Davos Annual Meeting 2009 - Rebooting the Global Economy

www.weforum.org/
31.01.2009
The assumption that Europe, Japan and the United States could fend off recession at home by increasing exports to BRIC economies has been proved wrong along with the grander notion about the decoupling of emerging markets.
As global trade continues to decrease along with commodity prices, what should be done differently by governments and industry to jump-start global economic growth?
Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines
Yoshihiko Miyauchi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Orix Corporation, Japan
John Monks, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Brussels
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University, USA
Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand
Moderated by
Matthew A. Winkler, Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg News, USA