What the G-20 Summit accomplished
President Bush gestures as he addresses the G-20 leaders and delegates at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. (Image: White House photo: Eric Draper)
The so-called G-8 became the G-20 this weekend as thirteen emerging powers sat next to the industrialized nations to talk about fixing the global economy.
At the formal dinner, the President of the United States had the President of Brazil on his right while the President of China sat on his left. Saudi Arabia, India and other developing nations also were at the table, along with Japan, Russia and the industrialized nations of Europe, dramatizing the new reality of economic interdependence.
The man who wasn’t there was Barack Obama. "To the Point" delves into what the meeting accomplished and the challenges left for the next President of the United States.
Guests:
– Zanny Minton Beddoes: Washington Economics Editor for the "Economist"
– Yasheng Huang: Professor of Political Economy and International Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
– Niall Ferguson: Professor of History, Harvard University
– Edward Lozansky: Founder and President, American University in Moscow
– Luigi Zingales: Professor of Finance, University of Chicago
Hosted by award-winning journalist Warren Olney, "To the Point" presents informative and thought-provoking discussion of major news stories — front-page issues that attract a savvy and serious news audience.
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