The first Mitsui Lunchtime Forum of the spring semester kicked off with speaker John F. Adams, Managing Director at JP Morgan Chase. The topic, Mayan Meltdown or Moderate Momentum? Current Perspectives on Global Markets, was a look at our current economic state and attempting to figure out if it is part of the cyclical cycle of economics or a  longer lasting issue that requires new solutions.

Using a recent vacation to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and the ancient Mayans as a metaphor of adaptation to one’s environment, Mr. Adams pointed to the financial situations in Germany and the Netherlands as opposed to those in Greece and Italy as examples of the economic cyclical cycle at work.

Dr. Adams has been involved in J.P. Morgan’s Investment Bank recruiting efforts at Baruch College since 2007 and earned his M.A. and Ph. D. in Economics from Ohio State University.