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6 March in Sydney | International Speaker and Book Launch | Information Technology and the New Globalisation

Professor Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Policy Director of the Centre for Policy Research (CEPR), Founder and Editor-in-chief of VoxEU.org and an elected Member of the Council of the European Economic Association.

Date: Monday 6 March 2017

Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm Light Refreshments will be served

Venue: Norton Rose Fulbright, Level 18 Grosvenor Place, 225 George Street Sydney, NSW 2000

Cost: ASR Members Complimentary | Non Members $35

RSVP: Limited places available. Register here by 3 March 2017

Enquiries: alinabain@australianservicesroundtable.com.au

International Guest Speaker

Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

RB 3Professor Richard Baldwin’s The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization aims to change the way we understand globalisation and its impact on societies. Richard Baldwin argues that revolutionary advances in information technology and computing transformed globalisation around 1990 in ways that few governments and companies have yet to understand. While the “Old Globalisation” was mostly about goods crossing borders, the “New Globalisation” is driven by ideas and know-how crossing borders. These massive flows of knowledge transformed the global economy, allowing, for example, emerging markets to grow at unprecedented rates and helping 650 million people rise out of poverty. But the knowledge flows were also disruptive. Under the “New Globalisation”, rich-nation firms can combine their know how with low-wage workers abroad. This new high-tech-low-wage combination has disrupted the livelihoods of workers and communities in ways that spurred social and political upheaval across Europe and the US. Policies based on “Old-Globalisation” thinking are failing to address community concerns and have stoked distrust of elites and governments.

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