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The S & P Downgrade, the Sovereign Debt Crisis, and the Long-term Fiscal Outlook of the Developed World

sherry — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:00:00 -0400

Presenter:
Moritz Kraemer
Managing Director EMEA, Analytical Manager (Sovereign Ratings), Standard & Poor's

Moderator:
Richard Jackson
Director & Senior Fellow, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Friday, September 23, 2011
12:00–2:00 pm
CSIS, 5th Floor Conference Room

Global Aging Forum: How Demography Foretold the Arab Spring

sherry — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:00:00 -0400

The CSIS Global Aging Forum explores the fiscal, economic, social, and geopolitical challenges arising from an aging of the population in the United States and around the world. Each meeting features a brief presentation by a prominent policy or thought leader followed by an off-the-record discussion. Attendance is by invitation only and meetings are closed to the press.

Global Aging Forum: The Legatum Prosperity Index: What Constitutes National Wellbeing—and How Can Demographics Affect It?

tpeter — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:00:00 -0500

Presenters:
Ashley Thomas Lenihan
Senior Fellow, The Legatum Institute

Jiehae Choi
Research Fellow, The Legatum Institute

Nathan Gamester
Research Analyst, The Legatum Institute

Moderator:
Richard Jackson

Global Aging Forum: Economic Implications of Aging in Japan and the East Asian Tigers

knakashima — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:30:00 -0500

Presenter: Kosuke Motani, Senior Vice President, Regional Planning Department, Development Bank of Japan

Moderator: Richard Jackson, Director & Senior Fellow, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

The Global Aging Preparedness Index

knakashima — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:00:00 -0500

A policy forum hosted by the CSIS Global Aging Initiative:

The Global Aging Preparedness Index

Monday, January 10, 2011
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Global Launch of The Global Aging Preparedness Index

ian — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:30:00 -0400

The world is being overtaken by a stunning demographic transformation known as global aging. Over the next few decades, global aging promises to affect everything from business psychology and workforce productivity to the shape of the family and the direction of global capital flows.

Global Aging Forum: Will Health Reform "Bend the Cost Curve" Up or Down?

knakashima — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker: James C. Capretta, Fellow, Economics and Ethics Program, Ethics and Public Policy Center and Former Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget

Moderator: Richard Jackson, Director & Senior Fellow, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Global Aging Forum: Why Deficits and Debt Matter

knakashima — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker: Doug Elmendorf, Director, U.S. Congressional Budget Office

Chaired by: Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

The session will focus on the implications of the rising U.S. debt.

Global Aging Forum: The Long-Term International Economic Position of the United States

knakashima — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker: C. Fred Bergsten, Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics

Chaired by: Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

The session will focus on the long-term economic and strategic implications of the U.S. current account deficit and America's growing dependence on foreign capital.

Global Aging Forum: Can Americans Still Afford to Retire?

knakashima — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Speakers: Salim Ramji, Partner, McKinsey & Company, and Céline Dufétel, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company

Chaired by: Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

China's Long March to Retirement Reform: How the Coming Age Wave Will Reshape China’s Economy and Society

sherry — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:00:00 -0400

A policy forum co-hosted by The Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Global Aging Initiative and the Freeman Chair in China Studies.

Demographics, Development, and Retirement Policy in an Aging Latin America

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0400

An International Conference Co-Hosted by
The Center for Strategic and International Studies’
Global Aging Initiative and Americas Program

At this conference CSIS released a major new report exploring the economic, social, and geopolitical implications of Latin America's rapid population aging.

Global Aging Forum: How the Near-Term Crisis Affects the Long-Term Aging Challenge

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Speaker:
Peter Heller, Senior Adjunct Professor of International Economics, SAIS Johns Hopkins University and former Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Global Aging Forum: Are Baby Boomers Saving Enough?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Rudolph G. Penner, Senior Fellow and Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Public Policy, Urban Institute

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Global Aging Forum: The Implications of Medical Practice Variations for Health-care Reform: Findings of the Dartmouth Atlas of H

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
John E.Wennberg, Peggy Y. Thomson Professor (Chair) in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences & Founder and Director Emeritus, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Global Aging Forum: Why Social Security Reform Still Matters

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Andrew G. Biggs, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute and former Principal Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Demography and Geopolitics in the 21st Century

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:30:00 -0400

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Global Aging Forum: Will Boomers Work Longer?—New Evidence on the Determinants of Retirement

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0500

Speakers:
Mark Warshawsky, Director, Retirement Research, Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Gaobo Pang, Senior Research Associate, Watson Wyatt Worldwide

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

Global Aging Forum: Perspectives on U.S. Health-Care Reform

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Speakers:
Stuart Butler, Vice President for Domestic and Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation
Len Nichols, Director of the Health Policy Program, The New America Foundation

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Global Aging Forum: Demography and Conflict

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:30:00 -0400

Speaker:
Henrik Urdal, Senior Researcher, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: Saving, Investment, and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Barry P. Bosworth, Senior Fellow and the Robert V. Roosa Chair, The Brookings Institution

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: Health Care and the Budget: Issues and Challenges for Reform

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Peter R. Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: The Prospects for Long-Term Budget Reform in the New Democratic Congress

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Ed Lorenzen, Senior Policy Advisor to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: Entitlements, the Budget Squeeze, and the Demise of Democratic Government

Wed, 30 May 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Eugene Steuerle, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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The Aging of Korea: Demographics and Retirement Policy in the Land of the Morning Calm

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:00:00 -0400

Richard Jackson and Keisuke Nakashima gave a briefing highlighting the findings of a major new CSIS Global Aging Initiative report on Korea.

