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Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
Adam S. Posen, PIIE
Welcome and introduction
Kristalina Georgieva, IMF
Session 1. Setting the stage and considerations for the future
Chair: Adam S. Posen, PIIE
Panelists:
- Gordon Brown, Former Prime Minister, UK
- Angus Deaton, Princeton University
- Keyu Jin, London School of Economics
- Michael Spence, Stanford University
- DocumentPresentation: Angus Deaton (159.61 KB)
Session 2. The historical experience
Chair: Maurice Obstfeld, PIIE, University of California, Berkeley
Panelists:
- Melissa Dell, Harvard University
- Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley
- Harold James, Princeton University
- DocumentPresentation: Melissa Dell (209.66 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Barry Eichengreen (463.15 KB)
Session 3. The political dimension
Chair: Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, IMF
Panelists:
- Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University
- Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po
- Bård Harstad, Stanford University
- DocumentPresentation: Jeffry Frieden (101.58 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Sergei Guriev (211.52 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Bård Harstad (454.5 KB)
Session 4. Globalization and its future
Chair: Mary E. Lovely, PIIE, Syracuse University
Panelists:
- Laura Alfaro, Harvard University
- Pol Antràs, Harvard University
- Robert W. Staiger, Dartmouth College
- DocumentPresentation: Laura Alfaro (622.4 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Pol Antràs (697.17 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Robert W. Staiger (144.09 KB)
Session 1. Policy tools to support structural change
Chair: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, IMF
Panelists:
- Kaushik Basu, Cornell University
- Brian Kovak, Carnegie Mellon University
- Célestin Monga, Harvard University
- Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University
- DocumentPresentation: Brian Kovak (855.73 KB)
Session 2. The green transformation
Chair: Olivier Blanchard, PIIE
Panelists:
- Kimberly Clausing, PIIE, University of California, Los Angeles
- Jean Pisani-Ferry, PIIE
- Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics
- DocumentPresentation: Kimberly Clausing (772.75 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Jean Pisani-Ferry (902.39 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Nicholas Stern (511.63 KB)
Session 3. Technology
Chair: Reinhilde Veugelers, PIIE, KULeuven
Panelists:
- Anton Korinek, University of Virginia
- Pascual Restrepo, Boston University
- Laura D. Tyson, University of California, Berkeley
- DocumentPresentation: Reinhilde Veugelers (96.46 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Anton Korinek (642.53 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Pascual Restrepo (696.53 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Laura D. Tyson (212.78 KB)
Session 4. The financial sector
Chair: Tobias Adrian, IMF
Panelists:
- Patrick Bolton, Imperial College London
- Nellie Liang, US Department of the Treasury
- Paul Tucker, Harvard University
- DocumentPresentation: Patrick Bolton (267.43 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Nellie Liang (172.37 KB)
Session 5. The return of industrial policy
Chair: Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University
Panelists:
- Emily Blanchard, Dartmouth College
- Ann E. Harrison, University of California, Berkeley
- Nathan Lane, Oxford University
- DocumentPresentation: Ann E. Harrison (719.06 KB)
- DocumentPresentation: Nathan Lane (375.97 KB)
Session 6. Practitioners panel
Chair: Soumaya Keynes, Financial Times
Panelists:
- Mari Elka Pangestu, PIIE
- Heather Boushey, Council of Economic Advisers
- Cecilia Malmström, PIIE
- Rania Al-Mashat, Ministry of International Cooperation, Egypt
Session 7. Closing
- Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, IMF
- Maurice Obstfeld, PIIE, University of California, Berkeley
- Adam S. Posen, PIIE
- Petia Topalova (IMF)
About
With societies bound to undergo massive structural changes in the context of the green energy transition, technological advances, and turbulent geopolitical relations, the "Rethinking economic policy: Steering structural change" conference takes stock of the challenges ahead, and rethinks how policies can support and steer the looming transformations and overcome political economy obstacles, and ensure broadly shared benefits.
The conference includes a series of engaging panels with a stellar cast of speakers and moderators.
Discussion topics include:
- The political dimension of structural policies
- Policy tools to support structural change
- The green energy transition
- Globalization and its future
- The return of industrial policy
Select speakers:
- Angus Deaton (Princeton University)
- Melissa Dell (Harvard University)
- Gita Gopinath (IMF)
- Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (IMF)
- Maurice Obstfeld (PIIE)
- Adam S. Posen (PIIE)
- Nicholas Stern (London School of Economics and Political Science)
- Michael Spence (Stanford University)
- Laura Tyson (University of California, Berkeley)
Video
Event Materials
- DocumentConference Participant Biographies (1.04 MB)