Keynote Speaker, Eric Maskin

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Oct 7, 2008  |  Boston, MA

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Eric S. Maskin, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economics, spoke about why globalization has failed to reduce inequality.

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  • 2007 Nobel Laureate, Eric Maskin
  • MIT Professor Bengt Holmstrom
  • Legatum Center Founder, Iqbal Quadir, and Managing Director, Michael Maltese, listening to Eric Maskin's keynote address
  • MIT Professor Bengt Holmstrom introducing keynote speaker Eric Maskin
  • Keynote speaker Eric Maskin discusses why centers like the Legatum Center can make a real difference
  • It's going to be in the entrepreneurs own best interest to have a well-trained labor force. Eric Maskin speaking to how entrepreneurs have the right incentives when it comes to the training and skill development of their workers

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Bengt Holmstrom

Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics and Head of the Economics Department (2003-2006)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT Professor Bengt Holmstrom introduces the 2008 Progress through Innovation conference keynote speaker, Eric Maskin.

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Eric S. Maskin

2007 Nobel Laureate (Economics)
Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science
Institute for Advanced Study

"It's fine to say that people should be able to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, but if they don't have any bootstraps, that's hard to accomplish."