Economist Q. & A. on Europe’s Debt Accord

New York Times
July 22, 2011

European leaders reached an accord Thursday to reduce Greece’s debt burden and prevent a collapse of confidence that has threatened to engulf some of the region’s largest economies. Economix has asked three prominent economists to offer their views on the accord and the effects it may have, intended or otherwise, in Europe and the United States. They are:

Simon Johnson, a professor of entrepreneurship at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund and a Daily Economist here at Economix.

Carmen M. Reinhart, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, an economic historian and the co-author of This Time Is Different, which chronicles 800 years’ worth of debt crises and sovereign defaults.
Laura D’Andrea Tyson

Laura D’Andrea Tyson, a professor of global management at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, and national economic adviser in the Clinton administration. She, too, is a recurring contributor to Economix.

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