| The Eurozone Crisis is Over: Now What? |
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Nicolas Véron – Senior Fellow at the Bruegel think tank in Brussels and the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. |
Friday April 13, 2018
12:30-1:45 p.m.
***Alternate Location: Peter B. Lewis Building, Room 202, 11119 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106***
Case Western Reserve University
This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and Department of Economics
Dear Colleagues:
The 2008 financial crash and its aftermath in Greece and to a lesser extent other nations led to fears that the Eurozone would collapse. Yet, somehow, the euro and its zone have survived – perhaps for lack of a sensible way out, perhaps because of merits that were too easily ignored during the crisis. Over the past three years, the economies of the Eurozone countries have grown at the same rate as in the United States, so the crisis appears to be over. But can the Eurozone be reformed to improve security and growth for all its members? Or will it remain, as Nicolas Véron recently wrote with colleagues, “vulnerable, underperforming, and divided?”
There are divisions between elites and much of the public, and between two groups of national leaders. One, led by France, believes new EU governance and risk-sharing mechanisms are needed. The other, led by Germany, views the problems as caused by national policies that require domestic reforms. As a founder of the Bruegel think tank in Brussels and fellow of the Peterson Institute, Nicolas Véron has become a leading expert on financial regulation in the EU. Recently, he joined with other independent French and German economists to propose a package of reforms designed to bridge the gap between official French and German perspectives. Join us to discuss the Eurozone’s past, present, and especially future.
All best regards,
Joe White
Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies
About Our Guest
Nicolas Véron cofounded Bruegel in Brussels in 2002-05, joined the Peterson Institute for International Economics (Washington DC) in 2009, and is currently employed on equal terms by both organizations as a Senior Fellow. His research is primarily about financial systems and financial services policies. He frequently briefs senior economic policy officials in Europe, the United States and Asia, and has testified at parliamentary hearings in the US Senate, European Parliament, and in several European member states,. He has been a financial policy expert for the European Commission, European Court of Auditors, European Parliament, International Monetary Fund (Independent Evaluation Office) and World Bank, as well as non-profits including the CFA Institute and Transparency International. He is also an independent board member of the global derivatives trade repository arm of DTCC, a financial infrastructure company that operates on a non-profit basis. A graduate of France’s Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines, his earlier experience includes senior positions in the French government and private sector in the 1990s and early 2000s. In September 2012, Bloomberg Markets included Véron in its yearly global “50 Most Influential” list, with reference to his early advocacy of European banking union.
Where We Meet
Our programs are open to all and no registration is required. This week we are meeting in Room 202 of the Peter B. Lewis building. The Peter B. Lewis Building is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Bellflower Road and Ford Drive.
Parking Possibilities
The most convenient parking for the Peter B. Lewis building is the public Ford Road parking garage located at 1980 Ford Drive. Parking is also available at the Severance Hall parking garage. We regret that parking is not free in both of those parking garages.
Schedule of Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:
April 20: People and Property. With Peter Gerhart J.D., Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Law. ***Alternate Room: Room LL06 (lower level, opposite elevators), Kelvin Smith Library***
April 27: Two Sides of Brexit. With Elliot Posner Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, and Luke Reader Ph.D., SAGES Lecturer. ***Alternate Room: Room LL06 (lower level, opposite elevators), Kelvin Smith Library*** |
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April 9, 2018
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Upcoming Events
The Continuing Salience of the Terrorism Prosecution
A discussion with Wadie Said, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina School of Law, Monday April 16, 2018, 4:30 p.m., CWRU School of Law, Moot Courtroom (A59), 11075 East Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio 44106. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy
The U.S. government’s power to categorize individuals as terrorist suspects and therefore ineligible for certain long-standing constitutional protections has expanded exponentially since 9/11, all the while remaining resistant to oversight. Professor Wadie Said provides an up-to-date dissection of the government’s advantages over suspects in criminal prosecutions of terrorism, which are driven by a preventive mindset that purports to stop plots before they can come to fruition. Professor Said also discusses the background for these controversial policies and practices and then demonstrates how they have impeded the normal goals of criminal prosecution, even in light of a competing military tribunal model. Said explores the emergence of a “terrorist exceptionalism” to normal rules of criminal law and procedure and questions whether the government has overstated the threat posed by the individuals it charges with these crimes, resulting in continuing violations of basic constitutional protections for criminal defendants.
Wadie Said is a graduate of Princeton University and the Columbia University School of Law, where he served as an articles editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of South Carolina, he was a visiting professor in the Law and Society Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an assistant federal public defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Florida, where he represented one of the defendants in U.S. v. Al-Arian, a complex terrorism conspiracy case. Upon graduation from law school, he served as law clerk to Chief Judge Charles P. Sifton of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and as a litigation associate in the New York office of Debevoise and Plimpton, where he helped coordinate the firm’s pro bono political asylum program.
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