Member Views

It’s tempting for the Fed to move slowly. That would be a grave error.

Lawrence H. Summers, a professor at and past president of Harvard University, was treasury secretary from 1999 to 2001 and an economic adviser to President Barack Obama from 2009 through 2010.

It’s Time For A Post-Putin Economic Plan

BWC member Harry Broadman writes that the Russian population and leadership must "demonstrate ex ante they have the will and the stamina to tackle both the complex challenges and opportunities" and "those on the outside... must be on the same wavelength."

It’s Time to Rethink the Conventional Macroeconomic Policy Framework

Paul James Sheard is an Australian-American economist. He is Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.

James Bergin

Lastly this week we welcome new member James Bergin, partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP.

He previously worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as deputy general counsel and senior vice president.

We appreciate his support for our work and mission, and we look forward to his engagement!

Jason Schenker Appointed Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

The BWC is pleased to Member Spotlight Jason Schenker and his recent appointment to Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Congratulations, Jason, on this wonderful achievement!

Joining the NYU School of Professional Studies

BWC member Greg Johnson will be joining the NYU School of Professional Studies as an adjunct professor, where he'll lecture on the nexus of technology, innovation, and legacy business. Greg was on the drafting team for BWC's Digital Finance Project Team's most recent brief.

Justin Weinstein

The Bretton Woods Committee is pleased to welcome new member, Justin Weinstein.

Keiko Honda

Lastly this week we welcome Keiko Honda, professor and senior research scholar at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

She has previously been CEO and executive vice president of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and a director and senior partner at McKinsey & Company.

We appreciate her support and look forward to her engagement!

Keith B. Carter

BWC would like to welcome new member Keith B. Carter. Keith advises companies and governments on strategic use of data, fintech policy, talent development, and data-driven communications.

His passion is teaching design thinking, data-driven decision-making, robotic process automation, algorithmic trading, and, especially, actionable intelligence, which he characterizes as the right information, in the right person's hands, at the right time to improve outcomes.

Kenya Debt Doomsayer Dodge Backfires

“'No default' – as President Ruto’s team loudly proclaims – is a catchy slogan, but skirting it alone will not change investor minds inured to debt-equity market, state-run company and bank-supervisor dysfunction", writes BWC member Gary Kleiman.