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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

Conference Panel Session

The Future of the Eurozone

Speakers:

Jacob Kirkegaard, Research Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute For International Economics, Thomas Philippon, John L. Vogelstein Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of Finance, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

Frank Brosens, Founder and Principal, Taconic Capital Advisors
November 10, 2011 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

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Conference Panel Session

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

Discussants:

Ajay Shah, Professor, National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, Alan M. Taylor, Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley; Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the Evolution of the Global Economy, University of California, Davis, Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, Money, Markets, and Sovereignty

Presider:

Sebastian Mallaby, Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics,, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
November 17, 2010

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Conference Panel Session

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

Speakers:

Ajay Shah, Professor, National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of Interntional Economics, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, Money, Markets, and Sovereignty, Alan M. Taylor, Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley; Professor of Economics and Director, Center for the Evolution of the Global Economy, University of California, Davis

Presider:

Sebastian Mallaby, Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
November 17, 2010 8:00-9:45 a.m.

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Conference Panel Session

Fixing Finance: Reactions and Over-Reactions

Speakers:

Peter R. Fisher, BlackRock, Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, David S. Scharfstein, Harvard Business School

Presider:

Alan S. Murray, Wall Street Journal
May 12, 2009 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

The G-20 London Summit

Speakers:

Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Columbia University; Executive Vice President and Global Strategic Advisor, PIMCO, Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
April 1, 2009 7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

The G-20 London Summit

Speakers:

Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Columbia University; Executive Vice President and Global Strategic Advisor, PIMCO, Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
April 1, 2009 7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Crisis and Capitalism: Does History Suggest Where We're Headed?

Speakers:

Michael Bordo, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History, Rutgers University, Jerry Muller, Professor of History, Catholic University of America, Robert J. Shiller, Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics, Yale University, Richard Sylla, Henry Kaufman Professor of History of Financial Institutions and Markets, New York University

Presider:

Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
January 12, 2009 7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:00-9:15 a.m. - Meeting

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Crisis and Capitalism: Does History Suggest Where We're Headed?

Speakers:

Michael Bordo, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History, Rutgers University, Jerry Muller, Professor of History, Catholic University of America, Robert J. Shiller, Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics, Yale University, Richard Sylla, Henry Kaufman Professor of History of Financial Institutions and Markets, New York University

Presider:

Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
January 12, 2009 7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:00-9:15 a.m. - Meeting

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Conference Panel Session

Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership, Session Two: The Global Economy - Instabilities and Reforms

Panelists:

Takenaka Heizo, Professor and Director, Global Security Research Institute, Keio University, Roger M. Kubarych, Henry Kaufman Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics and Finance, Council on Foreign Relations, Benn Steil, Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

Paul Sheard, Former Global Chief Economist, Lehman Brothers
December 1, 2008

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

The Financial Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?

Speakers:

Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University; Chairman, RGE Monitor, Brad W. Setser, Fellow for Geoeconomics, Council on Foreign Relations, Benn Steil, Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Editor-in-Chief, U.S. News & World Report
September 25, 2008 7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

The Financial Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?

Speakers:

Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University; Chairman, RGE Monitor, Brad W. Setser, Fellow for Geoeconomics, Council on Foreign Relations, Benn Steil, Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Editor-in-Chief, U.S. News & World Report
September 25, 2008 7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting

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Symposium ⁄ Mineapolis

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

Speakers:

Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Kim R. Holmes, Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation, Michael Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations, Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 2, 2008

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The Falling Dollar - Should We Worry?

Presider:

Michael J. Elliott, Editor, Time International

Speakers:

Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics, Columbia University, James Grant, Founder and Editor, Grant's Interest Rate Observer, Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University; Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
December 18, 2007 7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:00-9:15 a.m. - Meeting

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The Falling Dollar - Should We Worry?

Presider:

Michael J. Elliott, Editor, Time International

Speakers:

Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics, Columbia University, James Grant, Founder and Editor, Grant's Interest Rate Observer, Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University; Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
December 18, 2007 7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:00-9:15 a.m. - Meeting

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

McKinsey Executive Rountable Series in International Economics: The SEC in a Globalizing Securities Market - A Conversation with the Past Four Chairmen

Presider:

Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations

Speakers:

Richard C. Breeden, Chairman, Richard C. Breeden & Co.; former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission (1989-1993), William H. Donaldson, Chairman & CEO, Donaldson Enterprises, Inc.; former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission (2003-2005), Arthur Levitt, Senior Adviser, The Carlyle Group; former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission (1993-2001), Harvey L. Pitt, CEO, Kalorama Partners; former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission (2001-2003)
February 22, 2006

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