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EDMUND S. PHELPS

DIRECTOR,

CENTER ON CAPITALISM AND SOCIETY

John Kay

Amartya Sen

Joseph Stiglitz

PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMICS AND THE GOOD ECONOMY:

Individual Values, Human Pursuits, Self-Realization and Becoming

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Robert Kiernan

Sebastiano Maffettone

Barnaby Marsh

Martin Seligman

Richard Sennett

Robert Shiller

David Sidorsky

Juan V. Sola

Mark C. Taylor

Jianguo Wang

CENTER ON CAPITALISM AND SOCIETY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Thomas Nagel

Richard Nelson

Peter Pazzaglini

Edmund Phelps

Andrzej Rapaczynski

Richard Robb

Emma Rothschild

Esa Saarinen

Saskia Sassen

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WELCOME TO OUR 9TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMICS AND THE GOOD ECONOMY:

Individual Values, Human Pursuits, Self-Realization and Becoming

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD

12:45 pm–1:10 pm REGISTRATION

(Location: Location: Altschul Auditorium, Columbia University - 4th Floor International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street)

1:10 pm–1:25 pm INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Prof. Edmund S. Phelps, Director, Center on Capitalism and Society, and McVickar Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University, 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics

1:30 pm–2:15 pm KEYNOTE SPEECH

Prof. Martin Seligman, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology and Director of the Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania

2:20 pm–3:35 pm SESSION 1: FLOURISHINGProf. Edmund S. Phelps, Director, Center on Capitalism and Society, and McVickar Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University, 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics;

Prof. Richard Robb, Professor of Professional Practice in International Finance, School of International Affairs, Columbia University, CEO and co-founder, Christofferson, Robb & Co;

Prof. Mark C. Taylor, Department of Religion Chair and Professor of Religion, Columbia University

3:35 pm–4:10 pm DISCUSSION OF SESSION 1

Prof. Thomas Nagel, University Professor, Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, NYU

GENERAL DISCUSSION

4:15 pm–4:30 pm COFFEE BREAK

4:35 pm–5:50 pm SESSION 2: THE GOOD ECONOMYProf. Esa Saarinen, Professor of Applied Philosophy, Helsinki University of Technology;

Prof. Robert Shiller, Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics, Yale University; Member, Cowles Foundation, Yale University;

Prof. Jianguo Wang, Professor, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

5:50 pm – 6:40 pm DISCUSSION OF SESSION 2

Prof. Amar Bhidé, Schmidheiny Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Co-editor, Capitalism and Society;

Prof. Ian Goldin, Director of the James Martin 21st Century School, University of Oxford

GENERAL DISCUSSION

6:45 pm–7:30 pm COCKTAIL RECEPTION (Faculty House, 4th Floor)

7:35 pm–10:00 pm DINNER (Faculty House, 4th Floor)

After-dinner speaker: Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia University, Chair, Committee on Global Thought and Executive Director, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH

9:15 am–9:45 am REGISTRATION (Location: Altschul Auditorium)

9:45–11:25 am SESSION 3: PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGSProf. Jeffrey N. Helzner, Associate Professor, Columbia University;

Prof. Sebastiano Maffettone, Professor of Political Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome;

Prof. Richard Sennett, University Professor and Professor of Sociology, NYU; Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics;

Prof. David Sidorsky, Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University

11:25 am–12:15 am DISCUSSION OF SESSION 3

Mr. Robert Kiernan, Senior Fellow, Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. CEO and founder, Advanced Portfolio Management LLC;

Prof. Andrzej Rapaczynski, Daniel G. Ross Professor of Law, Columbia University, Director and Editor, Project Syndicate

GENERAL DISCUSSION

12:30 pm–2:15 pm LUNCH (Teatro, Casa Italiana)

AFTER-LUNCH SPEAKERS: Prof. Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, Harvard University, 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics

2:25 pm–3:40 pm SESSION 4: ECONOMIC CULTUREProf. Emma Rothschild, Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History and Director, Center for History and Economics, Harvard University;

Prof. Peter Pazzaglini, Senior Scholar, The Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University;

Prof. Juan V. Sola, Professor of Constitutional, Law School of the University of Buenos Aires, Director, Centre of Law and Economics, University of Buenos Aires

3:40 pm–4:15 pm DISCUSSION OF SESSION 4

Prof. Richard Nelson, Director, Program on Science, Technology and Global Development, Earth Institute, and George Blumenthal Professor Emeritus of International and Public Affairs, Business and Law, Columbia University.

GENERAL DISCUSSION

4:20 pm–4:30 pm COFFEE BREAK

4:35 pm–5:25 pm SESSION 5: SOCIAL IMPACTSProf. Zhiyi He, New Huadu Business School

Prof. Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Department ofSociology and Co-Chair, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University

5:25 pm–6:00 pm DISCUSSION OF SESSION 5

Dr. Barnaby Marsh, Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, John Templeton Foundation

GENERAL DISCUSSION

6:10 pm–7:00 pm COCKTAIL RECEPTION (Salon, Casa Italiana)

7:15 pm–9:30 pm DINNER (Teatro, Casa Italiana)

AFTER-DINNER SPEAKER Prof. John Kay, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics; Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford; author and Financial Times columnist

CLOSING REMARKS Prof. Edmund S. Phelps

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