Wednesday 10

• 14.30 - 15.10

  A World in Geopolitical Turmoil, Supply Chain Disruption, and Climate Crisis Redesigning Policies for Economic and Fiscal Survival

  • WORLD, EU & GREEK ECONOMY

  location_onAhrweiler Hall | European Cultural Centre of Delphi

  Programming Partner: OECD Global Strategy Group, chaired by Greece

  The world has shifted to a new geopolitical reality characterized by conflict and the weaponization of interdependence, multipolarity in tandem with polarization, and the growing inability of multilateral institutions to uphold a functioning rules-based global trading order. Governments are facing acute challenges for sustaining sound public finances. De-risking supply chains comes with costs. Meeting investment priorities in security and defence, supporting Ukraine, financing the green and digital transitions, engaging with the “Global South”, offsetting the influence of third powers, addressing the consequences of ageing and the climate crisis, all imply hard policy choices and trade-offs. What are the policy dilemmas emerging from this global landscape? And how should government policies be redesigned to navigate these acute challenges?

Thursday 11

• 13.30 - 14.15

  Must Government Be Bigger? | By invitation only

  • THE STATE OF THE WORLD

  location_onIanthi Room | Amalia Hotel

  Programming Partner: London School of Economics (LSE)
  
  Many of the big issues facing governments in the future – climate change; energy supply; security; welfare with an ageing population, for example – seem to require governments to do more, prompted by public expectations about delivery.  But, with huge public debts, lower economic growth, and high borrowing costs, can we sustain big government? And, should we?