The International Business Center (IBC) builds the global business competencies of Lubar students by supporting the Lubar College’s international business curriculum, building faculty teaching and research expertise in international business, offering students global-oriented experiential learning opportunities, and presenting outstanding business community outreach programs on global business competitiveness.
Established in 1985 through funding by the Wisconsin State Legislature, the IBC has received grants from the U.S. Department of Education and financial support from numerous private donors and corporations.
Bradley Distinguished Lecture Series
The Bradley Distinguished Lecture Series provides our community the opportunity to hear internationally respected scholars, policy experts, and thought leaders who provide important insights into economic policies and actions that reinforce people’s faith in American democratic capitalism and free enterprise, and foster America’s global economic competitiveness, entrepreneurialism and innovation. Each year, several hundred business leaders, executives, academic leaders, and policy-makers attend the series.
The Series is co-sponsored by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the Lubar College of Business.
Reimagining Development: Possible Lessons from India and Implications for the U.S.
Featuring: Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
The traditional East Asian path of manufacturing-led exports is no longer viable for developing countries due to increased protectionism and global constraints. Instead, India is pioneering a new growth model focused on high-skilled services and services embedded in manufacturing.
Dr. Raghuram Rajan will discuss insights from his book with Rohit Lamba, Breaking the Mold: India’s Untraveled Path to Prosperity. He will highlight India’s innovative approach and the challenges it faces as it becomes the third largest economy. With India being the most populous and fastest-growing large economy, its strategies are crucial for global economic dynamics and U.S.-India relations. Dr. Rajan will also address the implications of India’s growth path for U.S. businesses, followed by a Q&A session.
Dr. Raghuram Rajan is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School. He has held prominent roles such as Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (2003-2006), Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India (2012-2013), Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (2013-2016), and Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Bank for International Settlements (2015-2016).
Dr. Rajan has published over a hundred papers in banking, corporate finance, and economic development. His book Fault Lines (2010) won the Financial Times prize for best business book, and The Third Pillar (2019) was a finalist for the same award. His latest book, Breaking the Mold: India’s Untraveled Path to Prosperity, is co-authored with Rohit Lamba.
Among his many accolades, Dr. Rajan received the AFA’s Fischer Black Prize in 2003, the Deutsche Bank Prize in 2013, and Central Banker of the Year awards from Euromoney and The Banker in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016.
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Past events have included:
It’s Time to Get Back to Rules-Based Monetary Policy
John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University; George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics, Hoover Institution; and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
The Anatomy of Government Failure: Making Government Effective and Affordable
Michael J. Boskin, Tully M. Friedman Professor of Economics and Wohlford Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
U.S. Fiscal Policy and Government Debt: Looking Beyond the Pandemic
James Poterba, Mitsui Professor of Economics at MIT, and President & CEO of the National Bureau of Economic Research
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Disruption’s Wake: The Wall and The Bridge
Glenn Hubbard, Dean Emeritus and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School
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U.S. Economic Outlook: Is Another Recession Looming?
Randall S. Kroszner, Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics and Deputy Dean for Executive Programs at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago
The Administrative Threat to Civil Liberties
Philip Hamburger, J.D. Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law at Columbia Law School
Is Tax Reform the Impossible Dream?
James M. Poterba, Mitsui Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,and President of the National Bureau of Economic Research
Inequality, Human Capital and Growth: Implications for U.S. Economic Policy
Kevin M. Murphy, George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
The Dodd-Frank Act and the Unending Growth of the Administrative State
Peter J. Wallison, Arthur F. Burns Chair in Financial Market Studies and
Co-director of American Enterprise Institute’s (“AEI”) program on financial market deregulation.
“What Will Determine Our Economic Future?
Michael J. Boskin, Tully M. Friedman Professor of Economics & Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University