Activities

 

2012-2013  Rethinking Regulation activities include:

Seminar events for 2012-2013 have included:

  • Andreas Kraemer, Director of the Ecologic Institute in Berlin, “Germany’s Transition away from Nuclear Power.” (October seminar)
  • Philip Schleifer, PhD student from the London School of Economics, “European Union Biofuels Governance.” (October seminar)
  • Pate Skene, Duke Neurobiology, “Selection by Regulation: Effects of regulation on the cognitive structure of an industry.” (October seminar)

 

In 2011-2012, seminar events included:

  • Kim Krawiec, “‘Don’t Screw Joe the Plumber’: The Sausage Making of Financial Reform.” (September Seminar)
  • Head U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Inez Tenenbaum. (September Seminar)
  • Layna Mosely, “Taking Workers’ Rights on the Road?:  Multinational Firms and the Transmission of Labor Practices.” (November Seminar)
  • North Carolina Banking Commissioner, Joseph Smith. (December Seminar)
  • Saule Omarova, “License to Deal: Mandatory Approval of Complex Financial Products.”  ( January Seminar)
  • Eric Stein, Richard Newell and Ronnie Chatterji, “Rationalizing Regulation During Obama Presidency.”  (February Seminar)
  • Ben Waterhouse,  “The Unfinished Campaign for Regulatory Reform, 1977 – 1983” (February Seminar)
  • Jonas Monast and Sarah Pilunkus “Considering Shale Gas Extraction in North Carolina: Lessons from Other States.” (March Seminar)
  • Matthew Adler, “Well-Being and Fair Distribution: Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis” (March Public Event)
  • Ronnie Chatterji, “Do the Costs of Cooperation Drive the Gale of Creative Destruction? Commercialization Strategies in the Medical Device Industry” (April Seminar)
  • Alberto Alemanno, “New Frontiers of Regulation in Europe” (April Public Event)
  • Graduate Student Seminar (April Seminar)

 

In 2010-2011, seminar events included:

  • Eduardo Canedo on “The Radical Roots of American Deregulation” (October)
  • Panel Discussion on “Assessing the Outcome of Financial Reform” (November)
  • Dan Carpenter on “Reputation and Power” (December)
  • Nicholas Le Pan on “Lessons from the Financial Crisis:  Canada in Comparative Perspective” (February)
  • Shawn Donnelly on “Mostly Harmless: International Standard-Setting in Financial Markets after the Crisis” (March)
  • David Vogel on “The Politics of Precaution: Comparing Trends in Consumer and Environmental Risk Regulation in Europe and the United States” (April)
  • Panel Discussion on “Regulatory Innovation: The EPA and Climate Change” (April)