The Financial Crisis, the US Economy, and International Security in the New Administration
a conference organized by
Economists for Peace and Security,
the Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation Initiative for Re-thinking the Economy,
and the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School, New York
Friday, November 14, 2008
8:00am: Registration opens, breakfast served
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome
James K. Galbraith
9:30 – 11:00 Session I: The Current Crisis
Moderator: Lucy Law Webster
Joseph Stiglitz
Marshall Auerback
Pierre Calame
Marcellus Andrews
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 1:00 Session II: Policies for the US
Moderator: Jeff Madrick
Allen Sinai
Teresa Ghilarducci
Perry Mehrling
Gary Dymski
1:00 – 2:30 Lunch
Keynote speaker – Bernard Schwartz
2:30 – 4:00 Session III: A New Domestic Financial Architecture
Moderator: Dimitri Papadimitriou
Bill Black
Jack Blum
Richard Medley
Barkley Rosser
4:00 – 4:30 Coffee break
4:30 – 6:00 Session IV: A New International Financial Architecture
Moderator: James Galbraith
John Eatwell
Paul Davidson
Ping Chen
Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira
George A. Papandreou
6:00 – 7:30 Reception with wine and hors d’oeuvres