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.

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Equality and the New Global Order: Final Program
Harvard University
May 11 – May 13, 2006

Day 1: Foundational Questions
Location: Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, 2nd floor

9.15 am: Introduction – Mathias Risse and Amartya Sen, Harvard University

9.30 am: First Session, “Linguistic Justice and Global Justice”

Chair: Amartya Sen, Harvard University

Speaker: Philippe van Parijs, Chaire Hoover d'éthique économique et sociale , Université Catholique de Louvain and Harvard University

Commentator: Michael Blake, University of Washington, Philosophy and Public Policy

11.00 am: Break

11.15 am: Second Session, “Inequality, Justice, and Multilateral Institutions”

Chair: Joseph Nye, Harvard University, Kennedy Schoolof Government

Speakers: Allen Buchanan, Duke University, Philosophy; and Robert Keohane, Princeton University, Politics and Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Download Paper Response from Tim Scanlon

Commentator: Thomas Scanlon, Harvard University, Philosophy

12.45 pm: Lunch Break

2.00 pm: Third Session, “The Future of Global Equality”

Chair: Andrew Williams, University of Reading, Philosophy

Speaker: Leif Wenar, University of Sheffield, Philosophy

Commentator: Mattias Kumm, New York University, Law

3.30 pm: Break

3.45 pm: Fourth Session, “What Kind of Global Institutions Will Accelerate Global Economic Catch-up?”

Chair: Charles Beitz, Princeton University, Politics

Speaker: Dani Rodrik, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government Download Presentation

Commentator: Joshua Cohen, MIT, Politics and Philosophy

5.15 pm: End of Program  

Day 2: Institutions
Location: Wiener Auditorium (Taubman, Ground Floor)

9.30 am: First Session, “Labor Regulation in a Globalizing World”

Chair: Joel Trachtman, Tufts University

Speaker: Kaushik Basu, Cornell University, Economics Download Paper

Commentator: Sabina Alkire, Harvard University, Global Equity Initiative

11.00 am: Break

11.15 am: Second Session, “Does concern with global inequality require a different approach to international aid?

Chair: Arthur Applbaum, Harvard University

Speaker: Branco Milanovic, World Bank Download Paper 1 Download Paper 2 Download Presentation

Commentator: Sanjay Reddy, Columbia University, Economics

12.45pm: Lunch Break

2.30 pm: Third Session, “Fairness in Trade”

Chair: Aaron James, University of California at Irvine, Philosophy

Speaker: Mathias Risse, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government Download Paper

Commentator: Judith Goldstein, Stanford University, Political Science

4.00 pm: Break

4.15 – 5.15 pm: Fourth Session ,“Conceptions of Global Fairness”

Chair: Dennis Thompson, Harvard University, Government Department and Center for Ethics

Speaker: President Lawrence Summers, Harvard University, Economics

Commentator: Jonathan Wolff, University College London, Philosophy

Day 3: Global Public Health
Location: L-140 ( Littauer Building, 1 st floor)  

9.15 am : Introduction: Dan Wikler or Dan Brock, Harvard University 

9.30 am: First Session, “Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research — Must they exclude the global poor from advanced medicines?” 

Chair: Eric Cavallero, Harvard University  

Speaker: Thomas Pogge, Columbia University and Australian National University Download Paper 1 Download Paper 2

Commentator: Ani Satz, Emory University, Law

11.00 am: Break

11.15 am: Second Session, “Women’s Health: Are Global Inequalities Greater than those for Men?”

Chair: Dan Brock, Harvard University

Speaker: Ruth Macklin, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Download Paper

Commentator: Rebecca Cook, University of Toronto, Law 

12.45 pm: Lunch Break  

1.45 pm: Third Session, “Global Health Inequalities – a Matter of Justice?”  

Chair: Dan Wikler, Harvard University

Speaker: Norman Daniels, Harvard University, Public Health Download Paper

Commentator: Elizabeth Ashford, University of St. Andrews, Philosophy, and Harvard University, Center for Ethics  

3.15 pm: Break  

3.30 – 5.00 pm: Fourth Session, “Global Patterns of Income and Health: Facts and Implications”  

Chair: Frances Kamm, Harvard University

Speaker: Angus Deaton, Princeton University, Economics and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Download Paper

Commentator: Gopal Sreenivasan, University of Toronto, Philosophy