Conference
24th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of the US and World Economies
Is Financial Reregulation Holding Back Finance for the Global Recovery?
Audio:
- Wednesday, April 15 [View More/Less]
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Thursday, April 16 [View More/Less]
- Speaker: Vítor Constâncio
- Speaker: Vítor Constâncio Q&A
- Session 3: Lakshman Achuthan
- Session 3: Robert J. Barbera
- Session 3: Daniel Alpert
- Session 3: Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
- Session 3: Panel Discussion and Q&A
- Speaker: Paul Tucker
- Speaker: Paul Tucker Q&A
- Session 4: Eric Tymoigne
- Session 4: L. Randall Wray
- Session 4: Panel Discussion
Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
The National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
April 15–16, 2015
Program
Wednesday, April 15
| 8:00−8:45 a.m. | Breakfast and Registration |
| 8:45−9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Institute |
| 9:00−10:00 a.m. | SPEAKER: James Bullard, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis "The US Economy and Monetary Policy" Link to presentation |
| 10:15−11:15 a.m. | SPEAKER: Thomas M. Hoenig, Vice Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Link to remarks Excel slides in PDF |
| 11:15 a.m. − 12:15 p.m. | SPEAKER: Paul McCulley, formerly, Chief Economist, PIMCO “Escape Fandango” |
| 12:30−1:15 p.m. | SPEAKER: Elizabeth Warren, US Senator (D-MA) “The Unfinished Business of Financial Reform” |
| 1:15−2:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 2:30−4:00 p.m. | Session 1. CENTRAL BANK DELEVERAGING AND FINANCIAL SECTOR REGULATION MODERATOR: Jim Tankersley, Economic Policy Correspondent, The Washington Post SPEAKERS: Scott Fullwiler, Professor of Economics and James A. Leach Chair in Banking and Monetary Economics, Wartburg College PowerPoint presentation in PDF Perry G. Mehrling, Professor of Economics, Barnard College PowerPoint presentation in PDF Michael Greenberger, Professor, School of Law, and Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, The University of Maryland |
| 4:00−4:15 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 4:15−5:30 p.m. | Session 2. CAN BETTER REGULATION PREVENT THE NEXT CRISIS? MODERATOR: Deborah Solomon, News Editor, The Wall Street Journal SPEAKERS: Bruce C. N. Greenwald, Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia University PowerPoint presentation in PDF Jan Kregel, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute, and Professor, Tallinn University of Technology PowerPoint presentation in PDF |
| 5:30−6:30 p.m. | Reception |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner |
Thursday, April 16
| 8:30−9:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:00−10:00 a.m. | SPEAKER: Vítor Constâncio, Vice President, European Central Bank “Financial Regulation and Economic Recovery” Link to remarks |
| 10:00 a.m. − 1:00 p.m. | Session 3. GLOBAL AND NATIONAL RECOVERY PROSPECTS MODERATOR: Sam Fleming, US Economics Editor, Financial Times SPEAKERS: Lakshman Achuthan, Cofounder and Chief Operations Officer, Economic Cycle Research Institute PowerPoint presentation in PDF Robert J. Barbera, Codirector, Center for Financial Economics, The Johns Hopkins University Daniel Alpert, Managing Partner, Westwood Capital, LLC PowerPoint presentation in PDF Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Institute PowerPoint presentation in PDF |
| 1:00−2:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 2:30−3:30 p.m. | SPEAKER: Paul Tucker, Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School |
| 3:30−3:45 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:45−5:30 p.m. | Session 4. REGULATING THE REGULATORS MODERATOR: Pedro Nicolaci da Costa, Federal Reserve and Economics Reporter, The Wall Street Journal SPEAKERS: Éric Tymoigne, Research Associate, Levy Institute; Professor of Economics, Lewis & Clark College PowerPoint presentation in PDF L. Randall Wray, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute; Professor, University of Missouri—Kansas City PowerPoint presentation in PDF |
Participants
Lakshman Achuthan
Cofounder and Chief Operations Officer, Economic Cycle Research Institute
Daniel Alpert
Managing Partner, Westwood Capital, LLC
Robert J. Barbera
Codirector, Center for Financial Economics, The Johns Hopkins University
James Bullard
President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Vítor Constâncio
Vice President, European Central Bank
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Federal Reserve and Economics Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Sam Fleming
US Economics Editor, Financial Times
Scott Fullwiler
Professor of Economics and James A. Leach Chair in Banking and Monetary Economics, Wartburg College
Michael Greenberger
Professor, School of Law, and Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, The University of Maryland
Bruce C. N. Greenwald
Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia University
Thomas M. Hoenig
Vice Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Jan Kregel
Senior Scholar, Levy Institute, and Professor, Tallinn University of Technology
Paul McCulley
Formerly, Chief Economist, PIMCO
Perry G. Mehrling
Professor of Economics, Barnard College
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
President, Levy Institute
Deborah Solomon
News Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Jim Tankersley
Economic Policy Correspondent, The Washington Post
Paul Tucker
Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School
Éric Tymoigne
Research Associate, Levy Institute, and Professor of Economics, Lewis & Clark College
Elizabeth Warren
US Senator (D-MA)
L. Randall Wray
Senior Scholar, Levy Institute, and Professor, University of Missouri–Kansas City