The Financial Crisis: Long Term Implications

Friday, October 3, 2008
Speakers
Sebastian Mallaby
Director, R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies; Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
David Leonhardt
Columnist, The New York Times
Greg Ip
U.S. Economics Editor, The Economist
Presider
Kevin Nealer
Partner, The Scowcroft Group

As Congress works to reach consensus on a financial bailout plan, questions about the long term consequences remain. Join our speakers to examine the complexity of the financial crisis and its proposed solution.

**PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will also be broadcast as a conference call.

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