About the Conference
Brandeis International Business School (IBS) hosted a conference to celebrate IBS Professor Rachel McCulloch. The conference, entitled "Is Free Trade Still Optimal in the 21st Century?" was organized by Professor Chad P. Bown and took place on Friday, June 15th at IBS. Topics covered included trade, international economic policy and globalization.

Michael Plummer, Rachel McCulloch, Chad Bown, Tren Dolbear, Ann Dolbear

The conference featured a distinguished luncheon panel discussion regarding the "State of the Global Economy and Current International Economic Policy".

Janet Yellen, Michael Mussa, and Anne Krueger

Sharing remarks in the lunch discussion was Anne Krueger from Johns Hopkins University/SAIS, Michael Mussa from the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics and Janet Yellen, the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. To view Janet Yellen's speech, please click here:

Provost Marty Krauss, Peter Petri, Rachel McCulloch, Anne Carter

The conference was sponsored by Darden Restaurants, the Schulhof Family Foundation and the Rosenberg Institute of Global Finance at IBS.

To review the entire program and view papers presented, click here: