Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies, the University Lectures Fitch Fund and UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs, the Center for German and European Studies, and the Department of Political Science.
Ashoka Mody, a leading expert on international finance and financial crises, will discuss his recent book, EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts, on Wednesday, October 17 at Grainger Hall on the UW-Madison campus. Mody will give a keynote presentation at noon, followed by comments from La Follette School Professors Menzie Chinn and Mark Copelovitch.
Mody served at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund for nearly three decades. Mody’s book offers a sweeping history of European monetary integration and the Euro crisis, highlighting how the push for a common currency – the Euro – has threatened the entire political project of European integration.