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May 9, 2013
Edmund Phelps on Kierkegaard and modern economies 
In a resume of the recent 200th birthday seminar
By Matthew Bishop for The Economist

May 5, 2013
A one-day seminar in honor of Soren Kierkegaard's 200th birthday: "The individual - action - media - anxiety."
Jointly hosted by Columbia University's Department of Religion and the Center on Capitalism and Society


Edmund Phelps and Mark C. Taylor


The audience during the morning session


Mark C. Taylor in conversation with Daniel Libeskind

April 27, 2013
Edmund Phelps interviewed by CCTV Biz Talk
At the 2013 Boao Forum for Asia
Video now online: LINK (at 11:30 in the segment after the link)

April 7, 2013
International delegates and national leaders
At the Boao Forum for Asis 2013


Edmund Phelps and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands
At the Boao Forum for Asia 2013



April 12, 2013
Edmund Phelps at the Launch of the New Huadu Business School GEMBA-Zurich
In collaboration with the University of Zurich and the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce






April 8, 2013
Edmund Phelps interviewed by Bloomberg TV on the Chinese economy
At the 2013 Boao Forum for Asia


April 6, 2013
Edmund Phelps on encouraging Chinese innovation
In Xinhua Daily on the occasion of the 2013 Boao Forum for Asia

April 6-7, 2013
Edmund Phelps on the panels "Governments vs. Markets"
And "Fictitious vs. Real Economy" (pictured below)
At the 2013 Boao Forum for Asia



April 5, 2013
Edmund Phelps participates in a Q & A for Asian CEOs
"Six Questions from Economists" at the Boao Forum



April 5, 2013
Edmund Phelps' thoughts on China's potential for future growth 
On the occasion of the 2013 Boao Forum for Asia
In the China Daily Asia Weekly

March 20, 2013
Beijing launch of the Global Executive Masters in Business Administration (GEMBA)
A program developed by New Huadu Business School and SwissCam Zurich, opening 4/12/2013
With Professor Zhiyi He of New Huadu and Jacques de Watteville, Swiss Ambassador to China


Edmund Phelps delivers a speech, "Growth, Exchange, and Investment Flows" 
At the Beijing launch of the Global Executive Masters in Business Administration (GEMBA)
A program developed by New Huadu Business School and SwissCam Zurich, opening 4/12/2013



March 18, 2013
Edmund Phelps chairs the Roundtable Forum of Nobel Prize Winners in Economics
At the Beijing Summit of Nobel Prize Winners in Economics
Co-organized by the Center on Capitalism and Society and NBS




Edmund Phelps and 2012 Nobel Laureate in Economics Alvin E. Roth
With members of the New Huadu Business School
At the Beijing Summit of Nobel Prize Winners in Economics
Co-organized by the Center on Capitalism and Society and NBS



March 17, 2013
Edmund Phelps and Professor Zhiyi He of New Huadu Business School 
At the First Beijing Academic Summit of Nobel Prize Winners in Economics
"The Next Decade: Mode and Innovation"'
Co-organized by the Center on Capitalism and Society and NBS



February 25, 2013
"Less Innovation, More Inequality"
Edmund Phelps on innovation and inequality in an op-ed for the NY Times' Opinionator page

February 12, 2013
REWARDING WORK forms the background for Reihan Salam's
assessment of Peter Cove's call for a new WPA
In the National Review

February 8, 2013
"Expecting the Unexpected: An interview with Edmund Phelps"
With Caroline Baum on Bloomberg View

January 4, 2013
Edmund Phelps in a live interview on Bloomberg TV's Bottom Line
Discussing the new employment statistics and general economic outlook for 2013

January 2, 2013 (conference date: November 16, 2012)
Edmund Phelps on infrastructure spending in a clip from RAND's Politics Aside Conference
With Nicholas Wapshott, Harold Evans, Stuart Hoffman, and Robert Hormats

December 17, 2012
Edmund Phelps delivers the first annual Herbert Stein Memorial Lecture
At the National Economics Club - Washington, DC



