Tuesday, April 12, 2016: NEW YORK CITY
The Legacy of Jane Jacobs – Discussion
Fordham Law School, Constantino Room 150 W. 62nd Street
Event poster can be viewed here.
Friday, April 8, 2016: PURCHASE, NY Economic Freedom Institute Conference – Keynote 2900 Purchase Street Purchase, NY Event details available here.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016: NEW YORK CITY Success Without Design: Lessons from the Unplanned World of Development NYU Global Center, Grand Hall (top floor), 238 Thompson Street Event details available here. Video coming soon!
Friday, February 26, 2016: WASHINGTON, DC Annual Conference of the Eastern Economic Association – Keynote Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Madison Room, Washington DC See the event agenda here.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016: NEW YORK CITY Screening of Poverty Inc. Documentary and Discussion Jurow Lecture Hall, NYU Silver Center 100 Washington Square East, 6pm-9:30pm See video from the question and answer session here.
Thursday, December 3, 2015: BARCELONA, SPAIN Lecture at Obra Social “la Caixa” Palau Macaya Passeig de Sant Joan, 108, Barcelona, Spain
Wednesday, December 2, 2015: LONDON, UK Annual Institute of Economic Affairs Hayek Memorial Lecture Church House Conference Centre, Westminster, London See a video of the lecture here, and video of the follow-up interview here
Tuesday, November 13, 2015: NEW YORK CITY Conference "Beyond the Nation State: How traders, migrants and ethnic networks are driving economic growth in the developing world". Rosenthal Pavilion, NYU Kimmel Center 60 Washington Square South, 10th Floor, 8:30am-5pm Watch videos from the event here
Thursday, November 5, 2015: NEW YORK CITY Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2015 Opening Remarks Waldorf Astoria 301 Park Avenue, New York, 11am-2pm See the agenda, and listen to the speech, here
Monday, June 22, 2015: WASHINGTON, DC 2015 InterAction Forum Keynote Washington Marriott Wardman Park 2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC Watch the full speech here
Monday, June 1, 2015: TRENTO, ITALY
The Festival of Economics
The Tyranny of Experts: The Right to be Mobile Palazzo della Provincia - Piazza Dante, 15 Trento, Italy TN Find more details on the presentation here
Monday, April 27, 2015: WEST HARTFORD, CT
The Tyranny of Experts: How Freedom Got Lost in the War on Global Poverty
Ruth B. and Charles W. Deeds Symposium Lecture
University of Hartford
The 1877 Club, 5:30pm
Thursday, April 16, 2015: NEW YORK CITY
Conference “Development without Freedom? Justice, Human Rights, and Foreign Aid in Africa”
The Grand Hall, NYU Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life
238 Thompson Street, 5th Floor, 8:30am-4:30pm Watch videos from the event here
Monday, April 13, 2015: NEW HAVEN, CT
The Tyranny of Experts: Is the Economic Development Community on the Wrong Side of the Global Battle for Democracy?
Book talk at Yale University
Institution for Social and Policy Studies, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Room A002, 77 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT
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Monday, December 8, 2014: LONDON
London School of Economics
Old Theatre, Old Building, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Watch video on LSE website or listen to iTunes podcast
Monday, December 8, 2014: LONDON
DFID, 12:00-1:30pm
Tuesday, December 2, 2014: NEW YORK CITY
Inequality and Economic Performance Conference
Faculty House, Columbia University, 9:30am-10:45am
Tuesday, November 18, 2014: NEW YORK CITY
A Long History of a Short Block: Four Centuries of Development Surprises on One Stretch of a New York City Street,
with Laura Freschi
NYU Development Research Institute 2014 Annual Conference “Cities and Development: Urban Determinants of Success”
Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th Floor of NYU Kimmel Center, 8:30am-3:30pm
60 Washington Square South, New York City
Watch video here
Monday, October 20, 2014: SAINT PAUL, MN
Book talk at Macalester College
250 Olin-Rice Hall, St Paul, MN, 4:00pm – 5:30pm CDT
Tuesday, October 21, 2014: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
The Tyranny of Experts: The Neglect of Democracy and Human Rights in Economic Development
University of Minnesota
3M Auditorium, Carlson School of Management, 1:00pm-2:30pm CDT
321 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN
