George Washington University – 1994
“Freud, Galileo and Darwin told us, at different times and in different ways, that we are not the center of the universe; that we do not have control; that we do not fully understand our motivations; that we are not all that special. They did not have an easy time of it – for each society wants to believe that it can exercise control over its own destiny and over others. I suspect their findings apply not just to science or personal behavior, but to the way power and leverage can be exercised by nation states. Yours, I suspect, will be the first generation which will have to achieve results with neither military nor economic predominance – no matter where you sit.”
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| Wharton School–Petro–Dollars, OPEC, and the World Financial Markets — Jan. 1980 | Petro–Dollars; World Bank |
| Remarks on Investment in Less Developed Countries | Emerging Markets; Developing Countries |
| Remarks on Inflation, Oil, Banking, Int’l. Finance | Energy Policy; Developing Countries |
| Remarks on Inflation, Economy, Financial, Social, Political Development in Europe, Oil and Petro–Dollar Matters | Developing Countries; Economic Growth |
| Politics and Public Policy – 1980s | Policy and Economic Development |
| Association of Int’l. Bond Dealers Conference NY | Finance and World Bank; World Bank Appraisal |
| Some Remarks on Trade and Protectionism – 1980s | Protectionism; Economic Development |
| The World Bank – Frankfurt, Germany – 6/27/80 | World Bank Financial Appraisal |
| Society of Actuaries Meeting | Finance; Uncertainty; Risk; Volatility; Irrational Behavior |
| Eugene H. Rotberg on Risk Taking – 1980s | Risk; Probability; Incentives |
| Eugene H. Rotberg – Uncertainty and Behaviors in Risk Taking – Merrill Lynch Sales Conf.–1980s | Risk Taking; Management Style |
| A Risk Evaluation Program – 1980s | OECD Study; Financial Risk Taking |
| Letter to Robert S. McNamara — June 29, 1981 | Bob McNamara |
| Bank Administration Institute Conf.—11/12/84 | LDC Debt; Emerging Markets; World Bank Policy |
| World Bank Financial Structure and Financial Operating Programs | Financial Appraisal; World Bank; |
| Remarks from Group of 30 Meeting Re Debt Crisis – 9/6/85 | Finance; Development; World Bank |
| Consultation, Competition, and Control – 7/9/85 – Speaking of Japan | Japan; Financial Liberalization |
| Presentation to the Japanese Securities Trans–Action Council – Jan. 1986 | Finance in Japan |
| Impact of Worldwide Financial Integration – Febr. 28, 1986 – 70th Anniversary Conference Board Economic Forum | Finance; Globalization |
| Summary Presentation – Berne – 3/18/86 | World Bank Financial Appraisal |
| ODC Meeting Looking at World Bank | World Bank Lending; Debt Policy |
| Be on Guard in the Glittery World of Financial Information — The Market Chronicle — August 14, 1986 | Risk Taking; Derivatives Risk; Chaos Theory; Finance |
| Opening and Concluding Statements by Gene Rotberg — Bejing China — October 1986 | China Financial Policy |
| Financing Development: The Debt Crisis — October 15, 1986 | LDC Debt Crisis; Moratoriums on Debt |
| Advice to Chinese State Counsellor — November 4, 1986 | Advice to Chinese State Counsellor |
| 17th World Congress on IAFEI — Hong Kong — November 9–12, 1986 | Globalization; Risk; Contagion |
| World Bank Lending — January 12, 1987 | World Bank Lending Policy |
| Remarks on Lending — 1987 | Uncertainty in Finance; Risk Taking Development and Derivations |
| Kent State University: The World Bank | World Bank Lending |
