CRFB President Maya MacGuineas to Speak at the Peterson Institute Today

Today at 12.15 p.m., the Peterson Institute for International Economics is hosting a book launch for "Post-crisis Fiscal Policy," a book by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff on the role of fiscal policy during the global financial crisis and its aftermath.

Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, will participate in a panel discussion at the event, along with the following speakers:

• Carlo Cottarelli, Commissioner of Public Spending Reform in Italy and former Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department
• Vitor Gaspar, Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department, and former Finance Minister of Portugal

Watch the panel discussion below, or on the event page here.