The article is here.
Author: Philip Lane
The Policy Institute and the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at TCD are pleased to announce that Andres Velasco (ex Minister of Finance for Chile) will give a seminar at TCD on Monday March 14 on “The Fiscal Framework: Lessons from Chile”. As has been flagged on this blog before, Chile was able to run very sizeable surpluses in the pre-crisis period, such that it could enjoy a big fiscal swing during the crisis without threatening fiscal sustainability. This seminar provides an opportunity to learn how Chile was able to achieve this counter-cyclical fiscal policy.
Monday, March 14
Time: 8.30am-10am
Venue: Jonathan Swift Theatre (Room 2041A), Arts Block, TCD
Admission: Free, All welcome
Queries to: policy.institute at tcd.ie
Andrés Velasco: Short Bio
Andrés Velasco was the Minister of Finance of Chile between March 2006 and March 2010. During his tenure he was recognized as Latin American Finance Minister of the Year by several international publications. His work to save Chile´s copper windfall and create a rainy-day fund was highlighted in the Financial Times, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, among many others.
The FT Analysis page explains the opposition of some Northern European politicians to bailouts in this article.
The FT reports on “austerity fatigue” in Greece in this article.
His WSJ article is here.