Member Views | The Bretton Woods Committee

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James M. Boughton: Can We Expect a “New Bretton Woods”? As the world economy and its governance structure continue to evolve at an accelerating rate, calls for reform of multilateral institutions are growing louder.	Tue, Feb 5, 2019	Bretton Woods Committee
William R. Rhodes: Venezuela Is in a Humanitarian Crisis William R. Rhodes, Bretton Woods Committee Advisory Council Member and Global Advisors CEO, says Venezuela is in the midst of a health crisis. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)	Wed, Feb 13, 2019	Bloomberg
William Jannace: Bretton Woods 4.0 Finding New Relevance in a New World Order Institutions are products of their time, and essentially all have sell-by dates. They typically arise to meet a given challenge, and if proven durable become embedded in the fabric of their environment—at least, up to a point.	Tue, Feb 19, 2019	Bretton Woods Committee
Warren Coats: Proposal for an IMF Staff Executive Board Paper on Promoting Market SDRs Few initiatives would be more in keeping with the spirit and goals of the Bretton Woods Committee than the development of wide spread use of a truly international currency—the IMF’s SDR.	Tue, Feb 19, 2019	Bretton Woods Committee
Barbara Matthews: The Next 75 Years – Coping with Decentralization and Geopolitical Rebalancing The Bretton Woods 75th anniversary coincides with accelerating angst regarding rising populism and growing backlash against multilateralism.	Tue, Mar 5, 2019	Bretton Woods Committee
Lawrence Summers: The left’s embrace of modern monetary theory is a recipe for disaster There is widespread frustration with the performance of the economy. Traditional policy approaches are not delivering hoped-for results.	Tue, Mar 5, 2019	The Washington Post
Mohamed A. El-Erian: What Venezuela Needs The widespread electricity outages that hit Venezuela on Friday were yet another reminder of an already tragic situation that is getting worse by the day, taking the country ever closer to the line that separates a fragile state from a failed and collapsed one.	Tue, Mar 12, 2019	Bloomberg
Bessma Momani: Saudi women activists on trial after a year in detention "Terrorism charges are very hard politically for the Saudi government to go soft on, but criminal charges may open the door for an acquittal," - Bessma Momani for France 24	Wed, Mar 13, 2019	France 24
Gary Kleiman: Bretton Woods and Emerging Markets Investment: Toward A New Golden Age Both the Committee and emerging market investment field have been in existence for roughly half the period of the 75-year history of the Bretton Woods institutions.	Thu, Mar 14, 2019	Bretton Woods Committee
Mark Sobel: IMF enhancing efforts in Latin America While the world focuses on the US and China, Britain's exit from the European Union, G3 monetary policy and Europe's doldrums, little attention is being paid to economic and financial developments in Latin America.	Mon, Mar 25, 2019	OMFIF