David J. Stockton, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) and senior adviser at Macroeconomic Advisers LLC, leads off PIIE's semiannual Global Economics Prospects, held on April 7, 2015, with the outlook for the US and global economies. Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, PIIE senior fellow, assesses recent developments in Europe, including the European Central Bank's adoption of quantitative easing and the responses to the Greek election and crisis. Nicholas R. Lardy, the Institute’s Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow and author of the widely-acclaimed Markets over Mao, discusses the sources and direction of the Chinese economic slowdown. For more information, visit: www.piie.com/events/event_detail.cfm?EventID=380