Peterson Institute Events Video Podcast

Anders Borg, Finance Minister of Sweden, spoke at the Peterson Institute on April 23, 2012, on how reforms prior to the global financial crisis and current policies have resulted in Sweden's dramatic success story in handling the global financial crisis.

Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister of India, discussed India's short- and medium-term prospects in the context of the world economy at an event held April 20, 2012 at the Peterson Institute with assistance of the Confederation of Indian Industry. Chandrajit Banerjee, director general of the Confederation of Indian Industry, and Arvind Subramanian, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, led a discussion following Mr. Mukherjee's presentation.

On April 17, 2012, the Peterson Institute hosted the release of The Occupy Handbook, a compendium of articles by leading economists and others on the causes and implications of the recent Occupy movements around the country. A number of the book's contributors—including Carmen M. Reinhart, Peterson Institute; Robin Wells; James A. Robinson, Harvard University (coauthor of Why Nations Fail); and John Cassidy, the New Yorker—summarized their commentaries in the volume and took audience questions.

Simon Johnson, senior fellow, presents the findings of his latest book, White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You, at an event hosted by the Peterson Institute on April 9, 2012.

Philip K. Verleger discussed US energy policy at the Peterson Institute on March 27, 2012. Verleger, a private consultant on energy issues and a widely quoted expert, believes that the United States will approach full energy independence over the next decade and discussed some of the economic implications of such independence.

Vitor Gaspar, Minister of Finance of Portugal, speaks about his country's credibility and competitiveness at an event held March 19, 2012, at the Peterson Institute.

The Americas Society and the Peterson Institute for International Economics held an event March 8, 2012 to discuss transportation and communication infrastructure in Latin America. The basis for the discussion was original Peterson Institute research published in the report, "Transportation and Communication Infrastructure in Latin America: Lessons from Asia," and in the Americas Quarterly Winter 2012 article, "Going Places?"

Sergei Guriev, a leading Russian economist at the New Economic School in Moscow, discusses what Russia's March 4 presidential elections may mean for Russia's future and for the possible granting of permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to Russia by the US Congress. He spoke at a Peterson Institute event held March 6, 2012.

The Americas Society and the Peterson Institute for International Economics cohosted the launch of the Winter 2012 issue of Americas Quarterly, "China's Global Rise: Implications for the Americas," on February 15, 2012. Christopher Sabatini, Americas Quarterly and Americas Society/Council of the Americas, introduced the event, followed by a keynote address by Thomas F. McLarty, III, President, McLarty Associates.

With the Egyptian government seeking debt relief, and the United States and other major creditor countries actively considering it, Senior Fellows John Williamson and Mohsin S. Khan presented the main conclusions and policy recommendations of their policy brief on the issue at a Peterson Institute event held February 10, 2012.

Prime Minister Mario Monti of Italy addressed how the economic situation in his country and Europe may affect the world economy. He delivered his remarks at the Peterson Institute on February 9, 2012, during his first visit in office to the United States.

The Peterson Institute released its new book, Sustaining China's Economic Growth after the Global Financial Crisis, on February 1, 2012. The study, by Senior Fellow Nicholas R. Lardy, focuses on how the Chinese government's financial, exchange rate, and pricing policies have led to growing internal and external imbalances. Lardy argues that China must adopt a fundamentally new model to continue economic growth, avoid the accumulation of unsustainable asset positions, and contribute to the rebalancing of the global economy.

The Peterson Institute hosted a meeting to discuss the euro area crisis on January 19, 2012, releasing two new papers on the topic at that time: a relatively pessimistic analysis by Senior Fellows Peter Boone and Simon Johnson along with a relatively optimistic piece by C. Fred Bergsten and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard. The authors presented both viewpoints followed by audience questions.

The Peterson Institute held a symposium on "A Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement," November 7, 2011, cosponsored with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). Their proposal for a sustainable energy trade agreement (SETA) offers a promising new way to mobilize the trading system to mitigate the effects of climate change, an urgent challenge in light of the impasse over the Doha Development Round. The symposium explored some exciting new avenues for trade and the global environment in the post-Doha world.

John Watson, chairman and CEO of Chevron, addressed possible reforms in energy policy at the Peterson Institute on October 19, 2011. Watson discussed the enormous resource potential of the United States and how a fresh approach to energy policy can promote a revival of the US and global economies.