Pagliuca: Politicians Care About Sound Bites, Not Economy

Pagliuca: Politicians Care About Sound Bites, Not Economy
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Act I.  A Global Unbalancing Act: Where We Are NowA World Awash: Debt and Its Consequences

What are the consequences of the enormous debts of the advanced countries?

Do trade imbalances matter?

What is fueling these debt levels?

Are zero-interest-rate monetary policies
sustainable?

What are the prospects for rebalancing the American and Chinese economies?

Kyle Bass, Managing Partner, Hayman Capital

Carmen Reinhart, Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for
International Economics

Moderator: Greg Ip, US Economics Editor, The Economist