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Economic Policy


Europe’s Response to the Economic CrisisOctober 28, 2010

GMF Fellow Bruce Stokes and Bruegel Director Jean Pisani-Ferry discuss the implications of the economic crisis from Ireland and France to Eastern Europe.

Hormats delivers a keynote address on the state of the transatlantic economic partnership and the future of the TECFebruary 16, 2010Robert Hormats, Undersecretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs delivers a keynote address on the state of the transatlantic economic partnership and the future of the TEC at a GMF conference in Washington, DC.
GMF interviews Nicolas Véron on the outcomes of the recent G-20 SummitOctober 12, 2009GMF's Kati Suominen met with Nicolas Véron, a resident fellow at the Bruegel Institute in Brussels, to discuss the effectiveness of the proposed measures and the implications for financial oversight and regulatory harmonization.
IMF leaders discuss recession recovery strategies for low-income countriesSeptember 22, 2009On September 8, John Richardson, senior advisor at the German Marshall Fund met with three experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to discuss the most pressing issues low-income countries have to face as a result of the current financial crisis.
Is Europe doing enough? Economics and policies in the wake of the global financial crisis Part IJune 18, 2009On June 18, the German Marshall Fund (GMF) hosted a public discussion entitled, “Is Europe doing enough? Economics and policies in the wake of the global financial crisis.” The discussion featured Marek Belka, director of the European department of the International Monetary Fund and former prime minister of Poland. Dr. Belka's comments were recorded for the GMF Podcast Series.
German parliamentarians Steffen Kampeter and Otto Fricke on the financial crisisMay 03, 2009From April 30 to May 3, GMF hosted the 2009 U.S. Marshall Forum on Transatlantic Affairs. This was the first Marshall Forum to be held in Washington, DC, and offered GMF the opportunity to welcome nearly 90 MMFs from across the United States and Europe back to GMF's headquarters. In this installment, German parliamentarians Steffen Kampeter (CDU) and Otto Fricke (FDP) on the financial crisis.
Tim Adams gives historical reasoning for the current financial crisisMay 03, 2009

From April 30 to May 3, GMF hosted the 2009 U.S. Marshall Forum on Transatlantic Affairs. This was the first Marshall Forum to be held in Washington, DC, and offered GMF the opportunity to welcome nearly 90 MMFs from across the United States and Europe back to GMF's headquarters. In this installment, Tim Adams gives historical reasoning for the current financial crisis.

Chilcott, Reinsch outline ambitions of London G-20 summitMarch 13, 2009On March 13, the German Marshall Fund of the United States hosted Dominick Chilcott, deputy head of mission of the British Embassy, for a luncheon discussion to outline the ambitions of the British Government for the upcoming G-20 summit in London and explain how these goals will relate to growing signs of protectionism.  William A. Reinsch, president of the National Foreign Trade Council, provided a response to Mr. Chilcott's remarks. Afterward, GMF Senior Transatlantic Fellow Robert Liberatore sat down with Chilcott and Reinsch for a podcast interview.
Current WTO negotiations: binding tariffs can remedy economic painsJuly 10, 2008

GMF Senior Transatlantic Fellow Jennifer Hillman, who served on the U.S. international trade commission for nine years and has been a general council at the USTR, sat down with GMF Program Officer Nicola Lightner to discuss the current round of negotiations at the World Trade Organization.

Flexicurity: The Danish employment modelApril 23, 2008GMF Program Associate Ulrike Leis interviews Robert Kuttner, the co-founder and co-editor of the American Prospect, an authoritative magazine of liberal ideas, about the Danish "flexicurity" model, an employment system were those who lose their jobs receive government funded training to help them on their way to finding a new, often times better job.
Educating youth to compete in tomorrow’s economyFebruary 09, 2008

GMF senior program officer Ellen Pope sat down with Jan Figel, the European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture, and Youth, and for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing Europe as it works to educate its youth for a changing economic landscape. They were joined by Dr. Allan Goodman, president of the Institute for International Education, who offered a perspective on the future of American higher education.

Entrepreneurship in the United States and European UnionMay 17, 2007Robert Litan, Vice President of Research and Policy at the Kaufmann Foundation, and Paul O'Donovan of the Welsh Assembly Government discuss entrepreneurship in the U.S. and EU in an interview with GMF transatlantic fellow Stefan Theil.
Joaquin Almunia gives his insights into the state of the European economyApril 19, 2007Joaquin Almunia, EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, was interviewed by GMF Transatlantic Fellow Stefan Theil on the state of the European economy.
The prospects for biofuels discussed with Suzanne HuntApril 12, 2007

Suzanne Hunt, Biofuels Project Manager at the Worldwatch Institute, sat down with GMF's Economic Policy program to discuss the future of biofuels.

German Parliamentarian Renate Kuenast discusses biofuelsFebruary 14, 2007

GMF Economic Policy Program director Dr. Randy Soderquist talks about the importance of biofuels with Renate Kuenast, Chairwoman of Alliance 90/The Greens in the German Bundestag.

GMF Fellows Bruce Stokes and Jack Thurston discuss the findings of GMF’s Perspectives on Trade and Poverty Reduction public opinion surveyDecember 12, 2006

The National Journal's Bruce Stokes and farmsubsidy.org's Jack Thurston, both GMF Fellows, discuss the Results of GMF's Perspectives on Trade and Poverty Reduction Survey, released December 5, 2006.