Inaugural Symposium of the Rosenberg Institute
In 2001 the International Business School established the Rosenberg Institute of Global Finance. The Institute, named in honor of Barbara (`54) and Richard Rosenberg, will serve as the School's principal platform for research in the field of international finance.
On 10 and 11 October 2002 the School, in partnership with the TIAA-CREF Institute, held the inaugural symposium of the Rosenberg Institute, on the theme of “Financing Global Aging”.
The symposium opened with a keynote address from Professor Martin Feldstein of Harvard University, President of the National Bureau of Economic Research and former Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers.
A Global Event
The symposium drew participants from leading universities, think tanks, business, labor, government and international organizations from around the world. They participated in a unique, multidisciplinary analysis of the financial strategies that countries are using to address an issue that will affect the welfare of people globally.
The issues dealt with included:
- The impact of an aging population and its financing: How widespread, serious and urgent?
- Privatization: Should an aging population be financed by governments or markets?
- Learning from global experience: One approach or many?
Read an overview of the symposium.
Program for the Symposium
As well as Professor Feldstein, the eminent group of speakers at the conference included Nobel Laureate Franco Modigliani of MIT and Geir Haarde, the Finance Minister of Iceland. See the full program and biographies of the symposium speakers.
Speakers' Papers
Speakers submitted papers for the symposium. You will find links to the papers on this page.
Barbara and Richard Rosenberg
IBS owes the establishment of the Rosenberg Institute to the generosity and energy of Barbara and Richard Rosenberg. Read their biographies.
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