Gallagher and Kozul-Wright Argue for Re-Orientation of Global Economic Systems
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Director of BU’s Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center), and Richard Kozul-Wright, Director of the Globalisation and Development Strategies Division at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), recently appeared on the Economics & Beyond podcast to discuss their latest book The Case for a New Bretton Woods.
In their remarks, Gallagher and Kozul-Wright outline the motivation and purpose of the new book, which is to call for a global discussion to realign global economic institutions for our collective climate, social and development goals. Without global leaders prepared to boldly rewrite global economic rules to promote a prosperous, just, and sustainable post-COVID world economic order – a Bretton Woods moment for the twenty-first century – the world risks being engulfed by climate chaos and political dysfunction. The Case for a New Bretton Woods provides a blueprint for change that no one interested in the future of the planet can afford to miss.
The full podcast can be listened to below. A videocast version is also available on the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s website.
Kevin Gallagher is a professor of global development policy at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, where he directs the Global Development Policy Center. He is the author or co-author of numerous books, including most recently, The Case for a New Bretton Woods (Wiley, 2022). Read more about Professor Gallagher on his Pardee School faculty profile.