December 19, 2012
Professor Phelps on "The Search for a New Keynesianism"
In The Globe and Mail

December 2012
Rethinking Expectations: The Way Forward For Macroeconomics
Edited by Roman Frydman and Edmund Phelps
Conference volume for the Center on Capitalism and Society's 8th Conference
Just published by Princeton University Press


      

December 7, 2012
Edmund Phelps with Larry Summers and Richard Robb, prior to Luncheon Keynote by Larry Summers
at the 10th Conference of the Center on Capitalism and Society



December 7, 2012
Edmund Phelps on the afternoon roundtable, "After Corporatism"
at the 10th Conference of the Center on Capitalism and Society



October 11, 2012
Edmund Phelps visits St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University
for the St. Petersburg Scientific Forum

October 16, 2012
Edmund Phelps addresses the University Philosophical Society
on his election as Honorary Patron
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

October 16, 2012
Edmund Phelps elected an Honorary Patron of the University Philosophical Society
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland



October 16, 2012
Edmund Phelps' speech at the National University of Ireland - Galway Law Society
Covered in the Irish Examiner

October 15, 2012
Edmund Phelps receiving the President's Medal 
National University of Ireland - Galway Law School



October 11, 2012
Edmund Phelps in Nobel Laureates Panel at the St. Petersburg Scientific Forum
St. Petersburg, Russia
 


October 9, 2012
Edmund Phelps at the ceremony in Moscow honoring his election as a Full Foreign Member
to the Russian Academy of Sciences, receiving an honorary diploma and pin



October 6, 2012
Edmund Phelps meets with Vladimir Popovkin, head of the Russian Space Agency

October 6, 2012
Vladimir Kvint and Edmund Phelps, Full Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences 
with Alexander Nekipelov, Vice-President of the RAS


September 24, 2012 (originally aired August 30)
Edmund Phelps interviewed on n-TV (Germany) on the Eurozone crisis

September 21, 2012
Edmund Phelps speaking at the Blouin Creative Leadership Summit
On Economic Actors, with Eric Maskin and Matthew Bishop
New York City, NY



September 17, 2012
Edmund Phelps speaking at the Fuzhou Entrepreneurship Forum
Fuzhou, China



September 7, 2012
Edmund Phelps live on Bloomberg on the jobs report and monetary policy

September 7, 2012
Edmund Phelps in a live interview with Matt Miller for Bloomberg.
New York Stock Exchange, NYC, NY

August 6, 2012
Edmund Phelps awards the Phelps Medal for Innovation to Rizobacter
Buenos Aires, Argentina


Edmund Phelps with students at the University of Buenos Aires
during the V Catedra Phelps Conference on Dynamism
and Inclusion

Edmund Phelps speaking at the V Catedra Phelps Conference on Dynamism
and Inclusion


July 28, 2012
Professor Phelps attends the Watermill Gala in support of the creativity of young artists
Below photographed with media entrepreneur Louise Blouin and Watermill Center founder Robert Wilson



July 20, 2012
Op-ed by Prof. Phelps in the Financial Times: "Germany is right to ask for austerity"

June 17, 2012
Edmund Phelps interviewed on the Chinese economy by CCTV-9 

June 15, 2012
Edmund Phelps' "Golden Rule" applied to China in the International Economic Bulletin

June 6, 2012
Edmund Phelps interviewed on Sina Finance Face-to-Face
June 3, 2012
"Corporatism and Job Satisfaction"
Tsinghua University, Beijing

June 3, 2012
Edmund Phelps delivers the Chen Daisun Memorial Lecture
Tsinghua University, Beijing


At Tsinghua University, speaking with Professor Yingyi Qian


With Professor Chong-En Bai, next to a statue of Chen Daisun




June 2, 2012
Edmund Phelps on a Nobel Panel at Southeast University
Nanjing, China


Edmund Phelps with fellow Nobel laureates Ed Prescott and James Mirrlees



At the celebration of Southeast University's 110th Anniversary


May 1, 2012
Edmund Phelps alongside Carly Fiorina and Steve Case in a panel discussion on job creation,
at the Bloomberg Link Washington Summit.

