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Global Perspectives Speaker Series

Prior to 2024, the Global Perspectives Speaker Series featured conversations between special guests and former Dallas Fed President Rob Kaplan.
  • Global Perspectives with Donald Kohn

    In an online-only broadcast, Donald Kohn and Dallas Fed President Rob Kaplan discuss Kohn’s career at the Fed, his experience during the Global Financial Crisis and his thoughts on the Fed’s reaction to the current crisis.

  • Global Perspectives with Thomas Hoenig

    In an online-only Global Perspectives conversation, Thomas Hoenig discusses banking supervision and the Federal Reserve's response to COVID-19.

  • Global Perspectives with William C. Dudley

    William C. Dudley discusses monetary policy, the financial crisis and working for the Federal Reserve.

  • Global Perspectives with Douglas Holtz-Eakin

    Douglas Holtz-Eakin talks about his involvement with the American Action Forum and discusses health spending, inflation growth and corporate taxes.

  • Global Perspectives with Tom Luce

    Tom Luce talks about how how data is helping tell a deeper story about education and ways that Texas can improve its educational rankings.

  • Global Perspectives with Glenn Hubbard

    Glenn Hubbard shares his experiences working in the George W. Bush administration and discusses immigration's impact on the workforce.

  • Global Perspectives with Ruth J. Simmons

    Ruth J. Simmons talks about her upbringing and what led her to a career in academia. She also shares advice about how we can improve the education experiences from young children to college students.

  • Global Perspectives with Janet L. Yellen

    Janet Yellen, former chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, discusses how she became an economist, her job serving as the Fed chair and rethinking the 2 percent inflation goal.

  • Global Perspectives with Mike Leavitt

    Leavitt Partners founder, former Utah governor and Bush-era cabinet member Mike Leavitt shares his thoughts on reforming health care, the new models of education and how technology is disrupting higher education.

  • Global Perspectives with N. Gregory Mankiw

    N. Gregory Mankiw, the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University, talks about what economists don’t understand about politicians, and what politicians don’t understand about economists.