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Benn Steil

Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics

Expertise

International finance; financial markets; economic policy.

Programs

Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

CFR Events

Hayek and the Dangers of Monetary Nationalism

Benn Steil's lecture delivered at his acceptance of the Manhattan Institute's 2010 Hayek Prize, which he shared with his Money, Markets, and Sovereignty co-author Manuel Hinds.

Currency Wars, Capital Controls, and the Outlook for the International Monetary System

Speakers: Ajay Shah, Benn Steil and Alan M. Taylor
Introductory Speaker: Richard N. Haass
Presider: Sebastian Mallaby

Experts discuss the the current global economy and their skepticism of effective capital control, as well as the future of currency pegging, fixed currency rates, and capital mobility.

This session was part of CFR's Stephen C. Friedheim Symposium on Global Economics which was made possible through generous support from Stephen C. Freidheim.

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The G-20 London Summit

Speakers: Richard Clarida and Benn Steil
Presider: Merit E. Janow

The following is a transcription from a Council on Foreign Relations meeting on the Group of 20 (G-20).

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Crisis and Capitalism: Does History Suggest Where We're Headed?

Speakers: Michael Bordo, Jerry Muller, Robert Shiller and Richard Sylla
Presider: Benn Steil

Experts look to past financial crises for insights on necessary policy changes and likely government interventions into financial markets, in a meeting in the McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics.

2008 Foreign Policy Symposium: Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Next Administration

Speakers: Edward Alden, Kim R. Holmes, Michael Levi and Benn Steil
Introductory Speaker: Larry Jacobs
Presider: Richard N. Haass

Experts discuss the various foreign policy challenges the next U.S. administration will face as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, cosponsored with the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

This symposium was underwritten by Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, the Stanford Financial Group, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission in a Globalizing Market: A Conversation with the Past Four Chairmen [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]

Speakers: William H. Donaldson, Harvey L. Pitt, Arthur Levitt and Richard C. Breeden
Presider: Benn Steil

Four former chairmen of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Richard Breeden, Arthur Levitt, Harvey Pitt, and William Donaldson, discuss ongoing moves toward greater global convergence on market regulatory standards, largely agreeing they are key to the success of U.S. financial markets.

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