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Chartbook Video #3: Bruegel panel with Jean Pisani-Ferry, Sabine Weyand and Hélène Rey.

... it recommends itself.

Adam Tooze

Sep 2, 2021

To say I was pleased to be on a panel with Hélène Rey (the great analyst of the dollar system) and Sabine Weyand (the EU’s DG trade) would be an understatement.

Hélène came with fascinating data and great insights about the lopsided quality of a new multipolar world. Sabine Weyand is the powerhouse behind the Brexit negotiating team. Just watch and see what I mean. After hearing her, I dare you to scoff at “open strategic autonomy” - the EU’s latest buzzword ;) I dare you!

To have Jean Pisani-Ferry as chair, was the icing on the cake.

His latest paper on the global economy, “Global asymmetries strike back”, is here .