Harold James is professor of History and International Affairs and the Director of the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society at Princeton University. He has published extensively on economic and financial history and modern European history.

After James' presentation Audun Grønn will have a prepared comment. Grønn is an economist (cand,oecon) who has been working in several positions in Norges Bank since 1980 as well as two periods in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), most recently as Executive Director from 2013 to 2016.