Current Projects
Director: Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
September 1, 2002—Present
This speaker series features panel debates involving the world's most important economic policymakers and thinkers.
This meeting series is sponsored by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
Director: Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
October 1, 1996—Present
Ten times a year, this prestigious speaker series brings to CFR a leading economic policymaker or commentator to address global issues.
This meeting series is sponsored by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Corporate Program.
Director: Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
August 27, 2009—Present
This speaker series features top economists and prominent policymakers in an intimate roundtable setting.
Past Projects
Director: Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
March 1, 2005—April 1, 2006
Made possible by the generosity of Bernard L. Schwartz, this roundtable series explores issues that affect the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. Meetings have addressed issues such as the sustainability of the U.S. current account deficit, the effectiveness of the WTO dispute settlement process, and intellectual property rights.
Director: Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
December 1, 2004—January 1, 2006
This meeting series is designed to bring Council members together in a small seminar environment to discuss new and innovative thinking at the intersection of economics and foreign policy.
Chair: Peter J. Wallison
Director: Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
September 1, 2001—July 1, 2002
Contact/Media Information
Location
New York, New York
Media Bio
CFR Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
Email
emellgard@cfr.org
Phone
+1.212.434.9622
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Featured Press
Currency Wars and Establishing a New World Currency Order - Is It Possible?
With all the discussion of currency wars, BNN looks at whether establishing a new global monetary order in the fashion of Bretton Woods is ever again possible with Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of "The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White and the Making of a New World Order."
S&P 500 & Dow Close at Record Highs
The markets enjoyed another strong day thanks to strong economic data, reports CNBC's Seema Mody. Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, and Kyle Harrington, Harrington Capital Management, discuss.
Lang & O'Leary Exchange
Amanda Lang and Kevin O'Leary take you inside the business world with their trade mark thought-provoking coverage. Benn Steil dicusses the significance of Bretton Woods and why he decided to write a book about the conference. Interview begins at 33:50.