2001 Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz to speak on Globalization at Southwestern University's Brown Symposium

January 23, 2002

The 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Joseph E. Stiglitz, will join three other distinguished social scientists to offer their views on the economic, social and environmental issues, as well as the winners and losers, in the runaway race to globalize during Globalization: Win-Win or Win Lose?, Feb. 21-22, 2002, at Southwestern University.

Stiglitz holds a joint appointment at Columbia University: a chaired professorship at the Columbia Business School, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in the Department of Economics, and the School of International and Public Affairs. From 1997-2000, Stiglitz was senior vice president and chief economist at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. He served on President Clinton's economic team as chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors from 1993-1997.

Herman Daly is a senior research scholar in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland. Formerly he was a senior economist in the Environmental Department at the World Bank, where he helped found and develop policy guidelines for the department. He is noted for his extensive research and writings on the environment and sustainable development. His landmark publication is the book, For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy Toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future.

Saskia Sassen is the Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and the Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. She is one of the foremost theoreticians of the emerging information society in an increasingly globalized world. Her most recent books, Globalization and Its Discontents (1998), Losing Control? Sovereignty in an Age of Globalization (1996) and The Global City (1995, updated 2000) have been translated into 10 languages.

Stephen J. Kobrin is the William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a fellow of the World Economic Forum and serves as president of the Academy of International Business. Kobrin's research focuses on the nature and impact of globalization—particularly the information revolution—on economic and political organization and governance. He is currently working on a project examining the backlash against globalization in the context of previous protests against international investments and multinational corporations.

Southwestern University's Brown Symposium annually explores topics of global interest in one of a variety of disciplines and is funded through an endowment established by the Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, Texas, for professorships at the University.

Brown Symposium XXIV has been developed by A.J. Senchack, professor of economics and holder of the Lucy King Brown Chair. All events are open to the public without charge and will be held in the Alma Thomas Theater at The Sarofim School of Fine Arts.

* Please note the following schedule change — Joseph Stiglitz will speak at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22. The panel discussion will take place at 10:30 a.m. that morning. This is a change from the schedule printed in the brochure.

Browse current S.U. news
Browse the S.U. Headline News Archive
Return to the S.U. home page