THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008

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The Changing Global Economy: Challenges for the Developing World

Michael Kinsley, Time columnist and Slate founder

A top priority for President-elect Barack Obama and his administration will be addressing the complex economic crisis facing the United States and countries around the world. Exploring the unfolding dimensions of the changing global economy, Michael Kinsley, Time columnist and Slate creator, details his conversations with Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Martin Wolf, Robert Reich, Lawrence Summers, and others about the implications of the crisis for emerging markets. Is capitalism being “reinvented,” and what does it mean for the world’s poor?

Michael Kinsley is a columnist for Time magazine. Previously, he was the founding editor of Slate and for many years was the editor of The New Republic. He also has served as an editor at Harper's, the Los Angeles Times, the Economist, and the Washington Monthly. His columns and articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, the Times of London, and the New Yorker, among others. For six years he was cohost of CNN’s “Crossfire,” appearing five nights a week opposite Pat Buchanan, John Sununu, and Robert Novak. Kinsley is a graduate of Harvard and its law school and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. His new book, Creative Capitalism, will be available for purchase and signing at the program.

Kinsley will be interviewed by Steve Chapman, a columnist and editorial writer for the Chicago Tribune. He previously was with the New Republic and has contributed articles to several national magazines including Slate, the American Spectator, and the Weekly Standard.

This program is cosponsored by the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Dining Club of Chicago and Oxford University Society – Illinois. 

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