Samuel George

 

Samuel George is the Latin America Project Manager for the Bertelsmann Foundation.

His publications include: 

Studies:

• Surviving a Debt Crisis: Five Lessons for Europe from Latin America (2013)
• The Pacific Pumas: An Emerging Model for Emerging Markets (2014)
• Brazil and Germany: A 21st Century Relationship (co-author, 2014)
• Five Steps to Kickstart Brazil (co-author, 2014)
• Study: A Chain Reaction? Effects of Mega-Trade Agreements on Latin America (co-author, 2016)

Videos:

• TPP & TTIP – A Threat to Latin America?
• The Crossroads Colombia, Pts. 1 – 3
• The Crossroads Cuba, Pts. 1 – 3
• The Crossroads Argentina, Pts. 1-3 
• Interview – Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos
• Interview – Colombian Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas
• Interview – Colombian Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas
• Samuel George, Author— The Pacific Pumas | Commentary on Pacific Pumas
• Five Steps to Kickstart Brazil
• Who Really Wins from Globalization?
• The Pacific Pumas | Economic Developments in Chile, Mexico, Colombia and Peru
• Pumanomics
• The Pacific Alliance
• Prepared to Pounce?
• What Is the Global Economic Dynamics Project About?
• Colombia reconocida por sus prácticas económicas exitosas
• Interview Jason Furman, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers
• Interview Luis Fernando Mejía, Colombian Ministry of Finance
• Interview Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati – Professor of Economics and Law at Columbia University
• Interview John Padilla | Commentary on Pacific Pumas 10

Editorials 

• “Argentina’s Day in Court.” The Financial Times (beyondbrics Blog), March 10, 2014,
• “LatAm’s Pacific Pumas.” The Financial Times (beyondbrics Blog), May 20, 2013.
• “Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance – do opposites attract?” The Financial Times (beyondbrics Blog), June 13, 2014.
• “Message from Latin America: Austerity, then Growth.” Fletcher Forum, April 26, 2013,
• “Mexico’s Reforms: A Crucial Step Forward.” Bertelsmann BBrief, December 13, 2013.
• “Partners set sights on more than marketing.” The Financial Times, April 1, 2014.
• “The Pacific Pumas.” Americas Quarterly, March 11, 2013.
• “Return of the Jedi: Michelle Bachelet and Chilean Democracy. Americas Quarterly, December 16, 2013. 
• “Still on the Brink: Seven Things We Know about Venezuela.” Future Challenge, January 16, 2013.
• “Will Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance Strengthen Ties?” Inter-American Dialogue, October 2, 2014.
• “The Effect of a Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement on Latin America” Global Economic Dyanmics Project, June 28, 2013.
  
• “Five Steps to Kickstart Brazil” (co-author) The Financial Times (beyondbrics Blog), October 27, 2014.
• B|Brief: Argentina: Holding Up After Holding Out, August 1, 2014
• B|Brief: Mexico’s Reforms: A Crucial Step Forward, December 13, 2014
• B|Brief: BRIC By BRIC – Building an Alternative to Bretton Woods Development
• B|Brief: Venezuela After Chavez
• B|Brief – Post-Chavez Venezuela: A Country on the Edge
• Over 60 editorials and posts for No Se Mancha

Grad School Stuff

• Argentina_30_Years_Crisis – Three decades, one crisis?
• Footprints – Chinese Investment Models in the Caribbean, The Andes & Brazil
• Bolivian Natural Gas –  Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Why Exporting Natural gas to Chile is Both Possible and Necessary
• The Pacific Triangle – The United States, China, and Latin America: How Differing US and Chinese Foreign Policy Goals Influence Trilateral Relations
• Brazil 2012 – Domestic, Financial and Foreign Affairs Briefing