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, 2010From 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, 2008GMF 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, 2008GMF 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, 2007Suzanne 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, 2007GMF 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, 2006The 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.









