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Podcast: Boom, Bust and the Echo of History
September 2024 | Toronto
What can history teach us about today’s financial landscape? In the latest episode of the popular BMO Capital Markets podcast, Professor John Turner, co-author of the award-winning Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles, joins Dr. Laurence B. Mussio to examine:
- The echoes of past booms and busts in today’s markets
- The transformative potential of AI and general-purpose technologies
- The impact of globalized finance on shaping future economic cycles
Dr. Bruce Choy, Risk Management and Governance Specialist, Joins LRI Board of Governors
The Directors of the LRI are delighted to welcome University of Toronto Adjunct Professor Bruce Choy, Rotman School of Management, to the Board of Governors. Dr. Choy is a specialist in governance and risk management. He is currently Chair of the Board of Governors for the George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology, and Chair of the Board Risk Committee for Shinhan Bank Canada, a subsidiary of the Korean financial services conglomerate Shinhan Financial Group.
Read MoreAppointment of Dr. Judy Z. Stephenson to LRI Board of Directors
The founding directors of the Long Run Institute are honoured to welcome Dr. Judy Z. Stephenson to the Board of Directors.
Read MoreBUBBLES: AN LRI BRIEFING
23 July 2021 | Online Briefing
Something peculiar has been happening in financial markets. Despite the worst pandemic in a century, stock markets have been booming. Why?
Read MoreJohn A. Gent, Former CEO of JP Morgan International, Joins Board of Governors
The LRI is delighted to welcome John A. Gent, PhD, to its Board of Governors. Dr. Gent has over forty years’ experience in the financial services sector.
Read MoreDr. Mary A. O’Sullivan, Renowned Historian Specializing in Capitalism, Profit & Governance, Joins Board of Governors
The LRI is honoured to welcome internationally recognized economic historian Dr. Mary A. O’Sullivan to its Board of Governors, effective immediately.
Read MoreDr. Andrea H. Schneider-Braunberger, Leading German Business Historian, Joins Board of Governors
The Long Run Initiative (LRI) is delighted to announce that Dr. Andrea H. Schneider-Braunberger, CEO since 1996 of the Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte (GUG) (Business History Society), is joining its international Board of Governors, effective immediately. GUG has a lengthy and impressive record of connecting the worlds of academia, business and government in the German speaking nations. For more details about the appointment and a downloadable press release, click HERE.
Read MoreDr. Gillian K. Hadfield, Internationally Renowned Economist, Law Professor and AI Governance Expert, Joins Board of Governors
The Long Run Initiative (LRI) is honoured to announce that Dr. Gillian K. Hadfield, Professor of Law, Professor of Strategic Management and Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, University of Toronto, will be joining its international Board of Governors, effective immediately. For more details and a downloadable press release, click HERE.
Read MoreDe/Re-Industrialisation: Link to Full Discussion
In association with the Chief Executives’ Club at Queen’s University Belfast, Dr Michael Aldous, Senior Lecturer in Management at Queen’s chaired a thorough discussion of the issues and implications of de/reindustrialisation. Panel members included Dr Graham Brownlow, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Queen’s University Belfast; Dr Judy Stephenson, Associate Professor in Economics and Finance of the Built Environment, University College London; Dr Tirthankar Roy, Professor in Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science; and Rose Mary Stalker, Chair of Invest Northern Ireland. The complete discussion is available HERE.
Read MoreDE/RE- INDUSTRIALIZATION: LEGACIES, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
13 January 2021 | Online Briefing
Industries are relocating and employment needs are changing. How should corporations and governments handle the negative fallout on economies, societies and political systems? Should we – could we? – re-industrialize?
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