Chrystia Freeland
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | Journalist and Global Affairs Expert
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Chrystia Freeland is the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Finance. As a former journalist and author, she brings a unique perspective to global affairs and economic policymaking.
Freeland has served as the Member of Parliament for University—Rosedale since 2015 and held several high-profile positions, including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. Her book 'Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else' was a New York Times bestseller, examining the growth of income inequality worldwide.
Freeland's keynotes offer audiences an incisive look at the geopolitical and economic forces shaping the world today.
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The rise of the new global super-rich
Technology is advancing in leaps and bounds -- and so is economic inequality, says writer Chrystia Freeland. In an impassioned talk, she charts the rise of a new class of plutocrats (those who are extremely powerful because they are extremely wealthy), and suggests that globalization and new technology are actually fueling, rather than closing, the global income gap. Freeland lays out three problems with plutocracy … and one glimmer of hope.
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