How do the wealthy maintain their wealth through tax havens, and what can we learn about these opaque practices? In this panel, experts will explain the global ecosystem of tax avoidance, including how corporations and individuals move across multiple legal jurisdictions to maintain wealth and avoid paying taxes.
From her position on the House Ways and Means Committee and as a member of the Subcommittees on Health, Worker and Family Support, and Oversight, Congresswoman Judy Chu has distinguished herself as a champion of working families. The first Chinese American woman elected to Congress, Rep. Chu has served as Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus since 2011, and has been a leading...
A talk by Aruna Ranganathan, Associate Professor, Management of Organizations, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
In this workshop I will lay out the wide-spectrum approach of my book, slides and lecture videos, and, then, with the audience, brainstorm how this can be used as the backbone for classes by some physical scientists, social scientists (such as psychologists and sociologists) and humanists such as philosophers and historians - who then add their subject-specific material.
Professor McWhorter teaches linguistics at Columbia University, as well as western civilization and music history. He is a nationally recognized public intellectual who is a regular columnist for the New York Times and has written more than twenty books including Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter and Woke Racism. Please join us for his thought-provoking lecture!
Evan Osnos is a staff writer at The New Yorker, a CNN contributor, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Based in Washington D.C., he writes about politics and foreign affairs. He was the China Correspondent at The New Yorker from 2008 to 2013. His first book, “Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China,” won the 2014 National Book award and was a finalist for...
A conversation with Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University, Teena U. Purohit on her new book, Sunni Chauvinism and the Roots of Muslim Modernism, on muslim intellectuals who sought to establish the boundaries of modern Muslim identity.
A talk by Senior Editor at The Wire, Arfa Khanum Sherwani on democratic accountability in the absence of a free press in India. _________________ This event will be live streamed on the Institute's FB page:
North Korea’s nuclear missile threats and China’s assertive foreign policy make cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo more critical than ever. Ties are often strained over history but are better maintained than either side is given credit. Political elites practice restraint to limit nationalist recriminations. Both governments calibrate policies toward Beijing while avoiding divergence from each...
25th ANNUAL TRAVERS CONFERENCE ON ETHICS & ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT Can California Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century? Friday, April 21, 2023 Location: Bancroft Hotel- Great Hall Time: 9:30 am – 3:00 pm Registration is FREE! Register: HERE California confronts a set of interlocking policy challenges that threaten its future vitality. The state has long been a magnet to people across the U.S. and the world seeking economic opportunity and a high quality of life. But as the price of housing has spiraled out of control and as climate change has multiplied the risks posed by drought and wildfires..
A screening of a documentary on the Rohingya.
This spring, professor, author, economist, lawyer, social media sensation Robert Reich is officially retiring from his full-time teaching position at the Goldman School for Public Policy. On Monday, April 24, 5:30pm in Zellerbach Hall Reich will join Arlie Hochschild, Professor Emerita of Sociology at Berkeley, for a wide-ranging conversation about his time as an instructor, his thoughts on the...
A talk by Sadhana Naithani on narratives about wild life created under contexts of colonialism, conservation movements and scientific discoveries.