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Kevin P. Gallagher: TF 9 – International Finance Kevin. P. Gallagher has been named a co-chair of the T20 Task Force on International Finance.	Fri, Mar 5, 2021	T20
Arturo Porzecanski: Argentina and the IMF: Another Default in the Works? The seeds for the latest chapter in Argentina’s long history of confrontations with the International Monetary Fund were planted about a year ago, on the eve of the global pandemic.	Wed, Mar 3, 2021	Americas Quarterly
Jean-Claude Trichet: Trichet Warns That U.S. Stimulus Could Be 'Overdone' Former European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet warns that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion proposal could be a "little overdone" considering the economy is already growing "quite fast and rapidly."	Tue, Feb 16, 2021	Bloomberg
Helen Qiao: China Would Be Able to Double Its GDP by 2035, Says Bank of America China has stood out as one of the fastest-growing economies amid the Covid-19 pandemic, says Helen Qiao of Bank of America in an interview with CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia.”	Fri, Feb 26, 2021	CNBC
Stormy-Annika Mildner: G7 Economic Resilience Panel The German Federal Government has nominated Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner for the G7 Economic Resilience Panel.	Thu, Feb 18, 2021	G7 United Kingdom 2021
John Lipsky: There’s No Magic in How SDRs Help the Poor A new SDR allocation would provide liquidity to many emerging and developing countries that today have severely limited access to external financing.	Wed, Feb 24, 2021	Wall Street Journal
Jason Schenker: The Fate of Asset Inflation After COVID COVID-19 was the greatest public health crisis in a century, and it engendered the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression.	Wed, Feb 24, 2021	Bretton Woods Committee
Marjo Koivisto and Daria Taglioni: Circular Business in the Global Economy: Priority on Redesign Aside from accelerating decarbonization of industries, a key priority in the global economy today is to reduce the use of virgin materials. In discussions over the circular economy (CE), emphasis is usually put on “reusing” and “recycling”. Instead, for CE to grow sufficiently to avert the grim projections of the global economy running out of materials within decades, more pervasive change is needed. The notion that products and materials that depreciate slower are more valuable must be better internalized by their industrial and household consumers.	Wed, Feb 24, 2021	Bretton Woods Committee
Mahesh Kotecha: Horasis Extraordinary Meeting on the United States of America Mahesh Kotecha will discuss "Yellen Bonds" for Africa at the Horasis Extraordinary Meeting on March 18.	Mon, Feb 22, 2021	RunTheWorld
Paul Sheard: Central Banks Cancelling Government Debt Is No Panacea Recently, more than a hundred European economists, including such luminaries as Thomas Piketty, called for the European Central Bank to write off a chunk of government debt that it holds.	Sat, Feb 20, 2021	Bloomberg Opinion - Quint