The G-7 Agenda: Old and New Issues

Guido Garavoglia is Head of the Research and Documentation Department of the Press Office of the Italian Chamber of Deputies; Pier Carlo Padoan is Professor of Economics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and Senior Research Fellow, IAI. Translation is by Gabriele Tonne.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• The Evolution of the G-7 Discussion
  
  • Economic policy issues
  • Political Issues
  • Global Issues

• Institutional Consequences: the G-7 as a System
  
• Assessment of the G-7 as an Instrument of Economic Policy Coordination
  
  • The evolution of the international system
  • The logic behind G-7 collective action

• Crisis Management or Long-term Cooperation?
• Economic Summits or Political Summits?: No Longer a Dilemma
• The Summit Agenda
• Issues for Future Summits