Join the Washington Chapter in a virtual discussion with Prof. Nathan Sussman.
The unprecedented period of very low interest rates in advanced economies is threatening the retirement age income of pensioners. In the developing world, the scarcity of financial resources acts as an impediment for national and personal development. These two challenges have a common solution: harnessing the financial system to channel savings from the wealthy for investment in the poor. Implementing this solution involves overcoming many challenges. Lessons for the past demonstrate this can be done. Therefore, the present juncture presents an opportunity for the sake of the world's future that we cannot afford to miss.
This event will be moderated by Washington Chapter committee members Paul Mathieu and Corinne Delechat, with welcome remarks from Dr. Marie-Laure Salles, Director of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Speaker
Professor Nathan Sussman is Full Professor in International Economics and the Pictet Chair in Finance And Development, as well as the Director for the Center for Finance and Development since September 2019. Previously Dr. Sussman was Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and in the integrated Philosophy, Economics, and Political Science Program (PEP) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; as well as Director of the Research Department at the Bank of Israel and a voting member of the Monetary Policy Committee. His fields of expertise are monetary and financial economic history. He has written numerous articles and co-authored a book on emerging markets and financial globalization. Professor Sussman earned his PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He was Full Professor and Economics Department Chair at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, and served as Chairman of the Economics Department, Director of the Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research, and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Hebrew University.