A World without Agriculture
HENRY WENDT LECTURE
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Professor C. Peter Timmer of Stanford University will deliver the sixth Henry Wendt Distinguished Lecture.

The Challenges of China's Growth
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Can China make the institutional changes and policy reforms that will be required to reach significantly higher general levels of productivity and income?

The Graying of the Planet
Implications of the Great Global Aging Ahead
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
The emergence of aged societies will present citizens and policymakers around the world with challenges unknown to their predecessors.

The Political Economy of World Mass Migration
Comparing Two Global Centuries
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Professor Jeffrey G. Williamson of Harvard University, one of the world's leading economic historians, gives the third Henry Wendt Distinguished Lecture.

In Defense of Empires
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Imperialism should not be perceived as a negative phenomenon, as empires have provided international order and promoted prosperity.

World Economic Growth
The Past 1,000 Years
Tuesday, May 15, 2001
Angus Maddison discusses world economic growth at the 2001 Henry Wendt Lecture.