The world is at a dangerous point. Governments and central banks have staunched the bleeding in their financial systems. They seem unprepared, however, for the next round of difficulties that will arise as the recession grows and financial crises spread to emerging markets. Economically and financially, there is a clear sense that things are spiralling out of control again.
The 15th November 2008 G20 meeting in Washington is an opportunity for leaders to show that they have the will to solve the global crisis. This eBook from VoxEU.org – edited by Barry Eichengreen and Richard Baldwin – collects essays from some of the world’s leading economists on what the G20 should do.
The authors – world-class economists from around the globe – are: Alberto Alesina, Erik Berglöf, Willem H. Buiter, Guillermo Calvo, Stijn Claessens, Paul De Grauwe, Wendy Dobson, Barry Eichengreen, Daniel Gros, Refet S. Gürkaynak, Takatoshi Ito, Vijay Joshi, Yung Chul Park, Raghuram Rajan, Dani Rodrik, Michael Spence, Guido Tabellini, David Vines, Ernesto Zedillo and Jeromin Zettelmeyer.
The 15th November 2008 G20 meeting in Washington is an opportunity for leaders to show that they have the will to solve the global crisis. This eBook from VoxEU.org – edited by Barry Eichengreen and Richard Baldwin – collects essays from some of the world’s leading economists on what the G20 should do.
The authors – world-class economists from around the globe – are: Alberto Alesina, Erik Berglöf, Willem H. Buiter, Guillermo Calvo, Stijn Claessens, Paul De Grauwe, Wendy Dobson, Barry Eichengreen, Daniel Gros, Refet S. Gürkaynak, Takatoshi Ito, Vijay Joshi, Yung Chul Park, Raghuram Rajan, Dani Rodrik, Michael Spence, Guido Tabellini, David Vines, Ernesto Zedillo and Jeromin Zettelmeyer.
