McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics
Director: Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
September 1, 2002 - Present
This quarterly meetings series brings together major U.S. and foreign policymakers, business leaders, and independent commentators to discuss and debate current issues in international economics, such as global energy markets, tax policy, global demographic change, and securities regulation.
This meeting series is sponsored by the Corporate Program and the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.
Meetings
Speakers:
Olivier Blanchard, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department, International Monetary Fund, Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Columbia University; Former Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, United States Treasury, Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody's Analytics
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
Corporate Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Central Banking in an Age of Improvisation
Speakers:
Arminio Fraga, Founding Partner, Gávea Investimentos Ltda.; Chairman of the Board, BM&F Bovespa; Former Governor, Central Bank of Brazil, Adam S. Posen, Member, Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England; Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Kevin M. Warsh, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Former Governor, Federal Reserve SystemPresider:
Peter R. Fisher, Senior Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income, BlackRock Inc.
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
Corporate Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Sovereign Debt Restructuring in Europe: Lessons from Latin America
Speakers:
Adam Lerrick, Friends of Allan H. Meltzer Professor of Economics, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, William R. Rhodes, Founder, William R. Rhodes Global Advisors, LLC, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, Director, Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale UniversityPresider:
Roger C. Altman, Founder and Chairman, Evercore Partners, Inc.
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
View All Meetings
Corporate Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics, "How Should the U.S. Address Its Chinese Trade Imbalance?"
Speakers:
Eswar Prasad, Nandlal P. Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University; Former Head of the China Division, International Monetary Fund, Peter Schiff, President and Chief Global Strategist, Euro Pacific Capital, Shang-Jin Wei, N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy, Columbia University; Former Head of the Trade and Investment Division, International Monetary FundPresider:
Joyce Chang, Global Head of Emerging Markets and Credit Research, J.P. Morgan
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
Corporate Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Currency Wars
Speakers:
Kenneth S. Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, Harvard University; Economic Counselor and Director, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, 2001-2003, Raghuram G. Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago; Economic Counselor and Director, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, 2003-2006Presider:
Jeffrey R. Shafer, Vice Chairman, Global Banking, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
Corporate Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: What Sort of Fed Do We Want?
Speakers:
Alan S. Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University; Former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, 1994-96, John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University; Former Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury (2001-2004), David Wessel, Economics Editor, Wall Street Journal and Author, In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great PanicPresider:
Jeffrey E. Garten, Juan Trippe Professor of International Trade, Finance and Business, Yale School of Management; Former Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce (1993-95)
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
Corporate Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: What to Do About Derivatives
Speakers:
Andrew W. Lo, Harris and Harris Group Professor and Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, MIT Sloan School of Management; Chief Investment Strategist, AlphaSimplex Group, LLC, John Paulson, President, Paulson & Company Inc., Myron Scholes, Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of BusinessPresider:
Matthew Bishop, U.S. Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief, Economist; Author, The Road from Ruin: How to Revive Capitalism and Put America Back on Top
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is not for attribution.
Presider:
Roger M. Kubarych, Henry Kaufman Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics and Finance, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
Anne Krueger, Professor of International Economics, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Allan H. Meltzer, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; Professor of Political Economy, Carnegie Mellon University
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
Corporate Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The Euro at 10 - State of the Union and Prospects for the Future
Introductory Speaker:
L. Camille Massey, Vice President, Membership, Fellowship, and Corporate Affairs, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
John Gapper, Associate Editor and Chief Business Commentator, Financial TimesSpeakers:
Jeffrey A. Frankel, James Harpel Chair for Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard University, James D. Grant, Owner and Editor, Grant's Interest Rate ObserverThis meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
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 UniversityPresider:
Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
8:00-9:15 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
Speakers:
William H. Donaldson, Chairman, Donaldson Enterprises, Stephen Friedman, Chairman, Stone Point Capital, Ernest Patrikis, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPPresider:
John Gapper, Associate Editor and Chief Business Commentator, Financial Times
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is not for attribution.
