International Economic Policy and Cooperation
Paper
Beyond Business as Usual: G20 Leaders and Post-Crisis Reconstitution of the International Economic Order
Center for American Progress (CAP)
This 2009 policy brief proposes an agenda for deep reform of international economic governance, taking at face value the commitments expressed by G20 leaders during the Great Financial Crisis to render economic growth more inclusive, sustainable and robust.
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Transitioning to a New U.S. International Economic Policy: Toward a ‘Global Deal’ to Revive and Broaden the Benefits of Growth
Center for American Progress (CAP), IDS
Instead of expending scarce political capital on economically marginal free trade agreements, the new administration should focus on retooling and realigning the full spectrum of international aid, trade, and monetary policies so that they collectively serve to strengthen aggregate demand worldwide by building a larger, more prosperous global and US middle class.
Video
After the Meltdown: Advancing Living Standards Around the Globe in the Wake of the Financial Crisis
Center for American Progress (CAP), C-SPAN
Panel discussion with Former Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Dervis and ILO Director-General Juan Somavia on the financial crisis and corresponding need for President-elect Obama to develop a new and broader approach to US international economic policy. Based on a related policy brief published while affiliated with the Center for American Progress.
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Future of U.S. International Economic Policy
Center for American Progress (CAP), C-SPAN
Presentation and panel discussion relating to the first of a trilogy of policy briefs I wrote while affiliated with the CAP aimed at rebalancing global economic integration and related US policies, refocusing them on raising median living standards simultaneously in developed and developing countries. With Gene Sperling, Ron Blackwell, Tim Adams, Bruce Stokes and Sarah Wartell.
Paper
Virtuous Circle: Strengthening Broad-Based Global Progress in Living Standards
Center for American Progress (CAP)
First of three policy briefs published at CAP proposing a fundamental, effectively post-neoliberal, shift in global economic integration and related US policies, re-anchoring them in the broader objective of raising the living standards and purchasing power of median households in developed and developing countries alike.
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Davos Plenary 2002: Bono, Bill Gates, Paul O’Neill, Ernesto Zedillo
WEF
Panel discussion I moderated on increasing the pace of global poverty reduction with Bill Gates, Bono, US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, which precipitated a subsequent joint trip to Africa by Bono and Secretary O'Neill.