Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad and four respected American economists discussed the Eurozone crisis at a July 26 forum in Washington, hosted by the Committee for Economic Development and The Concord Coalition. The speakers analyzed the implications for the United States as it wrestles with its own fiscal and economic challenges.
Other speakers were:
Stephanie Riso, who leads the unit responsible for fiscal policy and surveillance within the European Commission Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, will speak as well.
Douglas Elliott a fellow with the Brookings Institution; Simon Johnson, an MIT professor; Joseph Minarik, senior vice president and director of research at CED, and Diane Lim Rogers, Concord's chief economist. Ed Andrews, a former New York Times economics correspondent, will serve as moderator.