ListenWatch
Corporate Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Economic Policy in the Next Administration
Speakers:
Austan Goolsbee, Senior Economic Adviser, Obama-Biden 2008; Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Chief Economic Adviser, McCain-Palin 2008Presider:
Floyd Norris, Columnist, New York Times
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is not for attribution.
ListenWatch
Presider:
James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC; Former President, The World BankSpeakers:
Robert Annibale, Global Director of Microfinance, Citigroup, Elizabeth Littlefield, Chief Executive Officer, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, The World Bank, Maria Otero, President and Chief Executive Officer, ACCION International
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
Presider:
Christine Todd Whitman, President, The Whitman Strategy Group LLCSpeakers:
Ian W.H. Parry, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, Richard Sandor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Climate Exchange, Robert H. Socolow, Professor, Princeton University
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is not for attribution.
ListenWatch
Presider:
Alan Murray, Executive Editor, Online, Wall Street JournalSpeakers:
Stuart E. Eizenstat, Partner and Head of International Trade Practice, Covington and Burling LLP; Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Mohamed El-Erian, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer, PIMCO, Simon Johnson, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department, International Monetary Fund, Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
8:00-9:15 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
Presider:
Michael J. Elliott, Editor, Time InternationalSpeakers:
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
8:00-9:15 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
Listen
Presider:
David R. Malpass, Chief Economist, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.Speakers:
Allan H. Meltzer, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Martin S. Felstein, President, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
This meeting is not for attribution.
Presider:
John Gapper, Associate Editor, The Financial TimesSpeakers:
David L. Goldwyn, President, Goldwyn International Strategies, LLC, David Sandalow, Energy and Environment Scholar, The Brookings Institution, Thomas Wallin, President, Energy Intelligence Group, Inc.
This meeting is on the record.
Presider:
James D. Grant, Owner and Editor, Grant’s Interest Rate ObserverSpeakers:
Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University; Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
This meeting is on the record.
Presider:
Alan Murray, Assistant Managing Editor and Columnist, The Wall Street JournalSpeakers:
Harvey Goldschmid, Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia University; Counsel, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP; Former Member, Securities & Exchange Commission, R. Glenn Hubbard, Cochair, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation; Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance; Dean, Columbia Business School, Arthur Levitt, Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group; Former Chairman, Securities & Exchange Commission, Frank G. Zarb, Hellman & Friedman, LLC; Former Chairman and CEO, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
This meeting is on the record.
Presider:
Hal Scott, Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems, and Director, Program on International Financial Systems, Harvard Law SchoolSpeakers:
Craig Donohue, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, John Thain, Chief Executive Officer, NYSE Group, Inc.
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The Lessons of Argentina: Crisis and Aftermath
Presider:
Benn Steil, Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
Eduardo Aninat, Ambassador to Mexico, Republic of Chile, Manuel E. Hinds, Former Finance Minister, Republic of El SalvadorThis meeting is not for attribution.
Presider:
Jeffrey R. Shafer, Vice Chairman, Global Banking, Head of Economic and Political Strategies, Citigroup, Inc.Speakers:
Kenneth Lieberthal, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Political Science, William Davidson Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan, Patrick A. Mulloy, Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; former General Counsel, U.S. Senate Banking Committee, William A. Reinsch, President, National Foreign Trade Council; former Undersecretary of Commerce for Export Administration, U.S. Department of CommerceThis meeting is on the record.
Presider:
Nicholas D. Kristof, Columnist, New York TimesSpeakers:
William Easterly, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, New York University, Clay Lowery, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, New York University, Steven Radelet, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development, Arvind Subramanian, Division Chief, Macroeconomic Studies Division, International Monetary FundThis meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
Presider:
Floyd Norris, Marketplace Columnist, The New York TimesSpeakers:
Adair Turner, Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch Europe; Chair, UK Pensions Commission, Peter R. Orszag, Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Michael Tanner, Director of Health and Welfare Studies, CATO InstituteThis meeting is not for attribution.
Presider:
Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
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)This meeting is on the record.
