Final Future of Capitalism Lecture Focuses on 'China Rising'
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Journalist James Fallows will deliver the third and final lecture in the Future of Capitalism lecture series, "China Rising," on the MainStage in the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m.The lecture is free but tickets are required by calling the box office at 413-597-2425, Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 5.
Fallows and his wife have spent the past few years traveling in China and living in Shanghai and Beijing. His most recent book, "Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China," is based on many of his articles written for The Atlantic Monthly since 2006. The book illuminates the progress and changes that have occurred within the country in recent years, chronicling China's explosive growth and its staggering ramifications for America and the world.
Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. He has traveled extensively throughout his career, based in locations from Washington, D.C. and Seattle to Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and, most recently, Beijing.
Fallows has been nominated for the National Magazine Award five times, winning once in 2003 for "The Fifty-first State?" a piece that outlined potential consequences of a United States occupation of Iraq.
Prior to his position with The Atlantic, Fallows was editor of U.S. News and World Report and as a program designer for Microsoft. He was also former President Carter's chief speechwriter during Carter's first two years in the White House.
In addition to "Postcards from Tomorrow Square," Fallows has written eight other books, including "Blind into Baghdad: America's War In Iraq" (2006), "Free Flight: Inventing the Future of Travel" (2001), "Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy" (1996), "Looking at the Sun: The Rise of the New East Asian Economic and Political System" (1994), and "National Defense" (1981), for which he won the American Book Award for nonfiction.
The Future of Capitalism lecture series is sponsored by the Class of 1971 Public Affairs Forum and the lecture committee. Fallows' lecture is co-sponsored by the Stanley Kaplan Program in American Foreign Policy.
