MoAF/Fordham Webinar Series

Renowned journalist and master storyteller Roger Lowenstein discusses his new book, Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War, and his revelatory financial investigation into how Lincoln and his administration used the funding of the Civil War as the catalyst to centralize the government and accomplish the most far-reaching reform in the country’s history. Watch event video.

MoAF/Fordham Webinar Series

Mary Childs, the host of NPR’s Planet Money, uncovers the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged investor changed American finance forever. The Bond King is the story of how Bill Gross turned the sleepy bond market into a destabilized game of high risk, high reward; founded Pimco, one of today’s most powerful, secretive and cutthroat investment firms; helped to reshape our financial system in the aftermath of the Great Recession—to his own advantage; and gained legions of admirers, and enemies, along the way. To understand the winners and losers of today’s money game, Childs argues, is to understand the bond market—and to understand the bond market is to understand the Bond King. Watch event video.

MoAF/Fordham Webinar Series

Award-winning financial journalist and anthropology PhD Gillian Tett discusses her latest book, Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See In Business and Life. While today’s business world is dominated by technology and data analysis, Tett advocates thinking like an anthropologist to better understand consumer behavior, markets and organizations to address some of society’s most urgent challenges. Watch event video.

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Is there an ideal portfolio of investment assets, one that perfectly balances risk and reward? In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio, co-authored by Andrew Lo and Stephen Foerster, examines this question by profiling 10 of the most prominent figures in the finance world: Jack Bogle, Charley Ellis, Gene Fama, Marty Leibowitz, Harry Markowitz, Bob Merton, Myron Scholes, Bill Sharpe, Bob Shiller and Jeremy Siegel. In this video of his recent MoAF/Fordham Series event, Professor Foerster discusses how the greatest thinkers in finance changed the field and how their wisdom can help investors today.

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