MARTIN WALKER: THE BUMPY ROADS AHEAD
Saturday, February 4, 2017 | 4:30pm | Auditorium | General Admission $25 | Reserved Seating $40
Please join us in welcoming back Martin Walker, Editor Emeritus and international affairs columnist of United Press
International (UPI), where he writes the bi-weekly syndicated column ‘Walker’s World.’ Martin’s talk this year
will explore what kind of future our children and grandchildren will inherit, with the world suddenly accelerating
through a period of great change, with revolution in demography, geo-politics, medicine, robotics, information,
communications, manufacturing, sexual relations, central banking and the environment.
Martin Walker has extensive knowledge of world events and relationships. He graduated from Balliol College in
Oxford and has since become a well-versed novelist with an appealing list of titles as well as a seasoned reporter.
He has held a variety of other positions including, international correspondent and Editor-in-Chief for United Press
International; senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.; a senior
fellow of the World Policy Institute at The New School in New York; and the Board of Directors of the Global Panel
Foundation (Berlin, Copenhagen, Prague, Sydney and Toronto). He is also a contributing editor of the Los Angeles
Times's Opinion section and of Europe magazine. Walker also is a regular commentator on CNN, Inside
Washington, and NPR.
ECONOMIC SUMMIT 2017
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
3:30pm | Auditorium | $20
How will the November 2016 unprecedented election affect
the U.S. and global economic scenarios?
What policy initiatives and economic implications will there
be for the first term of the new president?
How “left” might Hilary go if she is elected? What about
trade and foreign policy, should Trump be elected?
This season’s Economic Summit will focus on the election and its outcome, with members of the Boca Grande Economics Group commenting on their
areas of particular focus and expertise. You won’t want to miss this gritty discussion!
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