The Group of Thirty aims to deepen understanding of international economic and financial issues, and to explore the international repercussions of decisions taken in the public and private sectors. The Group is characterized by its knowledge of the past and broad-minded, forward thinking.
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2019 International Banking Seminar
On October 20, 2019, the Group of Thirty hosted its 34th annual International Banking Seminar at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC. The seminar consisted of three panels: Priorities for Emerging Nations in a New Global Environment, The Advanced Countries: Economic Challenges of the Medium Term, and Cryptocurrencies and the Future.
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Fixing the Pensions Crisis: Ensuring Lifetime Financial Security
2019 — This report examines the sustainability the global pensions system and identifies unavoidable policy choices for countries to make in order to fix a massive gap in lifetime financial security. Learn more »
Pull, Push, Pipes: Sustainable Capital Flows for a New World Order
2019 — In this Occasional Paper, Governor Mark Carney of the Bank of England argues that capital flow volatility is rising because of the fundamental asymmetry in the international monetary financial system and the rapid rise of market-based finance. Learn more »
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The Rich World Must Take Responsibility for its Carbon Footprint
February 20, 2020 — Lord Adair Turner, Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and former chair of the Financial Services Authority, urges developed countries to enact policies to transition to a low-carbon economy not only within their borders, but outside of them. This includes using "carbon tariffs" that impose a levy on imported goods based on how much carbon they use. While developing countries may be wary of these policies, Lord Turner argues that they may be the only way for rich-world consumers to take responsibility for their carbon footprint in other countries.