S&O RESEARCH SEMINAR - FEBRUARY

The S&O Institute's next Research Seminar  will take place on February 9th at 12.30 pm online by zoom.

We have a great pleasure to welcome two remarkable guests:

Jean-Philippe Robé,

a French and New York qualified partner in the Paris office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a specialist in International Business Law to present his book " Property, Power and Politics: Why We Need to Rethink the World Power System" followed by questions and answers."

Summary: Globalization is an extraordinary phenomenon affecting virtually everything in our lives. And it is imperative that we understand the operation of economic power in a globalized world if we are to address the most challenging issues our world is facing today, from climate change to world hunger and poverty. This revolutionary work rethinks globalization as a power system feeding from, and in competition with, the state system. Cutting across disciplines of law, politics and economics, it explores how multinational enterprises morphed into world political organisations with global reach and power, but without the corresponding responsibilities. In illuminating how the concentration of property rights within corporations has led to the rejection of democracy as an ineffective system of government and to the rise in inequality, Robé offers a clear pathway to a fairer and more sustainable power system.

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