Progressive perspectives on solving the global economic crisis

Francois Houtart – Member of the UN High-level task force on the financial crisis. Founder and President of the Centre Tricontinental and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Université Catholique de Louvain.

Sue Branford, Journalist working for the BBC and publishing articles on several UK newspapers such as the
Guardian. Co-author of the book: “The debt squads: the US, the Banks and Latin America” speaks about:
Progressive perspectives on solving the global economic crisis
challenging the current government responses
Focus on Latin America

Sven Giegold – Economist and tax-specialist. Founding member of ATTAC Germany and member of its Working Group on Financial Markets and Tax Evasion. Founder member of the Tax Justice Network.

10 December 2008, Résidence Palace, Brussels, Belgium.

Event organised by the Transnational Institute.
Camera and editing: chris den hond