Σε “πεδίο μάχης” κατά της λιτότητας αναμένεται να εξελιχθεί το συνέδριο το οποίο διοργανώνει το Ινστιτούτο Levy την Παρασκευή στην Αθήνα, με έναν εκ των βασικών ομιλητών να είναι ο τακτικός επικριτής της Άγκελα Μέρκελ, Πέτερ Μπόφινγκερ.
Θέμα του συνεδρίου «Η Ευρώπη στο σταυροδρόμι: Μια Ένωση με λιτότητα ή ανάπτυξη σύγκλισης;», με τον Πέτερ Μπόφινγκερ να καταθέτει τις απόψεις του για “Μακροοικονομικά και Πολιτικές για την ευρωπαϊκή ανάπτυξη”.
Ο κ. Μπόφινγκερ κατ’ επανάληψη έχει στραφεί κατά της πολιτικής που ακολουθεί το Βερολίνο, υποστηρίζοντας ότι η εμμονή στη λιτότητα δεν μπορεί να φέρει το επιθυμητό αποτέλεσμα, ενώ στο παρελθόν δεν έχει διστάσει να υποστηρίξει ότι ο Γερμανός υπουργός Οικονομικών, Β. Σόιμπλε “δεν έχει ιδέα από οικονομία”.
Παράλληλα σε πρόσφατες δηλώσεις του στους “Financial Times” δεν δίστασε να υποστηρίξει ότι “αυτό που χρειαζόμαστε δεν είναι περισσότερες αγορές αλλά περισσότερο κράτος. Οι Γερμανοί πολιτικοί δεν μπορούν, τελικά, να δουν την ευρύτερη εικόνα: Η Ευρωζώνη δεν θα επιβιώσει εάν εμείς δεν φροντίσουμε να συμβάλουμε προς αυτήν την κατεύθυνση”.
Πέραν του κ. Μπόφινγκερ, ομιλητές στο συνέδριο θα είναι ακόμη οι Γερμανοί οικονομολόγοι Έκχαρντ Χάιν και Χάινερ Φλασμπεκ, οι οποίοι έχουν, επίσης, εκφράσει έντονες αντιρρήσεις για την εμμονή της γερμανικής κυβέρνησης στην “στείρα λιτότητα”.
Το πρόγραμμα του συνεδρίου
Europe at the Crossroads: A Union of Austerity or Growth Convergence?
Friday, November 21
8:30−9:30 a.m.
Registration
9:30−9:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Institute
9:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.
Session 1. European Monetary Policy and Market Flexibility
MODERATOR: Nikos Chrysoloras, Greece and Cyprus Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News
SPEAKERS: Emilios Avgouleas, Chair, International Banking Law and Finance, University of Edinburgh
“Free Movement of Capital in an Imperfect Monetary Union: Any Remedies?”
Lex Hoogduin, Professor of Complexity and Uncertainty, University of Groningen
“ECB Monetary Policy: Between a Rock and a Hard Place”
Mario Tonveronachi, Professor of Financial Systems, University of Siena
“Making the ECB the Central Bank of a Nonfederal State”
12:00−1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
1:30−3:30 p.m.
Session 2. How to Build a Stable European Financial System: The Central Banker’s View
MODERATOR: Viktoria Dendrinou, Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
SPEAKERS: Patrick Honohan, Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
“Better Eurosystem Performance: What Roles for Financial Engineering, Monetary Policy and Politics?”
Marek Belka, Governor, National Bank of Poland
“Monetary Policy in a Non-euro EU Country: Challenges and Opportunities”
Lubomír Lízal, Member of the Board, Czech National Bank
3:30−4:00 p.m.
Coffee Break
4:00−6:30 p.m.
Session 3. Can the Periphery Countries Return to Growth?
MODERATOR: George Skafidas, Journalist, Ethnos
SPEAKERS: Stuart Holland, Professor, University of Coimbra; Senior Scholar, Institute for Social and European Studies, Hungary
“Europe in Question—And What to Do About It ”
Eckhard Hein, Research Associate, Levy Institute; Professor of Economics, Berlin School of Economics and Law
“Coping with Imbalances in the Euro Area: Policy Alternatives Addressing Divergences and Disparities Between Member Countries”
Megan Greene, Chief Economist, Manulife Asset Management
“Eurozone: A Japanese-style Lost Decade?”
Michalis Nikiforos, Research Scholar, Levy Institute
“‘Twin Deficits’ in Greece: In Search of Causality”
Saturday, November 22
9:00−11:30 a.m.
