets will face sovereign debt crises as they struggle to contain the economic fallout.

As the global economic outlook deteriorates, the World Bank, other multinationals, and central banks around the world continue to debate the most effective policy responses to combat the global health and economic crises.

Join World Bank Chief Economist Dr. Carmen Reinhart in conversation with Lawrence H. Summers and Nicholas Burns on economic diplomacy in the time of COVID-19.

Ambassador Michael Froman stands in front of an American Flag

Lawrence Jackson

JFK Jr Forum - Open to the Public

The Revolution in American Trade Policy

Tue., Jan. 30, 2018 | 6:00pm - 7:15pm

Harvard Kennedy School - Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum

Ambassador Michael Froman, former U.S. Trade Representative is welcomed to the JFK Jr. Forum by the Institute of Politics, the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. In an event co-chaired by Nicholas Burns and Lawrence H. Summers, Ambassador Froman will talk about American trade policy today.

Penny Pritzker

PSP Capital

JFK Jr Forum - Open to the Public

A Conversation with Former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on the Economy, Global Challenges, and America's Future

Wed., Oct. 25, 2017 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Harvard Kennedy School - Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum

In partnership, the Future of Diplomacy Project, the Institute of Politics and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs welcome former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker for a conversation with Nicholas Burns on the Economy, Global Challenges and America's Future.

JFK Jr Forum - Open to the Public

A Public Address by Christine Lagarde

Thu., Oct. 5, 2017 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Harvard Kennedy School - Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum

A public address by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

Followed by a conversation with Nicholas Burns, Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations and Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University.