Preparing Ourselves for What’s to Come
Jacques Attali is an economist and columnist for the French magazine Les Echos. He was the founder and first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He is President of Positive Planet, an international non-profit organization assisting microfinance institutions all over the world, and CEO of A&A, an international consulting firm. Parts of this essay appeared in the French language edition of the author’s book, L’économie de la vie: Se préparer à ce qui vient (2020). You may follow him on Twitter @jattali.
Technology Fast-Tracking A Multifaceted European Integration
Stephane Klecha is Managing Partner at Klecha and Co., a European private investment bank focused on technology, software, IT services, hardware and IoT, and a former Vice President of Lazard, a global financial advisory and asset management firm. Brunello Rosa is Co-founder, CEO, and Head of Research at Roubini & Rosa Associates, a consultancy firm providing independent research and advisory services, and is a Visiting Professor in Cyber Risk Strategy and Governance at Bocconi University You may follow him on Twitter @brunello_rosa. Nouriel Roubini is Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is also CEO of Roubini Macro Associates, a global macroeconomic consultancy firm, and Co-Founder of Rosa & Roubini Associates. You may follow him on Twitter @Nouriel. The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of Arlind Rama to the section on Western Balkans.
From Shock to Awe
David L. Shrier is Professor of Practice (AI and Innovation) with Imperial College Business School and Co-founder and CEO of Esme Learning. His latest book is Augmenting Your Career: How to Win at Work in the Age of AI (2021).
Make Room(s) for Change
John W McArthur is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution. He co-chairs the 17 Rooms initiative, which is a partnership of the Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings and The Rockefeller Foundation. Portions of this essay draw from the February 2022 report entitled 17 Rooms: A new approach to spurring action for the Sustainable Development Goals, published by the 17 Rooms secretariat. For more information on the 17 Rooms initiative, please email [email protected].
The World After the Coronavirus
Ian Goldin is Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University, Senior Fellow at the Oxford Martin School (having previously served as its founding Director), and a Professorial Fellow at Balliol College. He is a former Vice President of the World Bank, Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Bank of Southern Africa, adviser to Nelson Mandela, and Principal Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. This essay is based on the author’s National University of Singapore’s East Asian Institute Distinguished Public Lecture delivered online on June 18th, 2021. You may follow him via his website (https://iangoldin.org) and on Twitter @ian_goldin.