Atlantic Council member and Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia University Business School, Bruce Kogut, recently co-authored a research paper entitled "Executive Compensation, Fat Cats and Best Athletes."

On November 16, the Atlantic Council, Thomson Reuters, the Rotman School of Management, and The Embassy of Canada hosted a conference on the future of global finance and economic growth. Featured confirmed speakers include Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes, former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, former Secretary of the US Treasury Robert Rubin, and Royal Bank of Canada CEO Gordon Nixon.

Italy has a nearly 3,000-year history of violent and costly attempts at cohesion. Now, its people must take unity to a totally new level, coming together over painful reforms that will make or break the world’s eighth-largest economy – and the euro currency that holds much of Europe together.

As leaders of the world’s largest economic powers gather together at the G20 Summit this week on the French Riviera (complete with nude sunbathers turned antiglobalization protestors), the world’s attention has once again focused on Greece. 

Alexei Monsarrat, director of the Atlantic Council's Global Business and Economics Program, appeared on National Public Radio's Marketplace, discussing the International Monetary Fund's role in Europe.

The overnight deal to address the Eurozone debt crisis follows an eerily familiar pattern. Waiting until action was long overdue, Europe's leaders have come up with a solution they will sell as final and complete while leaving important -- and potentially deal killing -- details for later. The markets surged yesterday on the news of what appears to be a massive deal.

On October 21, the Atlantic Council hosted a conference call discussion with Michael Lafferty, a globally recognized expert on banking and finance, who provided an insider’s perspective on Europe’s banking crisis in advance of this weekend’s critical European Council summit.

On September 26^th, the Global Business and Economics Program hosted Erkki Liikanen, Governor of the Bank of Finland and a key leader on the European Central Bank’s Governing Council for a discussion of possible solutions to Europe’s ongoing Euro crisis. 

Does anyone read G20 communiqué’s anymore?  In case you missed it, the G20 finance ministers yesterday released a statement saying they are “committed to a strong and coordinated international response to address the renewed challenges facing the global economy.” 

On September 21st, the Global Business and Economics Program along with the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted a lunch conversation with Dr. Thomas Mirow to discuss ways for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to contribute positively to the democratic transformations taking hold across the Middle East and North Africa.