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Reducing timber loss through responsible management of the world’s forest stock has the power to reduce poverty, conflict, and greenhouse gases. This policy paper details efforts to date and provides comprehensive proposals for much needed action.
Age of Greed
WPI Senior Fellow Jeff Madrick describes the history of how greed has bred America’s economic ills over the last forty years, and of the men most responsible for them. He recounts the single-minded pursuit of huge personal wealth that has been on the rise in the United States since the 1970s, led by a few individuals who have argued that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns.
Ian Bremmer
Senior Fellow
Expertise: Eurasian states in transition; nation and state-building, US foreign policy, global emerging market risk.
Ian Bremmer is the president of Eurasia Group, the leading global political risk research and consulting firm.
In 1998, Bremmer founded Eurasia Group with just $25,000. Today, the company has offices in New York, Washington, and London, as well as a network of experts and resources around the world. Eurasia Group provides financial, corporate, and government clients with information and insight on how political developments move markets.
Bremmer created Wall Street’s first-ever global political risk index, and has authored several books, including The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall (Simon & Schuster, 2006), which was selected by The Economist as one of the best books of 2006, and The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing (Oxford University Press, 2009). His upcoming book,The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations? (Portfolio, May 2010), details the new global phenomenon of state capitalism and its geopolitical implications. Bremmer is also a frequent writer and commentator in the media. He is a contributor for the Wall Street Journal and writes "The Call" blog on ForeignPolicy.com; he has also published articles in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Newsweek, Harvard Business Review, and Foreign Affairs. He is a panelist for CNN International's "Connect the World" and appears regularly on CNBC, Fox News Channel, National Public Radio, and other networks.
Bremmer has a PhD in political science from Stanford University (1994), and was the youngest-ever national fellow at the Hoover Institution. He presently teaches at Columbia University, and has held faculty positions at the EastWest Institute and the World Policy Institute. In 2007, he was named a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. His analysis focuses on global macro political trends and emerging markets, which he defines as “those countries where politics matter at least as much as economics for market outcomes.”
Bremmer grew up in Boston, and now lives in New York and Washington, DC.
Honors & Affiliations
Co-founder & co-president, Center for the New Internationalism;
Recipient of grants from the Starr Foundation and the Ford Foundation; National Fellowship, Hoover Institution;
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Title VII Grant from the Department of State; Hrair Hovnanian Fellowship & George Holopigian Memorial Fellowship, Armenian General Benevolent Union; MacArthur Fellowship;
Peace Studies Fellowship, Stanford University.
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, Stanford University (1994)
M.A., Political Science, Stanford University (1991)
B.A., with Honors in International Relations, magna cum laude, Tulane University (1989)
Languages
Russian (fluent)
French (reading)
Contact bremmer@eurasiagroup.net
Announced Eurasia Group’s annual list of Top Risks on January 7, 2008.
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