Following the recent CIGI-Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) conference Sovereign Debtors in Distress, Pierre Siklos explains how European countries have become unsustainably indebted, and what financial mechanisms and policy options exist for states on the verge of default. A conference participant at Sovereign Debtors, Siklos is also a CIGI Senior Fellow and director of the Viessmann European Research Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Series: Inside the Issues, Season Two
Now in its second season, the Inside the Issues weekly podcast series will run from October 2011 to April 2012, covering timely and candid discussions on issues related to the core areas of CIGI expertise: Global Economy, Global Security & Politics, and International Law. Join host and CIGI Chair David Welch as he goes in depth with leading experts on the most pressing global governance challenges facing the international community today.