Conference Proceedings
March 16, 2013
Berlin Hyman P. Minsky Conference on Financial Instability
Debt, Deficits, and Unstable Markets
Organized by the Levy Economics Institute and ECLA of Bard with support from the Ford Foundation, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Deutsche Bank AG
Deutsche Bank AG
Berlin, Germany
November 26–27, 2012
The purpose of this conference was to gain a better understanding of the causes of financial instability and its implications for the global economy. Key topics included the challenge to global growth affected by the eurozone debt crisis; the impact of the credit crunch on economic and financial markets; the larger implications of government deficits and the debt crisis for US, European, and Asian economic policy; and central bank independence and financial reform.