Join us for a timely and provocative discussion on the evolving global financial landscape as it unfolds in fall 2025.
This talk will explore key questions shaping the future of economic policy, global currency dynamics, and the role of major institutions.
Nick Sly, Vice President, Economist, and the Denver Branch Executive at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, will moderate the event.
Registration is required. Please register at the
World Denver registration site for the September 10 event
and enter coupon code 'DABE'. Select the 'General Ticket' option – the member rate ($25 for members) will be applied at checkout.
Topics will include:
- The future of the U.S. dollar: Will it retain its global dominance, or will the Chinese RMB or the euro overtake it?
- Federal Reserve policy and independence: How will the Fed respond to inflation and volatility, and can it remain insulated from political pressures?
- Financial sector stability: What does ongoing volatility in banking, stocks, and bonds mean for U.S. policy and economic resilience?
- Global debt risks: Are Africa, Latin America, and Asia facing a looming debt crisis, and what are the global implications?
- Regulation and risk in U.S. finance: Will deregulation spur innovation—or open the door to instability and exploitation?
- Cryptocurrency and the end of traditional money? What role will digital currencies play in reshaping financial norms?
- The post-American financial order? Will institutions like the IMF and World Bank continue to lead, or are we entering a multipolar system?
This event invites reflection on where the world is heading economically—and who will shape that future.
Ilene Grabel is Distinguished University Professor and co-director of the MA program in Global Economic Affairs
at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. Her work centers on global financial
governance—including feminist approaches—developmental finance, regional and multilateral financial institutions,
and the evolving financial systems of the Global South.
She is the author of When Things Don’t Fall Apart: Global Financial Governance and Developmental Finance in an Age of Productive Incoherence (MIT Press),
which received multiple awards including the ISA and BISA Best Book Prizes in International Political Economy.
Her earlier book with Ha-Joon Chang, Reclaiming Development, has been widely translated.
Grabel’s research appears in leading journals such as World Development, Feminist Economics,
Review of International Political Economy, and Development and Change, and she served as co-editor
of Review of International Political Economy from 2013 to 2017.
Grabel has conducted commissioned research for numerous global institutions, including UNCTAD, the UNDP, UN Women, the ILO,
and civil society organizations like Action Aid and the Third World Network. Her work bridges academic inquiry and policy engagement,
with a focus on equity, resilience, and institutional transformation in the global financial order.