"Historical Perspective on the Global Economic Crisis" Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes economic historian Barry Eichengreen of UC Berkeley for an analysis of the global economic crisis. He discusses its causes, evaluates government responses, and explores the implications for reform and stability of the international monetary system. Professor Eichengreen compares the present crisis to the Great Depression and discusses its implications for America's standing in the world. He also reflects on the role of history in helping us understand the interplay between economics and politics. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/iis/Kreisler.html http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/

Operating Systems and System Programming

PACS 164B: Introduction to Nonviolence - Spring 2007. An introduction to the science of nonviolence, mainly as seen through the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. Historical overview of nonviolence East and the West up to the American Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr., with emphasis on the ideal of principled nonviolence and the reality of mixed or strategic nonviolence in practice, especially as applied to problems of social justice and defense.

Keynote: "Sixty Years of Cross-Strait Relations: From Conflict to Conciliation" The Honorable Lien Chan, Former Vice-President, Taiwan, Chairman, Lien Chan Foundation for Peace and Development, Honorary Chairman, Kuomintang Party Introduced by: Robert Price, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Sponsored by: Institute of East Asian Studies, Center for Chinese Studies, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, San Francisco The complex relationship between China and Taiwan has evolved considerably since the events of 1949. Former Vice-President of Taiwan Lien Chan, who has been instrumental in reaching out to China, takes a look back at relations as they have developed and assesses the prospects for relations between China and Taiwan. http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2009.09.17a.html