How does the unfolding Covid-19 crisis compare so far between the US and Europe? How does the EMU/EU governance structure constrain monetary and fiscal responses compared to the US? Which failures in policy can be/could have been avoided? Which social and political outcomes do you expect on both sides of the Atlantic? How will the US and European responses affect global economic and political relations?
US economists on the economic impact of the crisis and policy developments in the US and Europe.
Panelists:
Adam S. Posen, The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Vivien A. Schmidt, Boston University
Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University
Moderator:
Michael Landesmann, wiiw Economist, former Scientific Director
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies