Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti
Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti is a senior fellow in the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy. He was previously Deputy Director in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund (2014-21). In this role, he directed the department’s work on multilateral surveillance, including the World Economic Outlook, G-20 reports, spillover analysis, and economic modeling. Between 2012 and 2014 he was Deputy Director in the Western Hemisphere Department and IMF mission chief to the United States. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from Università di Roma La Sapienza in 1985 and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1991. He joined the London School of Economics thereafter, and moved to the IMF in 1993.
He has published extensively in refereed journals in the areas of international capital flows, international financial integration, current account sustainability, capital controls, taxation and growth, and political economy. His paper “The External Wealth of Nations Mark II” (joint with Philip Lane) won the Bhagwati award as best paper published in the Journal of International Economics during 2007-2008. Since 1996 he is a Research Fellow of the London-based Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
The future of blockchain and digital markets: A perspective from the World Economic Forum
On Thursday, February 11, the Center on Regulation and Markets at Brookings hosted Sheila Warren, head of data, blockchain and digital assets and member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum, to talk about blockchain, digital currencies, and other recent developments in digital markets. Sanjay Patnaik, director of the Center on Regulation and Markets at Brookings, moderated the conversation.
Viewers submitted questions to events@brookings.edu or on Twitter using #FutureOfDigitalMarkets.
Climate change and financial market regulations: Insights from BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and former SEC Chair Mary Schapiro
There is growing interest among regulators around the world in helping to address climate change through the levers of financial market regulation. In addition, private companies are starting to elevate the importance of climate and sustainability risk for investment decisions. These developments are essential for influencing the behavior of market participants towards low-carbon investments and mitigating climate risks for companies and investors.
On Tuesday, February 2, the Center on Regulation and Markets at Brookings hosted Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, and Mary Schapiro, vice chair of global public policy at Bloomberg L.P., former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and head of the Secretariat of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, for a discussion on climate change and financial market regulations. This event shed light on ideas and trends in this increasingly important area.
Viewers submitted questions to events@brookings.edu or via Twitter using #ClimateRegulation.