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A collaboration between the Law School’s Center for Japanese Legal Studies and National Security Law Program, Strengthening the U.S.-Japan Alliance includes nine essays that examine the 1960 U.S.-Japan Security Treaty on its 60th anniversary.

In the final episode of Columbia Law’s limited podcast series, hosted by Professor Eric Talley, Professors Anu Bradford and Petros Mavroidis discuss the effects of the pandemic on global trade and whether the World Trade Organization and the European Union can handle political upheavals exacerbated by the health crisis, Brexit, and the U.S.-China trade war. 

In episode five of Columbia Law’s new limited podcast series, hosted by Professor Eric Talley, corporate governance experts Ira M. Millstein and Leo E. Strine Jr. discuss how companies must begin valuing their workers and their environmental impact as highly as their shareholders in order to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In episode four of Columbia Law’s new limited podcast series, hosted by Professor Eric Talley, Professors Lynnise Pantin and Tim Wu discuss the obstacles and opportunities for small businesses and entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic—and government’s role in helping them.

In episode three of Columbia Law’s new limited podcast series, hosted by Professor Eric Talley, Professor Ed Morrison and research fellow Kate Waldock talk about whether bankruptcy can be a lifeline for companies to survive the economic crisis, rather than a death knell—and if there is a coming surge of bankruptcy filings from businesses and individuals alike.  

In episode two of Columbia Law’s new limited podcast series, hosted by Professor Eric Talley, Professor Kathryn Judge and Visiting Professor Peter Conti-Brown discuss how the Federal Reserve can wield monetary policy and other mechanisms to help the U.S. economy recover from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In episode one of Columbia Law’s new limited podcast series, hosted by Professor Eric Talley, Professors Michael Graetz and Katharina Pistor discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic lays bare the ways law and public policy favor the wealthy and fail to protect the vast majority of the 99 percent.

In Columbia Law School’s new podcast, hosted by Professor Eric Talley, hear from leading experts as they chart a course for economic recovery in the wake of the pandemic and suggest new ways of approaching law, policy, and governance.

The Columbia Law professor’s new book, The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It, offers realistic policy solutions that prioritize the welfare of individuals to create a more just and stable society.

The Columbia Law professor’s European and American sensibilities inform The Brussels Effect, her analysis of the European Union’s outsize influence on global issues, including antitrust law, data privacy, food safety, and climate change.