May 7, 2012
"Don't promote joblessness"
Tehelka

April 17, 2012
Gylfi Zoega and Edmund Phelps presenting their paper 
Festschrift for Professor Thrainn Eggertsson
University of Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland




April 14, 2012
Professor Phelps speaking on the China Forum 
London Book Fair
London, UK


April 14, 2012
Prof. Phelps with Javier Solana
London Book Fair
London, UK


April 6, 2012
Professor Phelps with students at the New Huadu Business School
Fuzhou, China

April 6, 2012
New Huadu Business School Ceremony
Fuzhou, China

April 5, 2012
Professor Phelps with head entrepreneurs from High Tech Park
Beijing, China

April 4, 2012
"US urged to consider effects of policies"
China Daily
LINK

April 3, 2012
"Edmund Phelps, the Nobel-prize winning economist talks about the outlook for the US economy."
Bloomberg Hong Kong
LINK

April 3, 2012
Edmund Phelps with Stanley Fisher
Boao, China

April 3, 2012
Panel on Soft Landings
Boao Forum
Boao, China

April 2, 2012
Panel on Employment and Growth
Boao Forum
Boao, China

March 30, 2012
Professor Phelps after his speech at the Xiamen Forum
Xiamen, China


March 30, 2012
Professor Phelps speaks at the Xiamen Forum
Xiamen, China

March 17 & 18, 2012  
"Global Economy: Crisis Without End," a NYRB/Met panel featuring Prof. Phelps, Prof. Sachs, Prof. Krugman, and George Soros. 
C-SPAN
LINK

March 1, 2012
"Distinción a una empresa del agro: Rizobacter recibirá la medalla Phelps"
La Nacion

February 17, 2012
The Global Economy in Crisis: From Europe to Beijing to Washington, Can the World’s Economic System Cope? 
A panel discussion co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Review of Books, and the Fritt Ord Foundation of Oslo.
With Jeffrey Sachs, Paul Krugman, George Soros, moderated by Robert Silvers.

January 31, 2012
"Blaming Capitalism for Corporatism"
Op-ed with Saifedean Ammous, Project Syndicate

January 13, 2012
"Europe's Rough Ride Ahead After France Downgrade"
CNBC

January 11, 2012
"How we can avoid another Mediterranean Crisis"
Op-ed, Financial Times
 
December 22, 2011
Edmund Phelps was elected to be a Full Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The Academy was founded by Peter the Great in 1724. 
December 16, 2011
"Alliance between banks and governments at the heart of eurozone crises"
Deutsche Welle

November 21, 2011
True and False Lessons Drawn from the Structural Slump (Video)
Council on Foreign Relations, Lunch Table Discussion

November 13, 2011
Professor Phelps speaking at the Huatuo CEO Forum
Shanghai, China




November 8, 2011
Keynes vs. Hayek: An Economics Debate 
Moderated by Harry Evans, Reuters
Asia Society, New York
LINK to video
LINK to speech

November 1, 2011
Letter Celebrating the Accreditation of
Our MBA Programs at New Huadu Business School
LINK to English Version
LINK to Chinese Version

October 20, 2011
"Phelps Says He Visited Wall Street Protestors"
Bloomberg

October 17, 2011
"Proponen introducir corriente Vitalista en el sistema educativo"
El Economista

October 17, 2011
"Edmund Phelps propone una 'economía con justicia social' frente a la crisis"
Infobae.com

October 17, 2011
Professor Phelps delivers the keynote speech, "Creativity and Dynamism"
Science and Innovation week 2011
Mexico City, Mexico


October 17, 2011
Professor Phelps is interviewed after his speech
Science and Innovation week 2011
Mexico City, Mexico
 
October 17, 2011
"La buena economia"
An article on the Center on Capitalism and Society's 9th Annual Conference
By Juan Sola in La Nacion