| The World Bank Myth and Reality — February 1987 | Finance; Development |
| Summary Presentation on the World Bank — Frankfurt — March 9, 1987 | Financial Appraisal; World Bank |
| World Business Council — The Banks and LCDs — November 15, 1987 | Banks and Developing Countries |
| Blessings, Salvation and Forgiveness: A Solution to the Debt Crisis? — 1988 | LCD Debt Crisis |
| Testimony Re Bank Lending to Soverign Governments — Subcommittee on Int'l. Dev. Institutions and Finance of the House Committee on Banking Finance and Urban Affairs — May 11, 1988 | Banking Lending to LCDs |
| Eugene H. Rotberg: Toward a Solution to the Debt Crisis — June 1988 | LCDs; Debt Crisis; Forgiveness; Moratorium; Finance |
| Testimony on LCD Debt — Subcommittee on Int'l. Finance, Trade & Monitary Policy of the House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs — July 13, 1988 | LCDs; Indebetedness; Debt Crisis |
| Testimony — Subcommittee on Int'l. Finance and Monitary Policy of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Banking Affairs — August 2, 1988 | |
| Remarks Re LCD Debt at Bard College — 1988 | World Bank; LCDs' Debt Crisis |
| Politics and International Commercial Banking — Brussels — November 28, 1988 | Banks; LCDs; Debt Losses; Forgiveness |
| Looking Backward: The Securities Industry, A Decade of Change — 1989 | Securitization; Derivatives; Hedging; Risk; Innovation |
| The Brady Initiative to "Save" the Debt Crisis – 1989 | Debt Crisis; Solutions |
| AEI Conference on Alternative Solutions to Developing Country Debt Problems – 4/18/89 | Debt Reduction; Moratorium |
| Testimony on Brady Proposal for Debt Relief for LDCs | Debt Relief |
| Testimony on Debt Reduction – SubCommittee on Int'l. Economic Policy and Trade – Prepared Statement – 5/30/89 | LDC Debt Reduction; Debt Relief; Forgiveness; Moratorium |
| Testimony – Oral before SubCommittee on Int'l. Economic Policy and Trade – 5/30/89 | LDC Debt Reduction; Debt Relief; Forgiveness; Moratorium |
| The State of Play: The Int'l. Debt Crisis (Testimony) | LDC Debt Reduction; Debt Relief; Forgiveness; Moratorium |
| The State of Play: The Int'l. Debt Crisis – March 1989 | LDC Debt Reduction; Debt Relief; Forgiveness; Moratorium |
| The State of Play – October 1989 | LDC Debt Reduction; Debt Relief; Forgiveness; Moratorium |
| The Politics of the Debt Crisis — 1989 | LDC Debt Reduction; Debt Relief; Forgiveness; Moratorium |
| TITLE OF SPEECH/REMARKS | KEYWORDS |
|---|---|
| Banking Systems – New York Times and Glass Steagall – 1990s | New York Times Glass Steagall; Banking Separation |
| Aldrich, Eastman & Waltch, Inc. 1990 Annual Client Conference on LDC Investment –April 1990 | Investment Developing Countries; LDC Investment |
| The Only Perfect Hedge is a Japanese Garden – 90s | Risk Finance; Derivatives |
| Problems and Controversy: The US Banking System – 6/4/91 | Risk; Derivatives; Banks; Deregulation; SEC; Regulatory Oversight |
| Testimony – Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban affairs SubCommittee on Securities, US Senate – 9/12/91 | Risk; Derivatives; Banks; Deregulation; SEC; Regulatory Oversight |
| Financial Market Reform and Privatization in Eastern Europe for The National Economists Club 10/3/91 | Eastern Europe Development; Governance; Investment Risks |
| Financial Market Reform and Privatization in Eastern Europe – 10/29/91 | Eastern Europe Development; Governance; Investment Risks |
| A Proposal for Investment in Eastern Europe — 91 | Eastern Europe Development; Governance; Investment Risks |
