This discussion took place on Friday, January 29th.
The Becker Friedman Institute is pleased to have joined the Harris School of Public Policy to cohost this lunchtime discussion with Indermit Gill, AM’85, PhD’89 (Economics), Director, Development Policy in the Office of the Chief Economist at the World Bank.
In 2008, Paul Krugman called Europe the “comeback continent.” In 2010, after the Greece crisis broke, he wrote “The real lesson from Europe is actually the opposite of what conservatives claim: Europe is an economic success, and that success shows that social democracy works … taking the longer view, the European economy works; it grows; it’s as dynamic, all in all, as our own.” The discussion will explore who’s right: Krugman or the conservatives.
The discussion was moderated by Thomas Coleman, executive director of the Center for Economic Policy, and Benjamin Keys, assistant professor at Chicago Harris.
Location
Chicago Harris Lecture Hall
1155 East 60th Street, Chicago
This talk is part of the Harris Speakers on Economic Policy and Markets series hosted by the Center for Economic Policy. Mr. Gill’s discussion will serve as the keynote lecture for Chicago Harris’s Development and Central Bank Week, which includes multiple events designed to promote engagement and employment opportunities with various organizations involved in economic development.