The Global Policy Institute Mourns Death of Professor Peter Gowan

The Global Policy Institute is deeply saddened by the recent death of Professor Peter Gowan. Peter was a much valued member of the Institute and a close personal friend to many of its staff. Peter’s colleagues at the Institute have had the highest respect for his distinguished intellect and his life-long dedication to the acquisition of knowledge, and will miss him dearly. The Global Policy Institute would like to offer its sincere condolences to Peter’s family and friends.

 

 


The Global Policy Institute Leading the Debate on 'The Future of the City'


The Global Policy Institute (GPI) hosted a major all-day conference on ‘The Future of the City of London’ at Bloomberg Centre on April 30. The conference, held in the heart of the City, was a great success and widely reported on in leading news outlets such as the Telegraph, the Evening Standard, and Bloomberg online.

International experts and major players from banking, government, and the media, including the UK Minister of Trade and Investment (UKTI) and Chairman of the Business Council for Britain, Mervyn Davies (Lord of Aberschoch); Chairman of the influential Policy & Resources Committee of the City of London, Stuart Fraser; former Lord Mayor of the City of London and Chair of the China-Britain Business Council, Sir David Brewer; the eminent economist Willem Buiter; the City of London’s ‘Policy Chief’, Sir Stuart Fraser; and Financial Times columnist and author, John Kay, had gathered to discuss the geopolitical and geoeconomic ramifications of the current global financial and economic crisis on Europe’s leading financial centre.

An edited volume of all conference contributions will be published later this year.

Videos of all speeches are available free of charge here


New Issue of Social Europe Journal

In the latest Social Europe Journal, experts from both sides of the Atlantic examine in detail what lessons European parties can learn from Barack Obama's impressive election victory.

This issue also contains an article by Nobel laureate George Akerlof and Robert Shiller from Yale University, which rediscovers the Keynesian idea of 'animal spirits'.

To download this issue as a PDF file and discuss the articles please visit: http://www.social-europe.eu. There you can also subscribe to receive future editions of Social Europe Journal for free.

The Case for Tax Harmonisation - A French View

New GPI Policy Paper by Jacques Reland

The current economic meltdown should give new momentum to the fading dream of a social Europe. Growing demand for state protection and the need to co-ordinate national responses to the crisis should bring grist to the mill of the proponents of a genuine social Europe, if the EU and EMU are to survive the current crisis. This should be sweet music to the ears of the French left, who have long believed that the only way to achieve a truly social Europe was through a more political Europe.

Read or download the full pdf HERE

Japan After an 'Export Bubble'

New GPI Policy Paper by Viara Bojkova, David Bruce and Chris Dixon

"Recent economic indicators of the performance of the Japanese economy have been weak and prognosis negative. In December Japanese industrial output contracted by 10%. In January this trend  intensified. Moreover Toyota has announced 7,000 job losses and Honda a four month closure of their UK plant. Other labour market indicators and consumption related data suggest that the negative shock in the manufacturing sector is spreading gradually to the household sector"

Read or download the full pdf HERE

The Emerging Pacific Asian Economies and the Financial Crisis

New GPI Policy Paper by Professor Chris Dixon

"The emerging Pacific Asian economies are clearly not immune to the current international financial crisis. All the major economies remain heavily dependent on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and export earnings, particularly from the
USA. The vulnerability of the Pacific Asia economies is reflected in the behaviour of the regional stock markets, the sharp declines in key growth indicators during 2008 and the progressive down-grading of projections for 2009. Particular concerns centre on the sharp contractions of growth in China and Japan whose economies have become the principle drivers of regional growth and integration, and key links between Pacific Asia, the West and the rest of the global system."

Read or download the full PDF HERE

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