• USC GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2016
• Government Financial Transparency, Accountability, & the European Economic Crisis: Paths to Prosperity
• (29-30 April 2016, Los Angeles, CA)

• Timothy Irwin
• (former senior economist at the International Monetary Fund)
• Tim Irwin is a consultant, who has previously worked at the IMF, the World Bank, and the New Zealand Treasury.

Topic: Examples of Fiscal Illusions Perpetrated by Governments in Financial Reporting

Recommended Readings:

* USC Summit Presentation: Will the euro fundamentally change government accounting?

* Accounting Devices and Fiscal Illusions," IMF, 28 March 2012

* Consolidated Annual Accounts of the European Union, 2014