The Minsky Conference Returns
After pausing last spring due to the pandemic, the Minsky Conference is back. Join us next week, May 5-6.
It would be an understatement to say this has been an eventful year in world economies and financial markets. It is also a period in which we are seeing some signs of change in economic thought and policymaking. The conference has always been an important occasion for contact between heterodox and more mainstream economics; this year, that could be a particularly interesting dynamic to watch.
The full program is below. Register here for the online event.
| Wednesday, May 5, 2021 | |
| 9:15–9:30 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction |
| Dimitri Papadimitriou, President, Levy Institute | |
| 9:30–10:30 a.m. | Speaker |
| Charles Evans, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | |
| MODERATOR: Binyamin Appelbaum, Editorial Board Member, New York Times | |
| 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Session 1. PROSPECTS FOR REFORMING THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM |
| MODERATOR: Robert Huebscher, Advisor Perspectives | |
| SPEAKERS: Charles Goodhart, Emeritus Professor of Banking and Finance, London School of Economics | |
| Paolo Savona, Chairman, CONSOB | |
| Jan Kregel, Director of Research, Levy Institute | |
| 12:00–1:00 p.m. | Speaker |
| Robert Barbera, Director, J.H.U. Center for Financial Economics; Economics Department Fellow, The Johns Hopkins University | |
| 1:00–2:30 p.m. | Session 2. WHAT’S AHEAD FOR THE US ECONOMY |
| MODERATOR: Michael Stephens, Levy Institute | |
| SPEAKERS: Lakshman Achuthan, Cofounder, Economic Cycle Research Institute | |
| Michalis Nikiforos, Research Scholar, Levy Institute; Professor University of Geneva | |
| Frank Veneroso, President, Veneroso Associates, LLC | |
| 2:30–4:00 p.m. | Session 3. ECONOMIC POLICY FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION |
| MODERATOR: David Henry, Reuters | |
| SPEAKERS: Jason Furman, Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Department of Economics at Harvard University | |
| Bruce Greenwald, Professor, Columbia Business School | |
| L. Randall Wray, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute; Professor, Bard College | |
| Thursday, May 6, 2021 | |
| 10:00–11:00 a.m. | Speaker |
| Robert Kaplan, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas | |
| MODERATOR: Deborah Solomon, Economics Editor, New York Times | |
| 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Session 4. FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE AND REGULATION |
| MODERATOR: Peter Coy, Bloomberg | |
| SPEAKERS: Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland Law School | |
| Kathryn Judge, Harvey J. Goldschmid Professor of Law, Columbia Law School | |
| Patricia McCoy, Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor, Boston College Law School | |
| 12:30–2:30 p.m. | Session 5. US FINANCIAL MARKET INSTABILITY |
| MODERATOR: Jeanna Smialek, New York Times | |
| SPEAKERS: Jan Hatzius, Chief Economist, Goldman Sachs | |
| Bruce Kasman, Managing Director and Global Head of Economic Research, J.P. Morgan | |
| James Paulsen, Chief Investment Strategist, The Leuthold Group, LLC | |
| 2:30–4:00 p.m. | Session 6. WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EUROPE |
| MODERATOR: Dimitri Papadimitriou, Levy Institute | |
| Lex Hoogduin, Professor, Groningen University, the Netherlands; Founder, GloComNet | |
| Denis MacShane, Former Europe Minister, UK; Senior Advisor, Avisa Partners, Brussels | |
| Gennaro Zezza, Research Scholar, Levy Institute; Professor, University of Cassino | |
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