5.6.2014: Fiscal Consolidation and Growth

Alberto Alesina von der Harvard University zu Gast bei den Wirtschaftspolitischen Gesprächen

The need to bring down public debt poses difficult choices about the size and nature of productive and redistributive government activity. Should spending be cut or taxes be raised? Which strategy yields more long-lasting effects? How can fiscal consolidation be combined with growth enhancing policies to help the nation grow out of its debt? What are the intergenerational consequences of fiscal consolidation? How can consolidation policies be explained to voters? Will debt brakes and the fiscal compact be enough to prevent a renewed trend towards higher debt in the future?

» Einladung

Welcome Address

• Christoph Leitl
  President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, WKO

Panel

• Alberto Alesina
  Harvard University
• Bernhard Felderer
  President of the Fiscal Advisory Council
• Harald Waiglein
  Austrian Ministry of Finance

Moderation

• Christian Keuschnigg
  Director of IHS and Professor at the University St. Gallen