<p><span>Thank you for hosting me today at Chatham House, and thank you to the U.S. Embassy in London for helping to organize this event. Chatham House has long held a key place on the international stage, helping to develop ideas that contributed to the creation of the institutions that form the bedrock of the post-World War II international economic system—from John Maynard Keynes’ study on gold in 1930 that later helped shape the Bretton Woods system to research that influenced the creation of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, now a part of the World Bank. Chatham House left an indelible imprint on the arc of the twentieth century, helping to lay the intellectual foundation for the rules, norms, and values that underpin the international economy and the decades of growth and poverty reduction it has fostered.</span></p>