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Justin Weinstein

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

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.

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!

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!

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.

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 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.

Italy’s Slow-Motion Euro Train Wreck

Nouriel Roubini, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and CEO of Roubini Macro Associates, was Senior Economist for International Affairs in the White House's Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton Administration. He has worked for the International Monetary Fund, the US Federal Reserve, and the World Bank.

Italy’s G20 Priorities

Alessandro Rivera, director general of Italy’s treasury and this year’s chair of the G20 finance deputies, joins Mark Sobel, OMFIF US chairman, for this OMFIF podcast.

It's time for an African Woman to Head the International Finance Corporation

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an arm of the World Bank Group and is the largest development finance institution devoted to private-sector development in the world.