| Systemic Risks in World Financial Markets: Informal Remarks – World Bank Government Borrowers Forum – 9/21/92 | Chaos Theory; Investment Risks; Geo– Political Risk |
| The Case: Inflation is Dead – or at least "in extremis" – 1993 | No Inflation: Pure Pressure; US Globalization Effect |
| The Currency Swap: In the Beginning – 10/93 | Currency Swap; Derivatives; Origin of Swaps |
| 1994 Induction Ceremony – GWU Chapter of Beta GammaSigma – 4/15/94s | Geopolitics; Uncertainty; Risk; Control of Affairs; Disintermediation |
| Testimony – House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs – 6/23/94 | Risks of Derivatives; Lack of Regulation |
| Systemic Risks in World Financial Markets – American Bar Assn. Capital Markets Symposium – 9/16/94 | Regulation of Derivatives; Globalization |
| On the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the World Bank - 1994 | World Bank; Fairy Tale |
| Derivatives: The Ultimate Freudian Slip–Up – 7/12/95 | Risks of Derivatives; Finance; History; Investment Bankers; Proprietary Trading |
| World Bank Strategic Reserve Forum: World Bank Appraisal – 9/28/95 | History of World Bank Financial Policy |
| Borrowing Seminar – Beijing, China – Febr. 1996 | China's Borrowing Policies |
| A Losing Tax Proposal (Dole) – 11/5/96 | Taxing the Rich |
| World Bank/IMF Mtg. 1998 – Mismatches, Lags & Conflicts: Some Observations: On Globalization and Finance | Globalization |
| The Jerome Levy Economics Institute & EHR Quote | Deregulation; Finance; Drivatives |
| Testimony – House Committee on Banking, Finance & Urban Affairs – 10/1/98 | Risk; Derivatives; Absence of Regulation; Leverage |
| TITLE OF SPEECH/REMARKS | KEYWORDS |
|---|---|
| Notes: Duke University: The World Bank – 2001 | World Bank Effectiveness; Lending by World Bank |
Notes for Economic Strategy Institute Speech – Lending at the World Bank |
Lending Policy World Bank |
| Honorable James A. Leach letter on Derivatives and Risk – 1/22/02 | Derivatives; SEC Regulation |
| The Symposium, Socrates and Iraq, Part II, on War or The Powder in the Pouch by Plato – 2003 | War and Socrates |
| Remarks on Bob McNamara – World Bank – 3/19/03 | Robert McNamara; World Bank |
| 60th Anniversary of the World Bank – 2004 | World Bank; Immortality |
| Government Borrowers Forum: Speech – Berlin – Capital Markets – May 2005 | Capital Markets, Chaos Theory; Globalization |
| Leveraging the World Bank – New York – June 2005 | World Bank Capital |
| Cash Management at the World Bank – 8/05 | Risk; Portfolio Management |
| Temple Univ. Speech: On Risk – 11/05 | Temple; General Semantics; Debate |
| The George Washington Univ. Panel – Globalization & Risk in Emerging Markets – 4/7/06 | Globalization; Risk; Contagion, Emerging Markets |
| Bob McNamara letter on his 90th Birthday – 5/22/06 | McNamara; Retirement; World Bank |
| 2006 Speech: Risk and Finance | Risk; Finance; Portfolio Management |
| "Selected from" Informal Remarks — Univ. of Penn Law School — 9/06 | Penn Law School; Risk; Finance; Uncertainty; Chaos Theory |
| Remarks – Univ. of Penn Law School – 9/22/06 | Penn Law School; Risk; Finance; Uncertainty; Chaos Theory |
| Remarks to Washington Nat'l. Opera – 11/14/06 | Immortality; Philanthropy; Opera |
| Remarks at St. Anne's School (Grandparents Day) 11/06 | Immortality; Philanthropy |
| Transparency: Panacea or Pandora's Box (The Journal of Management Development) – 2006 | Transparency; Market Regulation |
| Bill Gates/EHR emails (2) – June & July 2007 | Email to Bill Gates |
| The Euro Market – In Retrospect – 5/15/08 | Finance; Historical Perspective |