October 15, 2011
Professor Phelps speaking to Occupy Wall Street
Zuccotti Park, New York, New York

October 15, 2011
The crowd as Professor Phelps speaks through the human microphone at Occupy Wall Street
Zuccotti Park, New York, New York

October 15, 2011
Prof. Phelps sharing his thoughts after speaking to Occupy Wall Street
Zuccotti Park, New York

September 24, 2011
Esa Saarinen and guests at the Center's 9th Annual Conference, 
Philosophical Foundations of Economics and the Good Economy

September 23, 2011
Professor Jianguo Wang, Professor Joseph Stiglitz, and Professor Edmund Phelps
Dinner, the Center's 9th Annual Conference, Philosophical Foundations of Economics and the Good Economy
Columbia University, New York, New York

September 23, 2011
The Good Life Speech
The Center's 9th Annual Conference, Philosophical Foundations of Economics and the Good Economy
Columbia University, New York, New York

September 23, 2011
Introductory Remarks
The Center's 9th Annual Conference, Philosophical Foundations of Economics and the Good Economy
Columbia University, New York, New York





September 19, 2011
Prof. Phelps receives the Louise Blouin Award for Creative Leadership


September 15, 2011
Prof. Phelps speaking at the Bloomberg 50th Summit
New York, New York

September 8, 2011
Prof. Phelps speaking at the International Investment Forum 2011
Xiamen, China
September 6, 2011
Prof. Phelps speaking to young entrepreneurs
Jinjiang, China

September 5, 2011
Press conference after speech
Wenzhou, China


September 4, 2011
Prof. Phelps speaking to entrepreneurs and their entrepreneurial children
Wenzhou, China

September 3, 2011
2nd generation of entrepreneurs
Chengdu, China


September 3, 2011
Prof. Phelps holding a one-year-old Panda (66 pounds!)
Chengdu, China

September 1, 2011
"Capitalism--What Comes Next?"
Interview with Vikas Shah
Thought Economics

September 1, 2011
"Prize Performers"
BBC's "In Business"
LINK

August 31, 2011
"Against the Motion"
Economist debates: Edmund S. Phelps
LINK


August 25, 2011
Professor Phelps participating in the Behavioral Economics Panel
The Nobel Laureates Meeting
Lindau, Germany

August 24, 2011
"Versucht es mal mit Kapitalismus"
Op-ed by Prof. Phelps
Financial Times Deutschland

August 24, 2011
"Corporatist economies in North Africa and the West”
Op-ed by Prof. Phelps
Deutchland Financial Times

August 23, 2011
Martin Wolf and Edmund Phelps being interviewed in Lindau for CNBC Turkey.

August 23, 2011
"Phelps on U.S. Economy, Fed Policy, Euro Outlook"
Interview with Bloomberg's David Tweed in Lindau
Bloomberg TV

August 22, 2011
Nobel Laureate Feature
Die Welt

August 15, 2011
"The Road Ahead: The Monumental Fiscal Challenge"
Newsweek / The Daily Beast

August 2, 2011
"U.S. Consumers `Very Nervous' About Future"
Interview with Maryam Nemazee 
"The Pulse," Bloomberg TV

July 15, 2011
"Columbia's Phelps Says Economy is 'Feudalistic'"
Bloomberg with Kathleen Hayes
 
July 11, 2011
"More Harm than Good: How the IMF's business model sabotages properly functioning capitalism."
Op-ed, Newsweek
 
July 1, 2011
"The Global Economic Outlook, The West’s Aging Populations, Its Productivity Slowdown and Long Structural Slump"
Robeco Summer University 2011
The Hague, Netherlands

June 29, 2011
"Modernization in Russia is inevitable"
Infox.ru
 
 
June 23, 2011
"The Global Economic Outlook, The West’s Aging Populations, Its Productivity Slowdown and Long Structural Slump"
XX III Mondragone Conference
Rome, Italy
 
