AICGS Experts on the Global Financial Crisis

As the current global financial crisis continues to expand with no clear end in sight, what role should transatlantic relations play in developing solutions and turning around the economic slide? How should Germany deal with the crisis within the EU? What path should Chancellor Angela Merkel take that balances Germany's needs with global responsibility? AICGS-affiliated economic experts weigh in on these issues and more in the following essays and articles:

No Drama Angela
By Dr. Jackson Janes

Zeit für zweites Bretton Woods
By Dr. Peter Bofinger, Frankfurter Rundschau, November 14, 2008

The Need for a Bretton Woods II
By Dr. Peter Bofinger
Text presented at the FES Conference on Global Economic Imbalances, November 29, 2008

German Economists Have to Take Some Blame for
Merkel's Slow Reaction
By Dr. Sebastian Dullien

Why Does Germany Oppose a "European" Solution
to the Financial Crisis?
By Dr. Dorothee Heisenberg

Blütezeit vorbei/ Nobody on Hand to Take the Reins in Europe
By David Marsh, Handelsblatt and Marketwatch, December 1, 2008

“You Never Want a Serious Crisis to Go to Waste"
By Dr. Stephen Silvia

We Stand Divided
By Stefan Theil, Newsweek, November 10, 2008.

Driven Into the Ground
By Stefan Theil, Newsweek, December 1, 2008.

The International Banking Crisis: Lessons and EU Reforms
By Prof. Dr. Paul J.J. Welfens

Unilateral Germany Threatens to Weaken Europe
By Charles Grant, Financial Times, December 4 2008.