The 16th week of 2016 was full of remarkable exchanges.
- April 19, 2016: Chair of the Seminar of Miriam Meckel, Editor-in-Chief of the “Wirtschaftswoche”, at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University. See also.
- April 19, 2016: Spoke at dinner event of Columbia University in the honor of Jan Svejnar, who received the IZA Prize in Labor Economics 2015. After Jacob Mincer, the first prize winner, “The prize is now back to Columbia University”. Nobel Prize Winner Jo Stiglitz (see below), who was the host of the evening, gave a long review of the remarkable achievements of Jan and his role in forming “Transition Economics” at the time when Europe badly needed this. Jan Svejnar gave many insights in his life and career. See below, in the back the lights of New York. Place: School of International and Public Affairs, SIPA, Columbia University.
- April 20- 23, 2016: Research visit to New Haven, Yale University (see below in front of the Yale School of Public Health). Various contacts and exchanges with colleagues on health, development and European integration.
School of International and Public Affairs, SIPA, Columbia University.
Jo Stiglitz
Jan Svejnar
Yale University, New Haven
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