The Financial Crisis 2008 – Notes for XM Radio & NPR Interview and George Washington Univ. Speech – Oct./Nov. 2008 |
Causes of Financial Crisis |
| Main Street and Wall Street: What Were Causes – 1/27/09 | Financial Crisis; Banks |
| Mary Shapiro (SEC Chairman) email from EHR – 2/10/09 | SEC Regulation; Derivatives |
| What Wall Street Wants to Know – March 2009 | No Keywords |
| EHR Questions for Hearing – March 2009 | Financial Crisis; Regulation; SEC |
| CSFI – Eugene Rotberg – A 40–Year Retrospective 2009 | History of Finance |
| TITLE OF SPEECH/REMARKS | KEYWORDS |
|---|---|
| Ken Lay Farewell Letter – 12/3/10 | SEC; Ken Lay |
| An Iron Will and a Poetic Touch – Solon Knew Best – 10/11/11 | Greek Crisis |
| The Case for The Rich | Satire; Tax Policy; Trickle Down Solutions |
| Contribution Submission Re Final Report – Independent Commission on Banking (Vickers Commission) – Oct. 2011 | Glass Steagall; Vickers Commission; Dodd–Frank |
| Uncertainty, Vulnerability and Risk: How Will Our Grandchildren Cope? – 03/18/12 | Uncertainty; Vulnerability |
| Opera Libretto - SYNOPSIS Libretto - "TARHIR!" |
Opera Libretto; Gene Rotberg |
| The Speech Obama Never Made — Oct. 2012 | |
| On the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Eurobond Market, London — June 2013 | Eurobond Market |
| Eurobond 50th Anniversary — June 24, 2013 | Eurobond Market |
| Notes on Northern Italy: Verdi-Land — November 2013 | Opera; Verdi |
| A 70s' Play (written in the 1970s) | Play |
| E-mail to Granddaughter in Florence | e-mail, Grandfarther, Granddaughter |
| The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: A Race to the Bottom (Published in 1818 Society Bulletin) | AIIB |
| What the World Should Expect of the Next World Bank President, October 2015 | World Bank President |
Galileo and Donald Trump, June 2016 |
Galileo, Darwin, Freud, Trump |
| E-mail to Family, June 2016 | Revised Testimonials |
Election 2016, September 2016 |
2016 Presidential Election |
| Questions for Donald Trump 2016, September 2016 | 2016 Presidential Election |
| The Cambodian Toy Maker, November 2016 | 2016 Presidential Election |
| The Speech Hillary Should Have Made, November 2016 | 2016 Presidential Election |
| Childhood, 2016 | Gene Rotberg Bio |
| The Negotiation, 2016 | China, Trade |
| Gathering, 2017 | 2017 Women's March - Washington, DC - Jan. 21, 2017 |
| Letter to Charles E. Schumer, 2017 | Trade, China |
| World Bank Treasurers' Reception 2017 | World Bank Treasurer |
| INMED Gala 2017 | INMED; Immortality |
| The Link: Poverty and Globalization, November 2018 | World Bank |
| Informal Remarks on the Occasion of Retirement of Arunma Oteh from the World Bank, December 2018 | World Bank |
| TITLE OF SPEECH/REMARKS | KEYWORDS |
|---|---|
| Globalization on Steroids, January 2020 | World Bank |
| Boyhood, Part II, June 2020 | Gene Rotberg Bio |
| Q&A: Gene Rotberg, October 2021 | |
| Papa's Travels, 2022 | |
| Foundation Course: The Western Canon as Reflected in Literature, the Arts, and by Historians and the "Players," 2022 | The Foundation Course |
| A Tribute To The World Bank's Treasurer's Department, April 30, 2022, (Text Version) | Globalization: Irreversible? |
| A Tribute To The World Bank's Treasurer's Department, April 30, 2022, (Video/Music Version) | Globalization: Irreversible? |
| Globalization on Steroids, March 2023 | World Bank |
| So You Want to Be President, May 2023 | Temple University, Strategic Visions |
| An Open Letter to Ajay Banga, October 2023 | World Bank President |