June 18, 2011
"La situation en Grece, "une catastrophe pour l'Europe"
La Journal du Dimanche
LINK

June 15, 2011
"China's economy to grow on its own: Nobel winner"
Taipei Times
LINK

June 15, 2011
"The Corporatist Threat to Arab Spring"
The Gulf Times
LINK

June 14, 2011
"Nervousness in Taiwan over China economic outlook: Nobel laureate"
CNA English News
LINK


June 9, 2011
Professor Phelps is named Honorary Citizen of Fuzhou
Students of the New Huadu Business School applaud Professor Phelps's speech
Fuzhou, China

June 9, 2011
Professor Phelps receives Key to the City of Fuzhou, China and is named an Honorary Citizen
Fuzhou,  China

June 6, 2011
Professor Phelps with New Huadu Business School students
Beijing, China

June 6, 2011
Professor Phelps with the President of Nankai University
Tinjian, China

June 1, 2011
"Phelps Says US Can't Afford More Fiscal Stimulus"
Interview with Tom Keene
Bloomberg

June 1, 2011
"Supporting Innovation: Why and how"
McKinsey & Company's What Matters

May 30, 2011
"American's big problem is budget deficit"
Article from China Business News Panel on May 12th
China Business News

May 26, 2011
"Phelps on Tunisian Economy; Desai on Financial Crisis"
Hays Advantage
Bloomberg

May 25, 2011
"The Corporatist Threat to the Arab Spring"
Ideas section, Le Monde
Republished in English on May 31st in Project Syndicate

May 16, 2011
"Subverting the Arab Revolution"
Speech at the Forum Nacional
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 
May 8, 2011
"Phelps: 'La principal causa de la inflacion es la politica monetaria expansiva'"
Interview with Ezequiel Burgo
El Clarin
LINK

April 28, 2011
Professor Phelps awards the Medal for Innovation and Inclusion to Bioceres
IV Conference of the Catedra Phelps
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina




April 28, 2011
Juan Sola and Edmund Phelps
IV Conference of the Catedra Phelps
Aula Magna of the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina


April 28th, 2011
"El Estado no puede ser un buen socio"
Entrevista con el economista Edmund Phelps
La Nacion
LINK

April 28th, 2011
"How the Modern Economies Got their Dynamism"
Speech, 4th Annual Conference of the Catedra Phelps
Buenos Aires, Argentina

April 28th, 2011
Professor Phelps at Universidad de Buenos Aires with this year's winners
of the Phelps Prize on Innovation.


April 28, 2011
IV Conference Catedra  Phelps on Innovation and Inclusion
Universidad de Buenos Aires



April 6, 2011
90th Anniversary Celebration of Xiamen University
Xiamen, Fujian China



April 3, 2011
Opening Ceremony of the New Huadu Economics and Management Institute (NEMI)
NEMI New Quarters
Beijing, China



April 2, 2011
Professor Phelps Speaking to the 2nd Generation of Entrepreneurs
Beijing, China



March 11, 2001
"Rivolte di mercato: Per il Nobel Phelps gli arabi sono in piazza contro il capitalismo locale, asfittico e familistico"
Il Foglio
 
February 25, 2011
"Columbia's Phelps on Unions, Collective Bargaining"
Interview with with Matt Miller and Carol Massar of "Street Smart"
Bloomberg Television
LINK


February 2, 2011
Conference on the Bank for Innovation
Camera dei Deputati, Rome
LINK to speech text
LINK to post-speech interview
 
January 25, 2011
"Tunisians set off on the road from serfdom"
Comment, Financial Times International
 
January 23, 2011
"Who Killed the Economy"
Op-ed, Newsweek International
 
January 3, 2011
"Even if US economy gets back on track, 5% unemployment rate a pipe-dream"
Korean Economic Daily

December 20, 2010
"Mi aspetto una bunoa annata"
Corriere Economia
LINK

December 14, 2010
"Columbia's Phelps Discusses Tax Compromise"
Interview with with Matt Miller and Carol Massar of "Street Smart"
Bloomberg Television
LINK


