"Is Mercantilism Doomed to Fail? China, Germany, and Japan and the Exhaustion of Debtor Countries" was a session at the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) meeting in Berlin, 12-14 April 2012. For further details on the meeting, the speakers, and other sessions on other topics see the Program.
Part One: Paul Davidson
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Paul Davidson, Wikipedia. Download Davidson's paper [PDF].
Part Two: Heiner Flassbeck
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Heiner Flassbeck, INET.
Part Three: Norbert Walter
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Norbert Walter, INET. Download Walter's paper [PDF]. Download Walter's slides [PDF].
Part Four: Joseph Stiglitz
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Part Five: Discussion and Q&A
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Some of the speakers in the above talks refer to a talk earlier that day by Paul Martin (Finance Minister 1993-2002 and Prime Minister 2003-2006 of Canada):
Keynote Address: Reflections on the Politics of Deficit Reduction
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Paul Martin, Wikipedia.