Intelligence Squared Debates: Ten Years After the Global Financial Crisis, the System Is Safer? SOLD OUT
More than 10 years ago, Lehman Brothers collapsed, and the world witnessed one of the worst financial crises in global history. In the United States, the stock market plummeted, unemployment soared, and the economy was thrown into a recession. And many other countries faced a similar fate. Has the world learned its lesson? Some argue that the international framework for handling and responding to a future crisis is lacking. Beyond that, they argue, there is reduced market-making activity, less scope for reduced interest rates, and increased government spending and borrowing. But others are more optimistic, arguing that the past decade was one of recovery and reform, with governments passing regulations to deal with failing institutions and creating oversight infrastructure that shored up the banks. And, they say, there are fewer sketchy loans on the books. Is the global financial system more resilient? Or are we ill-prepared for next time?
The Debaters
For the motion
Jason Furman
Fmr. Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers & Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute
Jason Furman is a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and was previously the 28th chair of the Council… Read More
Neel Kashkari
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis & Fmr. Assistant Secretary, U.S. Treasury Department
Neel Kashkari has been president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis since January, 2016. In this role, he serves… Read More
Against the motion
Kenneth Rogoff
American Economist & Professor, Harvard University
Kenneth Rogoff is the Thomas D. Cabot professor of public policy and professor of economics at Harvard University. From 2001 to 2003, he served as… Read More
Gillian Tett
U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
Gillian Tett is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and the U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times, where she oversees global coverage… Read More
When: Wed., Jan. 16, 2019 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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More than 10 years ago, Lehman Brothers collapsed, and the world witnessed one of the worst financial crises in global history. In the United States, the stock market plummeted, unemployment soared, and the economy was thrown into a recession. And many other countries faced a similar fate. Has the world learned its lesson? Some argue that the international framework for handling and responding to a future crisis is lacking. Beyond that, they argue, there is reduced market-making activity, less scope for reduced interest rates, and increased government spending and borrowing. But others are more optimistic, arguing that the past decade was one of recovery and reform, with governments passing regulations to deal with failing institutions and creating oversight infrastructure that shored up the banks. And, they say, there are fewer sketchy loans on the books. Is the global financial system more resilient? Or are we ill-prepared for next time?
The Debaters
For the motion
Jason Furman
Fmr. Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers & Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute
Jason Furman is a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and was previously the 28th chair of the Council… Read More
Neel Kashkari
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis & Fmr. Assistant Secretary, U.S. Treasury Department
Neel Kashkari has been president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis since January, 2016. In this role, he serves… Read More
Against the motion
Kenneth Rogoff
American Economist & Professor, Harvard University
Kenneth Rogoff is the Thomas D. Cabot professor of public policy and professor of economics at Harvard University. From 2001 to 2003, he served as… Read More
Gillian Tett
U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
Gillian Tett is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and the U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times, where she oversees global coverage… Read More
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