November 19-20, 2010
8th Annual Conference: Microfoundations for Modern Macroeconomics
Columbia University, New York

November 15, 2010
"Phelps Says 7-7.5% Unemployment 'New Normal' for U.S."
Interview with Margaret Brennan of "InBusiness"
Bloomberg Television
LINK

November 14, 2010
"US plays cards poorly with China: Nobel laureate"
China.org.cn

October 30, 2010
"Per Edmund Phelps 'austerity' non è una parolaccia (come credono gli Europei)"
il Foglio

October 7, 2010
"Modern China needs more than industry"
Global Times
LINK

October 1, 2010
"US Innovation has Stagnated"
CNBC
LINK

September 28-29, 2010
Global Economic Symposium
Istanbul, Turkey

September 20, 2010
"Edmund Phelps in Slovakia"
TA3
LINK

September 20, 2010
"Edmund S. Phelps: Cutting taxes is not a good idea"
Speech, University of Economics
Bratislava, Slovakia
LINK




September 15, 2010
Edmund Phelps being introduced and speaking at his lecture, "Capitalism and Socialism,"
Peking University, Beijing
7 - 10:15 PM

August 26th, 2010
Interview with Tom Keene
Bloomberg on the Economy

August 24, 2010
"New solutions to entrenched economic problems: A conversation with Edmund S. Phelps"
Harvard University Press Blog

August 23, 2010
Interview Mit Nobelpreistrager Phelps
Frankfurter Rundschau
LINK

August 10, 2010
Fareed Zakaria on Charlie Rose
Discussing Professor Phelps’s NYTimes Op-Ed, published August 7, 2010     

LINK

August 10, 2010
"Structural Unemployment is a New Problem, Needing New Solutions"
Gavyn Davies's Blog
The Financial Times
LINK

August 7, 2010
"The Economy Needs a Bit of Ingenuity"
Op-Ed
The New York Times
LINK

July, 2010
"'The state must bolster the innovative strength of companies.' Nobel laureate Edmund S. Phelps on lessons from the crisis"
The Focus
Vol. XIV/1
LINK


June 23, 2010
"What Next for Capitalism and the US?"
First Plenary Session
New York Forum

June 15, 2010
Speech at the Foundation Stone Ceremony
New Huadu Business School
Minjiang University
Fuzhou

June 4, 2010
"Job Report Tempers Recovery Optimism"
Reuters
LINK

June 1, 2010
Why 7% Unemployment Is Inflation Turning Point Fed Doesn't Say
Bloomberg
LINK

May 6, 2010
European Outlook Remains Shaky
CNBC
LINK

April 23, 2010
Interview with Maria Bartiromo
CNBC
LINK

April 15, 2010
Appointed as President-Dean
New Huadu Business School
Minjiang University
Fuzhou
PDF of Speech



photo from Getty Images



April 12, 2010
Appointed to the Advisory Board
New York Forum

March 29, 2010
Keynote Speech
3rd Conference of the Catedra Phelps
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

February 15, 2010
Letter to the G20
Edmund Phelps
Center on Capitalism and Society
LINK

February 4, 2010
Andrew Kramer
Russia Plans to Push Technology Innovations
New York Times
LINK

February 3-5, 2010
Panels on the Global Outlook and on Impending Currency Levels
The Russia Forum
Moscow

January 27-30, 2010
Panel on Rebuilding Economics
World Economic Forum
Davos
LINK

January 15, 2010
"Nobel Debate on the Economy"
CNBC
LINK

December 22, 2009
David Brooks
The Protocol Society
New York Times
LINK

December 17, 2009
David Wessel
A Prozac Economy Has Its Costs
Wall Street Journal

LINK

October 7, 2009
Catherine Rampell
Support Builds for a Tax Credit to Help Hiring
New York Times
LINK



To contact for potential events: Edmund Phelps: esp2@columbia.edu
                               
                                                  
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