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Events and Highlights
  • 03 February 2012
  • Dalai Lama & LI to plan joint project
    His Holiness, the Dalai Lama has accepted the Legatum Institute's invitation to work together on a new ethics and public policy project.
  • 26 January 2012
  • Report Launch: Rwandan reforms
    New Legatum Institute report examines reform progress in Rwanda.
  • 21 January 2012
  • Salon Series: London
    The Legatum Institute hosted the latest event in its Salon Series exploring freedom in history, the arts, and ideas.
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Panels - 2008 Legatum Prosperity Symposium

Welcome and Introduction
Presenter: Mr. Alan McCormick (Legatum Limited)
Presenter: Dr. William Inboden (Legatum Institute)

Dinner Presentation
Presenter: Prof. Paul Kennedy (Yale University) - "Historical Reflections on the Origin of Prosperity"

Panel 1: Foreign Assistance and Prosperity
Presenter:Mr. David Roodman (Center for Global Development) - "Overview of the Aid Effectivenss Debate"
Respondent: Dr. Philip Levy (American Enterprise Institute)
Respondent: Prof. Daniel Drezner (Tufts University)
Moderator: Stephen Krasner (Stanford University)

Panel 2: Freedom of Choice and Happiness
Presenter: Prof. Paolo Verme (University of Torino) - "Role of Freedom and Control in Explaining Happiness"
Respondent: Prof. Ruut Veenhoven (Erasmus University)
Respondent: Prof. Avner Offer (Oxford University)
Moderator: Prof. Robert Putnam (Harvard University)

Panel 3: Governance and Prosperity
Presenter: Prof. Stephen Krasner (Stanford University) - "Sovereignty and Governance"
Presenter: Prof. Edmund Malesky (University of California - San Diego) - "Accountability and Inequality in Single-Party Regimes: Vietnam and China"
Respondent: Prof. Bruce Gilley (Portland State University)
Moderator: Prof. Peter Feaver (Duke University)

Panel 4: Taxation, Entrepreneurship, and Growth
Presenter: Prof. Victoria Curzon Price (University of Geneva) - "Fiscal competition and the optimisation of tax revenues for higher growth rate"
Presenter: Mr. Iqbal Quadir (Legatum Center at MIT) - "Decentralized Prosperity"
Moderator: Dr. Roger Bate (American Enterprise Institute)

Dinner Presentation
Presenter: Prof. Robert Putnam (Harvard University)

Panel 5: Trade and Health; Corruption and Anger
Presenter: Prof. Ann Owen (Hamilton College) - "Is Trade Good for your Health?"
Presenter: Prof. Robert MacCulloch (Imperial College, London) - "Regulation as a Way to Reduce Anger at Corrupt Capitalists"
Respondent: Prof. Robert Jensen (Brown University)
Moderator: Dr. Roger Bate (American Enterprise Institute)

Panel 6: Security and Prosperity
Discussant: Prof. Peter Feaver (Duke University)
Discussant: Prof. Allan Stam (University of Michigan)
Discussant: Prof. Jeremi Suri (University of Wisconsin)