The Economic Challenges of Globalization
October 5, 2022
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Location
Lecture Center D1
Address
1140 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607
Cost
Free
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Download iCal FileThe Department of Economics and the UIC chapter of Phi Beta Kappa invite you to a special lecture on "The Economic Challenges of Globalization" by Nina Pavcnik, the Niehaus Professor of International Studies at Dartmouth College on Wednesday, October 5 from 11am to 11:45am in Lecture Center D1. We are excited to hear one of the top scholars in international economics provide her views on one of the most pressing and misunderstood public policy topics.
Economists tend to believe that free international trade has been beneficial for societies. The public often thinks it increases unemployment and inequality, and social instability. These public concerns are reflected in the recent U.S. China trade war and Brexit. The COVID pandemic further exposed the fragility of the global trading system. This lecture will try to reconcile these different perspectives between the economists and the public. It will discuss the concentrated economic costs of trade liberalizations and the uneven sharing in the benefits of international trade within societies. The lecture will conclude with a discussion of what societies can do to better manage the costs and risks of international trade, while preserving its benefits.
About Nina Pavcnik
Niehaus Professor of International Studies at Dartmouth College
Professor Pavcnik’s research examines how international trade affects the lives of workers, families, and children, with implications for inequality and poverty in lower income countries. She also studies how companies respond to the challenges and opportunities of globalization. Pavcnik is current editor of the World Bank Economic Reviewand co-editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives. She is past co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics and Journal of International Economics. She has been a consultant on global trade to the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations, and the U.S. Department of Labor. At Dartmouth, she served as Chair of the Department of Economics and received the Dean of Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentoring and Advising. She is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. A native of Slovenia, Pavcnik received a B.A. in Economics from Yale University and earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University.
Date posted
Sep 28, 2022
Date updated
Sep 28, 2022