Global Economy Series

Trade experts Phil Levy and Derek Scissors joined the Council to discuss the state of trade relations between the United States and China and the implications for the global economy.

Raghuram Rajan, former Governor, Bank of India, examined whether a shift to strengthening and empowering local communities could be the answer to growing economic disparity and political unrest.

Former US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and FDIC Chair Shelia Blair discuss lessons learned since 2008 and whether the US economy will be ready when the next crisis hits.

Raphael W. Bostic, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, joined the Council to consider if the current framework of our monetary policy is due for a reckoning.

Bethany McLean of Vanity Fair joined economics experts Donald Kohn and Randall Kroszner to discuss what recent changes at the Federal Reserve mean for US monetary policy.

According to Mohamed A. El-Erian, there are two paths ahead: recovery, prosperity, and stability or recession and continued instability.

At this event, Nobel Prize Laureate Joseph Stiglitz explored the future of the Euro and asked if Europe can prosper without it.

Lael Brainard, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Member, discussed the economic outlook for the United States and monetary policy implications with Council expert and board member Michael H. Moskow.