Can we use technology to fight COVID-19 without surrendering our privacy?

By Ben Ruxin, MBA’21 & CASI student leader As the world rushes to address the challenges of Covid-19, many leaders from both the public and private sectors are calling for the use of surveillance technologies to enable effective response to the pandemic. Apple and Google have announced a partnership to build “privacy-preserving” contact tracing technology.… Read more Can we use technology to fight COVID-19 without surrendering our privacy?

Milton Friedman and the Need for Justice

By ANAT ADMATI, George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (GSB), and co-Director of CASI This post is a reprint of a post contributed to a series organized by the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State to mark the 50-year anniversary of… Read more Milton Friedman and the Need for Justice

Insights from “Our Democracy in a Time of Pandemic: A Conversation with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown”

The Corporations and Society Initiative hosted Senator Sherrod Brown for a public webinar on May 27th, 2020. We were delighted to hear his perspectives on the impact of Covid-19, perspectives on the upcoming 2020 election, and the many urgent challenges facing our country today. We invite you to watch the recording of Susannah Shattuck’s interview… Read more Insights from “Our Democracy in a Time of Pandemic: A Conversation with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown”

“The first thing you can do is unwind complicity” - Winner Takes All Debrief

On May 20, a group of twenty-two GSB students joined Anand Giridharadas in discussion of his book, Winner Takes All. Unsurprisingly, discussing a book with the subtitle “The Elite Charade of Changing the World” at a business school with a motto of “Change Life, Change Organizations, Change the World” engendered thought-provoking discussion. A few key… Read more “The first thing you can do is unwind complicity” - Winner Takes All Debrief

Will Covid-19 Break the US Healthcare System?

COVID-19 has exposed and exacerbated chronic weaknesses in the business model of the American healthcare system. Facing cancellations of elective procedures, astronomical prices for personal protective equipment (PPE), and millions of newly uninsured patients, hospitals across the country are in jeopardy of shutting down. Twenty-five percent of rural hospitals are at high-risk of closing, of… Read more Will Covid-19 Break the US Healthcare System?

Debating the Covid-19 Bailout

“Bailout” is a loaded word. Some view government support of the economy during financial crises as an essential component of well-functioning capitalism, while others see government stimulus packages as inefficient and poorly-governed opportunities for crony capitalism.  CASI hosted a panel discussion on April 8 2020, just two weeks after the first $2.2 trillion CARES Act… Read more Debating the Covid-19 Bailout

The Dark Side of Global Finance: A Talk with David Enrich

The Corporations and Society Initiative at Stanford GSB hosts New York Times editor David Enrich, in conversation with MBA ’21 Ben Ruxin, about Enrich’s book, “Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump and an Epic Trail of Destruction.” This conversation was recorded on April 14, 2020.

Recommended Read, Watch, Listen List (Summer 2020)

A list of recommended media content from CASI for Spring 2020.