Chair of the Board of Directors, Swedbank Ab Publ
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“Det kan leda till att USA:s dominans i världspolitiken bryts och att dollarns ställning som den absolut särklassiga valutan undermineras.”
“Nu har vi valt, och nu ska vi göra det här, men det vore väldigt bra om vi kunde få tydliga riktlinjer för hur det här ska tas om hand i Europa. Om nu Nato får en utveckling där amerikanerna i praktiken lämnar, vad blir då kvar av den strukturen, samtidigt som EU bygger nåt nytt militärt? Hur ska det här smältas ihop?...”
“if there's anything that is bothering me just now it is we lack a narrative for the sector who can in a compelling way tell ordinary people about what we aim for in which direction we shall go what we have to undertake and why we do it and to do it in such an attractive way so that you have a popular support to go ahea...”
“we need to stick to the scientific based forestry activity especially now when it is such an uncertain future especially now even if that is the most difficult situation you can have to convince people to follow advices from those who didn't really understood what should happen in the future in all days so this is what...”
“Those who are in debt are not free. That is something that poor people always have recognized. No, it was a rich state, a rich country by a mismanagement of public finances that were in debt and not free. We had to ask others.”
“I was inspired by the success in monetary policy. Setting up inflation targets, communicating them, sticking to them, taking measures to live up to them. It was quite impressive. Couldn't we do the same thing for fiscal policy? Yes, perhaps. And we decided 96, we took office 94, 96 we shall have stabilized our debt. 97...”
Göran Persson, ordförande i Swedbank och tidigare stats- och finansminister tror att det pågående handelskriget kan leda till att ...
ThinkForest president Göran Persson, speaking at the ThinkForest seminar on How to Respond to Forest Disturbances in Europe.
The former Swedish prime minister reflects upon his experience dealing with Sweden's fiscal crisis. Following a major reform programme, Sweden reduced its debt as a percentage of GDP from 84.4% in 1996 to 44.6% in 2008. Speech given to the Institute for Government on 15 September 2009.
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