Rana Foroohar
Global Business Columnist, Financial Times
Global Business Columnist at the Financial Times and
Global Economic Analyst at CNN Rana Foroohar covers
the intersection of business, economics, politics, and foreign
affairs. In Fall 2022, she is releasing her third book,
a sweeping case that a new age of local economic growth
will reunite place and prosperity, putting to an end to the
last half-century of globalization, titled Homecoming: The
Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World.
A sought-after commentator and moderator for her analysis,
Foroohar speaks on the changes occurring in globalization,
politics, and the digital economy. Her weekly column is a realtime
commentary on emerging markets, and the disruption of big
tech. The former Economics Columnist and Assistant Managing
Editor for TIME, Foroohar has penned numerous cover stories
and essays on China and the next global recession, Europe’s
economic crisis, and the rise of “localnomics” means for American
business. Foroohar’s first book, Makers and Takers, was a finalist
for the 2016 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
All Sessions by Rana Foroohar
Closing General Session with Featured Guest Rana Foroohar, CNN Global Analyst
Karl F. Dean Ballroom: Level 4Welcome Address by ISRI Convention Chair Stephen Moss
Address from ISRI Chai-Elect Colin Kelly
The 2023 ISRI Lifetime Achievement Award to Bruce Blue Presentation
2023 ISRI Young Executive of the Year Award Presentation
The closing session of ISRI2023, ISRI is looking at the future of the global economy and the vital role the recycled materials industry plays in keeping supply chains in motion, as well as what current inflation means for the recycled materials industry. ISRI is happy to announce Rana Foroohar as the closing keynote speaker, who will provide insight into what she sees as the post-global world.
A sought-after commentator and moderator for her analysis, Foroohar speaks on the changes occurring in globalization, politics, and the digital economy. She is the Global Business Columnist and an Associate Editor at the Financial Times and also CNN’s global economic analyst.
Foroohar’s recent book, Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World, makes the case that a new age of local economic growth will reunite place and prosperity, putting to an end to the last half-century of globalization.
The former Economics Columnist and Assistant Managing Editor for TIME, Foroohar has penned numerous cover stories and essays on China and the next global recession, Europe’s economic crisis, and the rise of “localnomics” means for American business. She previously spent 13 years at Newsweek, as an economic and foreign affairs editor and a foreign correspondent covering Europe and the Middle East. During that time, she was awarded the German Marshall Fund’s Peter Weitz Prize for transatlantic reporting. She has also received awards and fellowships from institutions such as the Johns Hopkins School of International Affairs and the East West Center. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on the advisory board of the Open Markets Institute.
