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 Διαβάστε τι διεμήφθη στις 21 Ιουλ.2011, στην ενημέρωση του ΔΝΤ .QUESTION: The Greek Finance Minister will be here on Monday, and he’s giving a speech at the Peterson Institution and then he’s coming here. What are those discussions going to be about?MR. HAWLEY: Well, I can confirm that the Managing Director is going to meet Minister Venizelos on Monday. This meeting was scheduled at the request of the authorities, but I’ve got no guidance or view at this stage on what the content of the discussions might be. To πρόγραμμα του κ. Βενιζέλου σύμφωνα…με την ιστοσελίδα του ΥΠΟΙΚ  , δεν αναφέρει τίποτα για ομιλία του κ. Υπουργού στο Peterson Institute.Tην πληροφορία όμως για την ομιλία επιβεβαιώνουν, τα ΝΕΑ, το ΠΡΩΤΟ ΘΕΜΑ, ο Αγγελιαφόρος, το capital.gr κλπΘα μου πείτε σιγά το θέμα...Για να δούμε όμως τι είναι το Peterson Institute..Eίναι ένα ιδιωτικό μη κυβερνητικό, μη κερδοσκοπικό ίδρυμα ερευνών, με σκοπό την μελέτη της διεθνούς οικονομικής πολιτικής.Ας δούμε έτσι ενδεικτικά, σύμφωνα με την ιστοσελίδα του ιδρύματος, κάποια από τα μέλη του ΔΣ  (Members of the Board).Peter G. Peterson (Chairman of the Board)Founder and Chairman, Peter G. Peterson Foundation; former Senior Chairman, The Blackstone Group; former Secretary of Commerce. and Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy.George David (Vice Chairman of the Board)Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, United Technologies Corporation.Andreas C. DracopoulosDirector and co-President, Stavros Niarchos Foundation.Mohamed A. El-ErianCEO and Co-CIO, PIMCO; former President and CEO, Harvard Management Company, Inc.Stanley FischerGovernor, Bank of Israel; former Vice Chairman of Citigroup. See more: http://www.stanleyfischer.comJacob A. FrenkelFormer governor of the Bank of Israel and former IMF economic counselor and director of research.Caio Koch-WeserVice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group; former Deputy Minister of Finance for Germany; former Managing Director, Operations, World Bank.Lynn Forester de RothschildCEO and President, E.L. Rothschild Limited.Jean-Claude TrichetPresident, European Central Bank; former Governor, Banque de France; former Director of the Treasury, government of France.Ex OfficioC. Fred BergstenDirector, Peterson Institute for International Economics; former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs.Honorary DirectorsAlan GreenspanFormer Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; former President and Chief Executive Officer, Townsend-Greenspan and Co.; former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers.David RockefellerFormer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chase Manhattan.George P. ShultzHonorary Fellow, Hoover Institution; former Secretary of State; President and Director of Bechtel Group, Inc.; Secretary of the Treasury; Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Secretary of Labor.Οι κακές γλώσσες πάντως λένε ότι ο Διευθυντής του Peterson Institute, C. Fred Bergsten, είναι μέλος της Τριμερούς επιτροπής (Trilateral C