As world leaders move towards concerted action on the economic crisis, what shape should a new settlement take? Read the experts and join the debate on what sort of policies, regulatory framework and financial institutions we need to ward off a global depression
Barry Eichengreen: There will be no new financial world order on the scale of Bretton Woods in 1944. Here are some important steps that leaders can take
A new Bretton Woods
Start by saving the eurozone
Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson: A new Bretton Woods: Recession will test the single currency to breaking point unless measures are taken to counter the policies of the ECB
A new Bretton Woods
Global inequity must end
Jayati Ghosh
Jayati Ghosh: A new Bretton Woods: The poor have subsidised the rich for too long. Greater state involvement in economic activity is now necessary