May 1, 2011

Economist Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait gives Payne Lecture

John Micklethwait, the Editor-in-Chief of the London based Economist delivered a Payne Distinguished Lecture, "The World Ahead," on May 3, in honor of the official launch of The Europe Center. He was introduced by Stanford President Emeritus Gerhard Casper. Noting that the economist Herb Stein once said, "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop," Micklethwait chronicled current geopolitical and economic issues that fit that category. On his nuanced list were looming imbalances in the global economy, China's growth trajectory, the Euro, rising inequality and the ever bigger state.The lecture was jointly sponsored by FSI and The Europe Center.

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