The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) features Open Markets Executive Director, Barry Lynn, at their New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC) conference, “Confronting Planetary Emergencies - Solving Human Problems.”

Building on the 2018 and 2019 OECD conferences on “10 Years After the Crisis” and “Averting Systemic Collapse,” this discussion focuses on the possible changes in analysis and action needed to tackle planetary emergencies and to ensure the resilience of global systems. 

Representatives of OECD Committees and Directorates examine how Member countries are responding to the current pandemic and how prepared we are to confront future planetary emergencies.

Along with Barry, the conference features a long list of world-renowned economic thinkers, policy makers and political leaders.

Guests:

• Thomas Piketty, Professor, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), Associate Chair, Paris School of Economics

• Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• David Parker, Attorney-General, Minister of Trade and Export Growth, Minister for the Environment, Associate Finance Minister, Government of New Zealand

• Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia

• Kenneth S. Rogoff, Thomas D Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University

• Tyler Goodspeed, Acting Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers

• Andrew G. Haldane, Chief Economist and Executive Director, Monetary Analysis & Statistics, Bank of England

• John H. Cochrane, Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Full transcript of Barry Lynn’s speech: