Europe’s Economic Crisis

Transatlantic Perspectives

Panel Discussions and Book Launch
7 December 2011, Washington, D.C.

Chaired by Robert Solow (M.I.T.)
Organized with the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, EU Center of Excellence, Washington, DC

Nobel Laureate Robert M. Solow and other distinguished experts discuss Europe’s economic challenges. Will Europe’s economic crisis be remembered as the moment when the EU finally cracked? Or as the spur to a more integrated and competitive Union? What does it mean for the United States? View the new book: Europe’s Economic Crisis: Transatlantic Perspectives, edited by Robert M. Solow and Daniel S. Hamilton

Welcome and Introduction of New Book

Daniel Hamilton, Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations

Robert Solow, President, Cournot Centre

Morning Session I
Europe’s Economic Crisis: Transatlantic Perspectives
Martin Baily, Brookings Institution

Hans-Helmut Kotz, Harvard University

Benjamin Friedman, Harvard University

Question and Answer Session

Morning Session II
Europe’s Economic Crisis: Implications for Europe’s Future
David Calleo, Johns Hopkins University  SAIS

John Gabriel Goddard, World Bank

Daniel Hamilton, Johns Hopkins University SAIS

Question and Answer Session