Digital Euro, Digital Dollar: Is There A Case?

​This seminar will be given by Jean-Pierre Landau, an Associate Professor of Economics at SciencesPo - Paris and a former senior official at the French Treasury and Central Bank. He is currently a research fellow at M-RCBG.

He has served as Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, Executive Director for France at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (Washington, DC), and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (London). He was also Undersecretary at the Minister of Finance in Paris. In his different capacities, he was a member of the Board of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, a G7 and G20 Deputy, and a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB)  and its Steering Committee.  He was Visiting Professor at John Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and Lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School (Princeton University). He co-authored "The Euro and the Battle of Ideas" with Markus Brunnermeier and Harold James, published at Princeton University Press in 2016. His main fields of interest include money and international economics, areas where he has direct and extensive experience. 

Please note that our speaker will be presenting in person at Harvard Kennedy School in Wexner G-02. Anyone with a Harvard ID is invited to join us on a first-come, first-served basis.

Limited boxed lunches will be provided at the conclusion of the seminar.