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Banker to the World: Leadership Lessons from the Front Lines of Global Finance by William R. Rhodes '57 LHD'05 (hon.)

 


 

 

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Euro Conference Sparks Debate on Campus and Beyond

Experts from academia, finance, media and policy came together at Brown University this month for a series of discussions about the global financial crisis, the European Union and the future of the euro. Co-sponsored by Brown, the Watson Institute and The Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, "The Failure of the Euro? Causes and Consequences for Europe and Beyond" was organized by Watson Institute faculty fellow Mark Blyth and Ross Levine, the James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics at Brown.

 

4/23 Latin America Welcomes China's Rise: Ricardo Lagos

4/23 Cybersecurity and International Relations

 


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Conversations: The Failure of the Euro?

May 18, 2012