Fireside Chat with Prof Raghuram Rajan and Martin Wolf (In Person)

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 6:00 PM until 9:00 PMGMT Daylight Time


Chicago Booth Robert Rothman, ’77 London Campus
One Bartholomew Close Barts Square
London, England EC1A 7BL
United Kingdom

A SYSTEM IN CRISIS: CAN DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM SURVIVE?


Join us on 6 June for a fireside chat with Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times, and Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and Rothman Faculty in Residence at Chicago Booth’s Robert Rothman, ‘77 London Campus, where they will explore key themes from Wolf’s most recent publication, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism. 

Two of the most influential economic thinkers of our time, Wolf and Rajan will reflect on some of today’s most pressing issues – increasing inequality, economic turmoil, political instability – and examine the relationship between capitalism and democracy, the markets and civil society, in shaping a more secure and prosperous future for all. 

Tuesday, 6 June
18:00 – 21:00 BST
Event and Networking Reception

 

Martin Wolf, CBEMARTIN WOLF CBE

Martin Wolf is the Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 for services to financial journalism. Mr Wolf won the Overseas Press Club of America’s prize for “best commentary on international news in any medium” for 2013 and the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gerald Loeb Awards. He was a member of the UK’s Independent Commission on Banking in 2010-11 His most recent publication is The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism (London and New York: Allen Lane, 2023).
 

RAGHURAM RAJAN

Raghuram Rajan is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth. He was the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2013 and September 2016. Between 2003 and 2006, Dr. Rajan was the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund. Dr. Rajan’s research interests are in banking, corporate finance, and economic development. The books he has written include The Third Pillar: How the State and Markets hold the Community Behind 2019 which was a finalist for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year prize and Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy, for which he was awarded the Financial Times prize for Business Book of the Year in 2010.

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