ListenWatch
General Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Farewell to Oil? A Conversation on the Future of Energy
Presider:
Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Chairman, Boston Properties, Editor-in-Chief, U.S. News & World ReportSpeakers:
Peter Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research; Co-Author, The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, the Virtue of Waste, and Why We Will Never Run out of Energy, Paul Roberts, Journalist; Author, The End of OilThis meeting is not for attribution.
General Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Do the Deficits Matter?
Presider:
Gerard Baker, U.S. Editor, The Times of LondonSpeakers:
Kenneth S. Rogoff, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Arthur Laffer, Founder and Chairman, Laffer AssociatesThis meeting is not for attribution.
General Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The Importance of Being Alan? Fed Credibility in a Post-Greenspan Era
Presider:
John Berry, Federal Reserve Columnist, Bloomberg NewsSpeakers:
Laurence Meyer, Former Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Distinguished Scholar, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Benjamin M. Friedman, William J. Maier Professor of Political Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University, Frederic Mishkin, Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions, Columbia Graduate School of Business, Susan Phillips, Former Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Dean and Professor of Finance, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington UniversityThis meeting is not for attribution.
General Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Is China a Google or an Enron?
Presider:
Henry Kaufman, President, Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc.Speakers:
Albert Keidel, Senior Associate, China Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Nicholas R. Lardy, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics, Gordon Chang, Author, The Coming Collapse of ChinaThis meeting is not for attribution.
General Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Global Trade Close-up - A Frontline Report from Bob Zoellick and Pascal Lamy
Presider:
Lionel Barber, U.S. Managing Editor, The Financial TimesSpeakers:
Robert B. Zoellick, United States Trade Representative, Office of the Trade Representative, The White House, Pascal Lamy, Commissioner for Trade, European CommissionThis meeting is not for attribution.
General Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The ‘Hollowing Out’ of American Industry
Presider:
Michael J. Elliott, Editor-at-Large, Time MagazineSpeakers:
R. Glenn Hubbard, Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University; former Chair,President's Council of Economic Advisers, Ronald Blackwell, Director, Corporate Affairs, AFL-CIO, Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Senior Fellow, International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, Kevin Kearns, President, U.S. Business and Industry CouncilThis meeting is not for attribution.
General Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Dollarization in Latin America
Presider:
Jeffrey R. Shafer, Vice Chairman, International Investment Banking, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.Speakers:
Ricardo Hausmann, Professor of the Practice of Economic Development, Harvard University; Former Chief Economist, Inter-American Development Bank, Manuel Hinds, International Consultant; Former Minister of Finance, El Salvador, Domingo Cavallo, Robert Kennedy Visiting Professor in Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Former Minister of the Economy, ArgentinaThis meeting is not for attribution.
General Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Former U.S. Trade Representatives
Presider:
Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Former Chairman, IBM CorporationSpeakers:
Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering; U.S. Trade Representative, 1997-2001, Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company; Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; U.S. Trade Representative, 1989 - 1993, Mickey Kantor, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP; U.S. Trade Representative, 1993 - 1997This meeting is not for attribution.
General Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Sarbanes-Oxley and the Transatlantic Capital Market
Presider:
Brandon Becker, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPSpeakers:
Frits Bolkestein, Commissioner, Internal Market and Taxation, European Commission, Michael Oxley, Member, U.S. House of Representatives (OH – R); Chairman, House Committee on Financial ServicesThis meeting is not for attribution.
General Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: The Future Role of GAAP and IAS
Presider:
Arthur Levitt Jr., Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group, Former Chairman, Securities and Exchange CommissionSpeakers:
Robert Herz, Chairman, Financial Accouinting Standards Board, Sir David Tweedie, Chairman, International Accounting Standards BoardThis meeting is not for attribution.
General Meeting
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: Globalization, Trade and Development, the US and the EU: In for the Long Run?
Presider:
Lionel Barber, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial TimesSpeakers:
Robert B. Zoellick, United States Trade Representative, U.S. Trade Representative Office, Pascal Lamy, Trade Commissioner, European CommissionThis meeting is not for attribution.
