Reflating the Eurozone: The Case for Eurobonds (16 October 2014)

Stuart Holland (picture www.eesc.europa.eu)
Stuart Holland (picture www.eesc.europa.eu)

Jointly organised by the Global Policy Institute (GPI) and the Federal Trust

16 October 2014

18:00 – 20:00, followed by reception

Lecture Theatre, Room MG3-15 (3rd floor),
Guildhall Faculty of Business and Law,
London Metropolitan University,
84 Moorgate
London EC2M 6SQ

Stuart Holland argued as far back as 1993, in a report for former EU Commission President Jacques Delors, that EU-issued bonds should not be counted as national debt and that they offered the prospect of a European New Deal in the face of the deflationary consequences of the Maastricht Treaty. In recent months, the argument for effective reflation in the Eurozone has been gaining strength. Economic stagnation and high unemployment rates in many Eurozone countries are becoming politically unacceptable, and are politically de-stablising member states. The ECB and many national governments have recently called for more growth-oriented policies. The important question is whether even such policies will be sufficient, or whether stronger measures will be required that would tackle more fundamental problems within the EU and the Eurozone. Stuart Holland will address these issues in the light of his forthcoming book on the subject.

Programme:

18:00 – 18:15   Registration

18:15 – 18:30   Welcome and Introduction
Brendan Donnelly, Director, Federal Trust
Professor Stephen Haseler, Director, Global Policy Institute

18:30 – 19:00   Stuart Holland, former Labour Party MP for Vauxhall and
former Chief Economic Advisor to the European Economic and Social Committee

                      Respondents

19:00 – 19:15   Dr Michael Lloyd, Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute

19.15 – 19.30    Graham Bishop, Consultant on  EU Integration; Founder of grahambishop.com

19:30 – 20:00   Panel discussion and Q&A

20:00 – 20:45   Reception

Chair and Moderator: Dr Andrew Black, Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute

About Stuart Holland

Stuart Holland, a former Labour Party MP for Vauxhall, is a leading authority on regionalism and regional economics and has advised many European governments, including the UK, on economic policy. For many years he was the Chief Economic Advisor to the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels. Professor James K Galbraith praised him as the „godfather of Eurobonds”. Stuart is the author of the forthcoming book “Europe in Question”. He is also the co-author of „Modest Proposal” with James Galbraith and Yanis Varoufakis, arguing the case for Eurobonds.

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