The Future of the Eurozone

Thursday, November 10, 2011
Speakers
Benn Steil

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

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

Presider
Frank Brosens

Founder and Principal, Taconic Capital Advisors

from Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium on Global Economics

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