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The Aging of Korea: Challenges and Choices for Tomorrow

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0400

8:00 Registration

9:00 Conference Welcome

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Global Aging Forum: The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Population Aging in the EU

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500

Speaker:
Declan Costello, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: National Retirement Policy: How to Forge a Bipartisan Solution

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500

Speaker:
Robert Pozen, Chairman of MFS Investment Management

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: Accounting for Social Insurance Obligations: Perspectives on the FASAB Disclosure Draft

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Speaker:
David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States

Introduced by:
John Hamre, President & CEO, CSIS

Moderated by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: Global Demographic Trends and Future Political Instability

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Jack A. Goldstone, Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: The Future of the U.S. Private Pension System: Perspectives on the Pension Protection Act of 2006

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:30:00 -0400

Speaker:
Bradley Belt, Former Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging and Financial Markets

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:00:00 -0400

CSIS's Global Aging Initiative, Macroeconomic Advisers, and the Council on Foreign Relations co-hosted a major conference on "Global Aging and Financial Markets." The conference brought together over 150 economists and financial market experts to debate how emerging demographic trends are likely to affect rates of savings and investmen

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Global Aging Forum: The Long-Term Implications of Population Aging and Population Decline for the Economic and Geopolitical Stat

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:30:00 -0400

Speaker:
Norbert Walter, Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Research

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Improving Long-term Immigration Projections

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:00:00 -0400

We are entering a new demographic era in the developed countries in which immigration will play a decisive role in determining the long-term prospects for population and economic growth. Yet most official immigration projections in the United States and abroad still rely on ad-hoc assumptions based on little theory and virtually no definable methodology.

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Global Aging Forum: The Long-Term Budget Outlook: Problems and Solutions

Tue, 23 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, now with the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discussed the dimensions of the long-term budget challenge and gave his views …

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Global Aging Forum: The Long-Term Fiscal and Economic Outlook for an Aging United States

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Professor Laurence Kotlikoff, the author of The Coming Generational Storm, discussed the long-term fiscal policy options facing an aging United States, the need for radical entitlement reform—…

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Global Aging Forum: The Social and Geopolitical Implications of Gender Imbalance in Asia

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Professor Valerie Hudson, the author of the recent book, Bare Branches, discussed the causes and social and geopolitical consequences of the growing gender imbalance in South and East Asia.…

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Global Aging Forum: The Ethical Challenges of an Aging Society

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Leon Kass, the chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Dr. Kass, who is a professor at the University of Chicago and a fellow at AEI, discussed …

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Global Aging Forum: What Happens to Financial Markets When Baby Boomers Retire?

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Jeremy Siegel, Professor at the Wharton School and author of Stocks for the Long Run and the Future for Investors, presented at the Global Aging Forum. He spoke about the impact of the coming …

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Global Aging Forum: The Demographic Deficit and The Coming Era of Global Capital Shortages

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Diana Farrell, the director of the McKinsey Global Institute, presented at the Global Aging Forum. She discussed the conclusions of McKinsey's recent study entitled The Coming Demographic Deficit:…

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Global Aging Forum: Will Health Spans Rise with Life Spans?

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Patricia Barry, the Executive Director of the Merck Institute of Aging and Health, presented at the Global Aging Forum. She talked about emerging trends in the health of the elderly—and&…

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The Second Meeting of the CSIS Working Group on Long-Term Immigration Projections

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400

As fertility rates in the developed world decline, immigration is becoming decisive in determining population and economic growth. Yet most official immigration projections in the United States and abroad …

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Building Human Capital in an Aging Mexico

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400

The forum presented the findings of the latest report of the U.S.-Mexico Binational Council, Building Human Capital in an Aging Mexico, prepared by Richard Jackson, Program Director and Senior Fellow&…

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Global Aging Forum: Population, Health, Aging: The Achilles Heel of Russian Economic Development

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Dr. Eberstadt talked about his recent work …

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Social Security Reform: Is There a Bipartisan Solution?

Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400

David Walker (l), U.S. Comptroller General, and Peter G. Peterson, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2000-04), chairman of the Blackstone Group, and president of the Concord Coalition,…

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Global Aging Forum: Prospects for Future Longevity Gains

Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400

James Vaupel, the Executive Director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Dr. Vaupel discussed "Prospects for Future Longevity …

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Global Aging Forum: The World Bank's Pension Paradigm:Lessons from a Decade of Reform

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Robert Holzmann, Sector Director of the Social Protection Unit in the Human Development Network of the World Bank, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Dr. Holzmann talked about "The World …

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The First Meeting of the CSIS Working Group on Long-Term Immigration Projections

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500

As fertility rates in the developed world decline, immigration is becoming decisive in determining population and economic growth. Yet most official immigration projections in the United States and abroad …

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Global Aging Forum: UK "Pensions Crisis" and Reform Debate

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Adair Turner, Senior Adviser and Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe and Chairman of the UK Pensions Commission, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Mr. Turner talked about the UK "pensions …

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Global Aging Forum: The Administration's Perspective on Social Security Reform

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Chuck Blahous, the Special Assistant to the President focusing on Social Security policy, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Mr. Blahous talked about the administration's perspective …

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