Fall Slate of Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis Financial Issues Forum Events Will Feature Renowned Industry Experts and Authors

Featured Events | Sep 20, 2023 | Gabelli School of Business

Series of events will showcase discussions on how new perspectives on current economic trends, individual achievements and historical events are shaping the economy and the world

Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis announced the schedule of events for its fall Financial Issues Forum series, which will highlight historical events that have influenced the economy of this country and the world, as well as current trends and future projections that will drive what comes next. These enlightened discussions, which will feature some of the top financial journalists and economic theorists of our time, will each provide a presentation of a thought leader’s insights followed by an audience Q&A. All events are co-presented by the Museum of American Finance and the CFA Society New York.

“Through its Financial Issues Forum, the Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis explores a wealth of important topics presented by some of the most prominent thought leaders and authors in the business community,” said Lerzan Aksoy, Ph.D., dean of Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. “These important discussions are a shining example of the Center’s commitment to providing access to content that is timely and relevant to diverse audiences here in the U.S. and around the world.”

Some events will be held in person, others virtually.

Taming the Street: The Old Guard, the New Deal and FDR’s Fight to Regulate American Capitalism
Thursday, September 21, 2023 • 12 –1 p.m. (ET) Virtual Event
Award-winning author and financial journalist Diana B. Henriques will discuss her new book, Taming the Street: The Old Guard, the New Deal and FDR’s Fight to Regulate American Capitalism, which shares how President Franklin D. Roosevelt battled to regulate Wall Street in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash and the ensuing Great Depression. Exploring one of the great untold dramas of American financial history, readers will be transported back to a time when America’s unregulated financial landscape was ruled by the titans of vast wealth, until Roosevelt set off on his deeply personal campaign to contain “ruthless capitalism” in an effort to make the finance industry safe for ordinary savers and investors. Taming the Street raises the current and troubling question: What does capitalism owe to the common good?
The first 100 guests will receive a FREE electronic copy of the book, courtesy of the Fordham Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis. Register for this virtual event here.

The Credit Cycle: Challenges & Solutions
Thursday, September 28, 2023 • 12 – 1 p.m. (ET) Virtual Event
Joseph Calandro, Jr., managing director of a global consulting firm and a fellow of the Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis, will discuss the United States credit cycle through the perspective on where we seem to be in the cycle today, and the challenges we are facing. He will talk about the prior credit cycle wave of progressively lower inflation and interest rates that began in 1982—following a historic inflationary trend—and ended in 2020. Calandro’s analysis suggests that the current (as of mid-2023) credit cycle of waves of progressively higher inflation and interest rates will present strategic risks and opportunities that will increasingly have to be dealt with. To help facilitate this, he will provide practical suggestions that can be addressed by executives, investors, and employees today and in the years to come. Register for this virtual event here.

My Journeys in Economic Theory
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 • 5 – 7:00 p.m. (ET) In-person Event
McNally Amphitheater, Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus
140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY
Join us for an in-person event with one of the most important economists of his generation. Edmund Phelps, Ph.D., the winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2006, and the founding director of the Center on Capitalism and Society, developed a new understanding of unemployment and inflation and went on to rethink the roots of innovation. His work represents a lifelong project to put “people as we know them” into economic theory. Phelps will discuss his latest book, My Journeys in Economic Theory, which tells the story of his role in reshaping economic theory, offering a powerful personal account of a creative and rewarding career. Richard Sylla, Ph.D. professor emeritus of economics and the former Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets at the NYU Stern School of Business, will moderate the Q&A portion of this program. Free copies of the book will be distributed, and a reception will occur following the program. Register for this in-person event here.

Myths and Opportunities in Uncertain Markets
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 • 5:30 – 7 p.m. (ET) In-person event
McNally Amphitheater, Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus
140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY
Rob Arnott, founder and chairman of the Board of Research Affiliates, a global leader in smart beta, factor investing, and asset allocation, identifies major market myths—on inflation, value investing, and the supposedly passive nature of index funds—and the investment opportunities they are creating. During what is sure to be a fascinating discussion with Consuelo Mack, executive producer of public television’s “Consuelo Mack WealthTrack,” he will focus on investment opportunities being created by current uncertain markets. This conversation will be followed by reception. Register for this in-person event here.

Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
Friday, December 1, 2023 • 12 – 1 p.m. (ET) Virtual Event
Daron Acemoglu, Ph.D., an Institute Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at MIT, who is co-author of Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity, with Simon Johnson, Ph.D., will take an incisive look into a thousand years of history and contemporary evidence that makes one thing clear: progress of society depends on the choices we make about technology. New ways of organizing production and communication have the potential to either serve the interests of a privileged few or establish a foundation for widespread prosperity throughout the world. From the wealth generated by technological improvements in agriculture during the European Middle Ages to the digital technologies and artificial intelligence that pose a threat to jobs and democracy today, the book provides a powerful analysis of how such advances have caused stark power imbalances throughout history, which Acemoglu will discuss. The first 100 guests will receive a FREE electronic copy of the book, courtesy of the Fordham Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis.
Register for this virtual event here.