Global goliaths: Multinational corporations in the 21st century economy
Multinational corporations are responsible for a huge slice of global employment, investment, and research. To some, they are malevolent monopolizers that exploit labor and avoid taxes. To others, they are engines of innovation and efficiency, contributing to global prosperity. In an effort to elevate the sometimes contentious public debate over the conduct and operation of multinational corporations and policy towards them, the new edited volume, “Global Goliaths: Multinational Corporations in the 21st Century Economy,” published by Brookings Institution Press, examines key questions about their role in their home countries and in the rest of the world where they do business.
On April 20, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy will host an event to celebrate the release of “Global Goliaths.” It will open with an overview of the role of multinational corporations in the modern economy, followed by a panel discussion on the impact of multinationals on jobs: Do multinational corporations export jobs? Do they exploit workers? Do U.S. and European multinationals contribute to home country employment? A second panel on taxation of multinationals will follow. What, realistically, is the potential to raising more revenue from multinational corporations? And is that a good idea?
During the live event, viewers may submit questions for panelists at sli.do using the code #GlobalGoliaths, or join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #GlobalGoliaths.
“Global Goliaths: Multinational Corporations in the 21st Century Economy” will be released on April 20 and is available for preorder now in print and e-book.
Agenda
Introduction
David Wessel
Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Overview of multinational corporations
C. Fritz Foley
André R. Jakurski Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Financial Planning - Harvard Business School
Multinational corporations’ impact on jobs
David Levine
Professor of Business Administration - Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Lindsay Oldenski
Associate Professor - Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Matthew Slaughter
Paul Danos Dean and Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business - Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Multinational corporations and taxes
William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Director - Retirement Security Project
Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Michelle Hanlon
Howard W. Johnson Professor and Professor of Accounting - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James R. Hines
Richard A. Musgrave Collegiate Professor of Economics and the L. Hart Wright Collegiate Professor of Law - University of Michigan
Closing remarks
David Wessel
Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
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