Publications
19th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of the US and World Economies
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- Wednesday, April 14 [View More/Less]
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Thursday, April 15 [View More/Less]
- Speaker: Keith S. Ernst
- Keith S. Ernst Q&A
- Speaker: Paul Krugman
- Paul Krugman Q&A
- Speaker: James Bullard
- James Bullard Q&A
- Session 3: Louis Uchitelle Intro
- Session 3: Jane D'Arista
- Session 3: Richard S. Carnell
- Session 3: Ernest Patrikis
- Session 3: Panel Comments
- Speaker: Paul A. Volcker Jr.
- Paul A. Volcker Jr. Q&A
- Session 4: Jeff Madrick Intro
- Session 4: Jan Hatzius
- Session 4: Robert W. Parenteau
- Session 4: Q&A
- Speaker: Paul McCulley
- Paul McCulley Q&A
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Friday, April 16 [View More/Less]
- Session 5: Deborah Solomon Intro
- Session 5: Peter R. Fisher
- Session 5: Kevin M. Warsh
- Session 5: Richard Sylla
- Session 5: Panel Comments
- Session 6: Eric Barthalon
- Session 6: Frank Veneroso
- Session 6: Robert J. Barbera
- Session 6: Q&A
- Session 7: Dimitri B. Papadimitriou Intro
- Session 7: James K. Galbraith
- Session 7: Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira
- Session 7: L. Randall Wray
- Speaker: Thomas M. Hoenig
- Thomas M. Hoenig Q&A
- Session 8: Jan Kregel Intro
- Session 8: Nelson H. Barbosa Filho
- Session 8: Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho
- Session 8: Rainer Kattel
- Session 8: Q&A
- Dimitri B. Papadimitriou Closing Remarks
After the Crisis—Planning a New Financial Structure
A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford foundation
From his extensive research, Hyman Minsky was convinced that economic systems are prone to financial instability and crisis, and urged that lessons be learned from the crisis of 1929–1933 so that “it”—the Great Depression—could not happen again. This year’s conference drew upon many Minskyan themes, including reconstituting the financial structure; the reregulation and supervision of financial institutions; the relevance of the Glass-Steagall Act; the roles of the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and the Treasury; the moral hazard of the “too big to fail” doctrine; debt deflation; and the economics of the “big bank” and “big government.” Speakers compared the European and Latin American responses to the global financial crisis and proposals for reforming the international financial architecture. Moreover, central bank exit strategies, both national and international, were considered.