Thursday, October 23, 2014: NEW YORK CITY
NYU Stern Urbanization Project Brown Bag Talk, with Laura Freschi
KMC 7-191, 44 West 4th St, New York City, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Read the recap here
Tuesday, September 2, 2014: HONG KONG
Why the Debate on Freedom in Development Fails to Happen
Mont Pelerin Society 2014 General Meeting
The Shangri La Hotel, Hong Kong, 9:00am – 10:30am
Wednesday, July 23, 2014: NEW YORK CITY
The International Rescue Committee
122 E 42nd Street, New York City, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Listen to audio here
Thursday, May 22, 2014: EVANSTON, IL
Northwestern University
Harris Hall 107, 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL 60208, 7:00pm-8:00pm
Watch video here
Wednesday, May 7, 2014: WASHINGTON DC
The World Bank
Preston Auditorium, 1818 H St. NW, Washington, DC, 3:00pm-4:30pm
Watch video and view photos here
Wednesday, May 7, 2014: WASHINGTON DC
USAID, 11:00am-12:00pm
Tuesday, May 6, 2014: WASHINGTON DC
CATO Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, 4:00pm-5:00pm
Watch video here and listen to short podcast here
Thursday, May 1, 2014: NEW YORK CITY
Junto at the General Society Library
20 West 44 St., New York City, 7:30 pm
Listen to iTunes podcast here
Tuesday, April 29, 2014: PROVIDENCE, RI
Africa Seminar Series: The Tyranny of Experts
Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 4:00pm-5:30pm
Watch video here
Thursday, April 24, 2014: NEW YORK CITY
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 6:00pm-7:30pm
Wednesday, April 23, 2014: NEW YORK CITY
Colloquium on Globalization, Developing Countries, and Markets
NYU Law School, New York City, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Tuesday, April 15, 2014: LOS ANGELES
Book talk at Pardee RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies
1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Watch video here (on C-SPAN2 Book TV)
Monday, April 14, 2014: LOS ANGELES
Center for Global Management, UCLA
Room D-301, Cornell Hall, UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 11:30am-12:30pm
Friday, April 11, 2014: BERKELEY
The Tyranny of Experts: A Conversation with William Easterly
with Ted Miguel
Blum Hall B100, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2:00pm-3:30pm PDT
Watch video here and read recap here
Wednesday, April 9, 2014: WASHINGTON DC
Debate with Owen Barder
Center for Global Development, Washington DC, 10:00am-11:30am
Watch video here
Monday, April 7, 2014: NEW YORK CITY
Global Poverty and Development Conference
Keynote discussion with Thomas Pogge
United Nations School, 24-50 FDR Drive, New York, NY, 10:30am-12:15pm
Watch video here
Monday, March 31, 2014: NEW YORK CITY
The Tyranny of Experts: An Intellectual History of Autocratic Approaches to Economic Development
with Gregory Mann and Michele Alacevich
Heyman Center, Columbia University, New York City, 6:15pm-8:00pm
Watch video here
Thursday, March 27, 2014: SAN FRANCISCO
Freedom as a Solution to Poverty
World Affairs Council Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, 7:00pm-8:00pm
Watch video here
Wednesday, March 26, 2014: SAN FRANCISCO
Bill Easterly: The Case Against Giving
Hattery, San Francisco, CA, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Tuesday, March 25, 2014: SEATTLE
William Easterly: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
Great Hall, Seattle Town Hall, Seattle, WA, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Wednesday, March 19, 2014: WASHINGTON DC
Book Talk at Politics and Prose Bookstore
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Tuesday, March 18, 2014: WASHINGTON DC
A Conversation with Dr. William Easterly
ICC Auditorium, Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, Washington DC, 5:30pm-8:30pm
Monday, March 10, 2014: CAMBRIDGE, MA
Book Talk at Harvard Kennedy School
Cambridge, MA, 4:30pm-6:30pm
Wednesday, March 5, 2014: NEW YORK CITY
Economic Development and the Tyranny of Experts
Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY
Listen to audio here
Monday, March 3, 2014: NEW YORK CITY
The Tyranny of Experts Book Launch
The Great Hall, Cooper Union, New York City, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Featuring William Easterly with an introduction by Paul Romer
See video here
Thursday, February 20, 2014: PRINCETON
Book talk at Princeton Development Lab
Princeton, NJ, 4:30pm-6pm
All times are listed in the local time zone.