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SUERF Robert Triffin International Monetary System 20230913
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On 13 September 2023, a group of international monetary and financial experts met online for a SUERF-Baffi Bocconi “Meet the Author” e-lecture on “Robert Triffin’s life and research: Takeaways for the current and future international monetary order”. • Robert Triffin, a Belgian-American scholar and policy advisor, was a defining voice in economics and international politics in the twentieth century. He is best known for his analysis of the vulnerabilities of the international monetary system—the “Triffin dilemma”—, but he also played a key role in the debates on European monetary integration, especially as the monetary advisor of Jean Monnet. With his proposals for a European Reserve Fund and a European currency unit, he became one of the intellectual fathers of Europe's single currency, the euro. The biography “Robert Triffin: A Life” by Ivo Maes and Ilaria Pasotti evaluates what made Triffin a crucial figure in modern economic history. With an emphasis on the ideas that shaped the postwar international system, the book explores both the man and the mission. In addition to analyzing his work in economics and policymaking, the authors trace Triffin's story from a very modest background, as the son of a butcher in Flobecq, who grew up through the interwar period, to a singularly influential economist in the late twentieth century. • “Robert Triffin: A Life” received the 2022 Best Book Award of AISPE, the Italian Society for the History of Economic Thought as well as the 2023 Best Book Award of ESHET, the European Society for the History of Economic Thought. • In this e-lecture, Ivo Maes presented key findings from the biography, with a focus on economic aspects and the evolution of economic thinking, highlighting what we can learn from Robert Triffin for today’s challenges. Top international experts discussed these findings and offered insights of their own on the future of the global monetary and financial system. • Lineup and timeline • 00:00:13 – Ernest Gnan, Secretary General SUERF, Introduction and moderation • 00:02:26 – Ivo Maes, Professor, Robert Triffin Chair, University of Louvain, and Visiting Fellow, Bruegel: Key economic aspects from his book “Robert Triffin: a Life” • Comments: • 00:18:58 - Harold James, Professor, Princeton University and SUERF Fellow. • 00:29:40 - Robert McCauley, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University, and Faculty of History, University of Oxford. • 00:41:29 - André Sapir, Professor Emeritus, Université Libre de Bruxelles, and Senior Fellow, Bruegel • 00:59:00 - Discussion and Q A • 01:32:26 - Ernest Gnan, Closing and farewell • © SUERF 2023. Views are those of the speakers and not necessarily of their affiliated institutions. For speakers’ slides see: https://www.suerf.org/RobertTriffin. For SUERF events see: https://www.suerf.org/RobertTriffin. For SUERF Policy Briefs and Notes see: https://www.suerf.org/policynotes. For general information relating to SUERF see: www.suerf.org.
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