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¿Por qué en algunos países florece la libertad y en otros el autoritarismo?

11.03.20

Institute Director James A. Robinson gives a lecture at the Fundación Rafael del Pino.

Community-Led Reconciliation and Development in Post-Conflict Countries

10.28.20

The Pearson Institute's October Lunch and Learn featured John Caulker, Founder and Executive Director of Fambul Tok (Sierra Leone), who spoke about his ongoing work in community-led reconciliation and development.

Comparative Constitutionalism

10.21.20

Institute Director James Robinson presents the third of a three-part virtual lecture series at the New Economic School. This lecture seeks to draw some broad conclusions about what factors create differences in the nature of constitutions in different parts of the world and what the consequences of this are for social welfare.

The Islamic Tradition

10.20.20

Institute Director James Robinson presents the second of a three-part virtual lecture series at the New Economic School. This lecture studies the nature of constitutionalism in the Islamic world and how it deviates radically from the Liberal-Democratic Tradition. 

The Liberal-Democratic Constitutional Tradition and Its Problems

10.19.20

Institute Director James Robinson presents the first of a three-part virtual lecture series at the New Economic School. This lecture discusses the approach of political economy to constitutional design, starting from Hobbes-Locke-Montesquieu-Madison to modern scholars. 

Pearson Institute Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Ben Rhodes

Provost of the University of Chicago and Emmett Dedmon Professor Katherine Baicker moderates a discussion with Ben Rhodes, former deputy US National Security Advisor in a 2019 edition of The Pearson Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series.

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