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How Resilient is the Global Economy?

January 28, 2016

With oil prices continuing to drop and China attempting to manage its economic slowdown, the US stock market and markets around the world have been jolted in recent weeks. And it’s not as if problems and weaknesses didn’t already exist. Two of the Wilson Center’s top economic experts help us understand the current climate and provide thoughts on just how resilient the global economy is as it’s tested on multiple fronts.

Guests

Meg Lundsager image

Meg Lundsager

Public Policy Fellow;
Former U.S. Executive Director and Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund

Kent Hughes

Kent Hughes

Public Policy Fellow;
Former Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center

Moderator

John Milewski

John Milewski

Director of Digital Programming; Moderator, Wilson Center NOW

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