Global Crisis Debate
The Global Crisis
VoxEU.org partnered with the UK government to collect the views of economists from around the world on what should be done to fix the global economy. The analysis and proposals that appeared in the "Global Crisis Debate" fed directly into the UK's preparation for the London summit of world leaders in April 2010. This debate was featured on the UK government's own web site. The debate has six themes:
Macroeconomics, moderated by Philip Lane and featuring lead commentaries that include:
- A tale of two depressions: What do the new data tell us? February 2010 update
Barry Eichengreen, Kevin H O’Rourke - G20 Summit: Reasons to be cheerful
Avinash Persaud - The outcome of the G20 Summit: A sceptic’s view
Charles Wyplosz
Institutional reform, moderated by Francesco Giavazzi and featuring lead commentaries that include:
- Institutional reform: Good for both the short and long run
John Williamson - A proposal to the members of the G20
Biagio Bossone - Global financial governance proposals: An opinionated stocktaking
Biagio Bossone
Financial rescue and regulation, moderated by Luigi Zingales and featuring lead commentaries that include:
- Making sense of Obama’s bank reform plans
Viral Acharya, Matthew Richardson - Amidst crisis, banks are still paying dividends
Viral Acharya, Irvind Gujral, Hyun Song Shin - Securitisation undermined financial stability
Hyun Song Shin
Countries in crisis, moderated by Jon Danielsson and featuring lead commentaries that include:
- The Irish financial system in crisis
John Cotter - Switzerland’s vulnerability: Foreign exposure
Cédric Tille - Ireland: How to fix the looming banking and public finance crises
Patrick Honohan, Philip Lane
Development and the crisis, moderated by Dani Rodrik and featuring lead commentaries that include:
- East Asia and the new world economic order
Peter Drysdale, Hadi Soesastro - The London Summit and development: A view from the UK's development agency
L Alan Winters - Establishing a global lender of last resort
Guillermo Calvo
Open markets, moderated by Richard Baldwin and featuring lead commentaries that include:
- A tale of two depressions: What do the new data tell us? February 2010 update
Barry Eichengreen, Kevin H O’Rourke - Trade and the London Summit outcome
Richard Baldwin - The London Summit: Open markets and trade finance
Vicky Pryce