Three Pillars, One Network: Raghuram Rajan and Zita Cobb on Connecting Communities, Governments and Markets
“Healthy communities are essential for sustaining vibrant market democracies.”
– Dr. Raghuram Rajan in his book The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind (2019)
Places are where the real work of building a good economy takes place. Raghuram Rajan, Professor at University of Chicago and author of The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind (2019), names communities as the forgotten foundation of a healthy society.
Join Professor Rajan and Zita Cobb, Founder and CEO of the Shorefast Institute for Place-Based Economies, on Thursday, July 9 at 2:30pm (NL) / 1:00pm (ET) / 10:00am (PT) for a conversation about what it takes to strengthen the role of community in the Canadian economy.
From that conversation, we will turn to Shorenet – the Shorefast Institute’s growing network of communities building local economic stewardship. The webinar will close with a live walkthrough of the Shorenet platform and Q&As from the audience.
Zita Cobb
Founder | Shorefast Institute for Place-Based Economies
Growing up on Fogo Island, Zita developed a deep belief in the inherent value of place and profound respect for the human ways of knowing that emerge from respectful relationships with nature, culture, and community. She held senior financial roles in the high-tech industry, notably with JDS Fitel, subsequently JDS Uniphase, where she contributed to building the company into one of the most successful high-tech innovators in history. Zita returned home to Fogo Island in the early 2000’s and, along with her brothers Anthony and Alan, founded Shorefast. In 2016, Zita was awarded the Order of Canada. She volunteers her time and energies to the active direction and management of Shorefast and our projects on Fogo Island.
Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan
Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance | The University of Chicago
Raghuram Rajan is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He has served as Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund (2003–2006) and as the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (2013–2016). His books include The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind (2019), a Financial Times Business Book of the Year prize finalist, and Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy (2010), which won that prize. Dr. Rajan is Chairman of the Group of Thirty and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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