Session 4. Threats to European Recovery
MODERATOR: Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor, Kathimerini
SPEAKERS: Elga Bartsch, European Chief Economist, Morgan Stanley
“European Economics: Waiting for the Credit Impulse to Kick In”
Peter Bofinger, Member of the German Council of Economic Advisers; Professor of Monetary Policy and International Economics, University of Würzburg; Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research
“Macroeconomcic Policies for European Growth”
Engelbert Stockhammer, Professor of Economics, Kingston University
Andrea Terzi, Professor of Economics, Franklin University Switzerland and Catholic University, Milan
“The Fiscal Instrument: How It Got Lost and How It Can Be Reclaimed”
11:30 a.m. − 1:00 p.m.
Session 5. Responding to the Challenge of European Unemployment
MODERATOR: Kostas Kalloniatis, Journalist, Eleftherotypia
SPEAKERS: Christina Kopsini, Policy Adviser on Employment Issues, European Parliament
“Unemployment in Europe Is Rising while EU Unemployment Policies Remain the Same”
Rania Antonopoulos, Senior Research Associate, Levy Institute; Macroeconomic Policy Adviser, UN Women
“After Austerity: Measuring the Impact of a Job Guarantee Policy for Greece”
Steven Tobin, Senior Economist, Research Department, International Labour Organization
“Building a Job-rich Recovery in Europe”
1:00−2:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:30−4:30 p.m.
Session 6. Austerity and Growth: An Impossible Alliance?
MODERATOR: Joanna Kakissis, Athens Correspondent, National Public Radio (US)
SPEAKERS: Heiner Flassbeck, formerly Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD, and Deputy Finance Minister, Germany
“Why Structural Reforms and Fiscal Soundness Hamper Growth”
Jan Kregel, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute; Professor of Finance and Development, Tallinn University of Technology
“Financial Fragility and the Single Currency”
Stephen Kinsella, Lecturer in Economics, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick
“Ireland: Europe’s Poster Child for Austerity Post Crisis?”
4:30−5:30 p.m.
KEYNOTE: Yannis Dragasakis, MP (SYRIZA) and Vice President of the Hellenic Parliament
5:30−6:00 p.m.
Coffee Break
6:00−8:00 p.m.
Session 7. The Ongoing Greek Crisis: What Is to Be Done?
MODERATOR: Suzanne Daley, Europe Correspondent, The New York Times
SPEAKERS: Giorgos Argitis, Professor of Economics, University of Athens; Scientific Director, Institute of Labour, GSEE
“The Alternative Policy of INE-GSEE for the Greek Economy to Exit the Crisis”
Panagiotis Liargovas, Director of the Budget Office, Greek Parliament; Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration and Policies, University of Peloponnese
“Greece’s Fiscal Adjustment Program: Success or Failure?”
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Institute
“Is Greece Heading for a Recovery?”
Participants
Rania Antonopoulos, Senior Research Associate, Levy Institute; Macroeconomic Policy Adviser, UN Women
Giorgos Argitis, Professor of Economics, University of Athens; Scientific Director, Institute of Labour, GSEE
Emilios Avgouleas, Chair, International Banking Law and Finance, University of Edinburgh
Elga Bartsch, European Chief Economist, Morgan Stanley
Marek Belka, Governor, National Bank of Poland
Peter Bofinger, Member of the German Council of Economic Advisers; Professor of Monetary Policy and International Economics, University of Würzburg; Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research
Nikos Chrysoloras, Greece and Cyprus Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News
Suzanne Daley, Europe Correspondent, The New York Times
Viktoria Dendrinou, Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
Yannis Dragasakis, MP (SYRIZA) and Vice President of the Hellenic Parliament
Heiner Flassbeck, formerly Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD, and Deputy Finance Minister, Germany
Megan Greene, Chief Economist, Manulife Asset Management
Eckhard Hein, Research Associate, Levy Institute; Professor of Economics, Berlin School of Economics and Law
Stuart Holland, Professor, University of Coimbra; Senior Scholar, Institute for Social and European Studies, Hungary
Patrick Honohan, Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
Lex Hoogduin, Professor of Complexity and Uncertainty, University of Groningen
Joanna Kakissis, Athens Correspondent, National Public Radio (US)
Kostas Kalloniatis, Journalist, Eleftherotypia
Stephen Kinsella, Lecturer in Economics, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick
Christina Kopsini, Policy Adviser on Employment Issues, European Parliament
Jan Kregel, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute; Professor of Finance and Development, Tallinn University of Technology
Panagiotis Liargovas, Director of the Budget Office, Hellenic Parliament; Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration and Policies, University of Peloponnese
Lubomír Lízal, Member of the Board, Czech National Bank
Michalis Nikiforos, Research Scholar, Levy Institute
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Institute
Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor, Kathimerini
George Skafidas, Journalist, Ethnos
Engelbert Stockhammer, Professor of Economics, Kingston University
Andrea Terzi, Professor of Economics, Franklin University Switzerland and Catholic University, Milan
Steven Tobin, Senior Economist, Research Department, International Labour Organization
Mario Tonveronachi, Professor of Financial Systems, University of Siena
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