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## The Politics and Economics of International Finance Research Group Meeting

### Harvard University, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S-020

### Sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government

### Jeffrey Frankel and Jeffry Frieden, Co-chairs

### CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC

Program (draft of Jan. 8, 2020)

**8:30-9:00 AM: Continental Breakfast**

**9:00-9:10 AM: Welcome**

**9:10-10:40 AM:** **Atif Mian** (Department of Economics, Princeton University), “What is constraining the global economy? The role of indebted demand and debt traps”

*Background Material:*

Mian, Atif, Ludwig Straub, and Amir Sufi. 2020. “[Indebted Demand](/publications/indebted-demand)."

Mian, Atif, Ludwig Straub, and Amir Sufi. 2020. “[The Saving Glut of the Rich and the Rise in Household Debt ](/publications/saving-glut-rich-and-rise-household-debt)”.

**10:40-11:00 AM: Coffee Break**

**11:00 AM-12:30 PM:** **Rachel Wellhausen** (Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin), “Investor-state disputes and the protection of foreign investment”

*Background Material:*

Wellhausen, Rachel L. 2020. “[ "International Investment Law and Foreign Direct Reinvestment." ](/publications/international-investment-law-and-foreign-direct-reinvestment).” International Organization 73 ((4): 839-858.

Wellhausen, Rachel L. 2020. “[The Shield of Nationality: When Governments Break Contracts with Foreign Firms. Cambridge University Press. (Chapters 1, 2, and 3)](/publications/shield-nationality-when-governments-break-contracts-foreign-firms-cambridge)”.

**12:30-1:30 PM: Lunch**

**1:30-3:00 PM:** **James Robinson** (Harris School, University of Chicago), “*The Narrow Corridor* and How to think about Comparative Political Economy.”

*Background Material:*

Acemoglu, Daron, and James Robinson. 2020. “[The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty, Chapters 1 &2 ](/publications/narrow-corridor-states-societies-and-fate-liberty-chapters-1-2).” New York: Penguin Press.

**3:00-3:15 PM: Coffee Break**

**3:15-4:30 PM: Panel Discussion Panel –** Trade wars, currency wars, and coronavirus: recipe for a global recession?

- **Catherine Mann,** Global Chief Economist, Citi, and former Chief Economist, OECD (2014-2017);
- **Maurice Obstfeld**, Class of 1958 Professor of Economics, UCB, and former Chief Economist, IMF (2015-18).
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- *Background Material:*
- Obstfeld, Maurice. 2020. “[Globalization and Nationalism: Retrospect and Prospect](https://conferences.wcfia.harvard.edu/peif/publications/globalization-and-nationalism-retrospect-and-prospect)”.
- Mann, Catherine L. 2020. “[For Better or Worse, Has Globalization Peaked? Understanding Global Integration](/publications/better-or-worse-has-globalization-peaked-understanding-global-integration)”.
- Frankel, Jeffrey. 2020. “["Will Coronavirus Trigger a Global Recession?"](/publications/will-coronavirus-trigger-global-recession)” The Guardian, February 26, 2020.
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