Research Events
Global Perspectives Speaker Series
Prior to 2024, the Global Perspectives Speaker Series featured conversations between special guests and former Dallas Fed President Rob Kaplan.
Richard H. Clarida, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, discusses the global effects of U.S. monetary policy, the U.S. fiscal situation and the data dependence.
February 25, 2019
John Hess, CEO of Hess Corp., shares his take on the impact of climate change on energy, understanding environmental challenges and the search for U.S. reserves.
February 12, 2019
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, addresses how the U.S. can handle the growing burden of U.S. debt, the importance of human capital and how politics is impacting the national debt.
January 16, 2019
Jerome H. Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, discusses his career path to the Federal Reserve, challenges to normalizing monetary policy and the state of the economy.
November 14, 2018
Robert S. Taubman, chairman, president and CEO of Taubman Centers, Inc., talks about brick and mortar stores, how e-commerce is affecting shopping centers and the state of retail in China.
November 05, 2018
Ellen Ochoa, former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center and former member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas board of directors, discusses her path to being an astronaut, the importance of STEAM education and serving on the Dallas Fed board.
October 04, 2018
David Wessel, former journalist and current director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution, talks about the skills a former journalist brings to a think tank, the biggest economic problems facing the United States and the challenges of the modern press.
April 04, 2018
Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, discusses lessons of leadership, the creation of the Ford Foundation and the function of philanthropy in society.
February 26, 2018
Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of IHS Markit and a founder of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, talks about the oil price outlook, implications of offshore drilling and the impact of driverless technology on the energy industry.
January 18, 2018
Amber Venz Box and Baxter Box discussed technology-enabled disruption.
December 05, 2017