Can the Eurozone be Rescued?
Sebastian Mallaby and Benn Steil consider whether the Eurozone is salvageable.
Speakers: Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
Presider: Robert McMahon, Editor, CFR.org
October 27, 2011
European leaders met in Brussels to craft a comprehensive solution to the eurozone sovereign debt crisis. Sebastian Mallaby, director of CFR's Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, and Benn Steil, CFR director of international economics, discussed the outcome of the summit, the role of the continent's banks, the Greek debt crisis, and the eurozone's financial rescue fund.
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