Equality and the New Global Order

May 11-13, 2006, Harvard University

Conference Organizer: Mathias Risse; Jointly Sponsored by the Center for Ethics and the Project on Justice, Welfare, and Economics, with additional financial support by the Kennedy School of Government, the Provost's Office, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Ash Institute for Democratic Innovation, and the Center for International Development.

Introduction
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Papers:

Speaker: Kaushik Basu, Cornell University, Economics Download Paper
Title: “Labor Regulation in a Globalizing World”

Speakers: Allen Buchanan, Duke University, Philosophy; and Robert Keohane, Princeton University, Politics and Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Title: “Inequality, Justice, and Multilateral Institutions” Download Paper Response from Tim Scanlon

Speaker: Norman Daniels, Harvard University, Public Health
Title: “Global Health Inequalities – a Matter of Justice?” Download Paper

Speaker: Angus Deaton, Princeton University, Economics and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Download Paper
Title: “Global Patterns of Income and Health: Facts and Implications”

Speaker: Ruth Macklin, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Download Paper
Title: “Women’s Health: Are Global Inequalities Greater than those for Men?”

Speaker: Branco Milanovic, World Bank
Title : “Does concern with global inequality require a different approach to ïnternational aid? Download Paper 1 Download Paper 2 Download Presentation

Speaker: Thomas Pogge, Columbia University and Australian National University
Title: “Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research — Must they exclude the global poor from advanced medicines?” Download Paper 1 Download Paper 2

Speaker: Mathias Risse, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
Title: “Fairness in Trade” Download Paper

Speaker: Dani Rodrik, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
Title: “What Kind of Global Institutions Will Accelerate Global Economic Catch-up?” Download Presentation