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Cato Institute 26th Annual Monetary Conference
Lessons from the Subprime Crisis
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
F.A. Hayek Auditorium
Cato Institute
8:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.
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Conference Schedule
| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration — F. A. Hayek Auditorium Foyer |
| 9:00 - 9:10 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks — F. A. Hayek Auditorium
James A. Dorn Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cato Institute |
| 9:10 - 10:00 a.m. | Keynote Address Donald L. Kohn Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System Watch video of the Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address  Watch video of the Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address [RealVideo]  Download a Podcast of the Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address [MP3] |
| 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. |
Panel 1: Asset Market Bubbles and Fed Policy
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Watch Panel 1 in Real VideoDownload a Podcast of Panel 1 (MP3)Moderator: Clive Crook Washington Columnist, Financial Times Anna J. Schwartz Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research John H. Makin Principal, Caxton Associates, LLC, and Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Otmar Issing Former Member, Executive Board European Central Bank Lawrence H. White F. A. Hayek Professor of Economic History University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. |
Panel 2: Financial Innovation and Monetary Policy
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Watch Panel 2 in Real VideoDownload a Podcast of Panel 2 (MP3)Moderator: Alan Reynolds Senior Fellow, Cato Institute Brian S. Wesbury Chief Economist, First Trust Portfolios, L.P Charles W. Calomiris Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions Columbia University Roger Garrison Professor of Economics, Auburn University Bert Ely President, Ely & Company, Inc. |
| 12:45 - 1:30 p.m. | Luncheon — Wintergarden |
| 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. | Luncheon Address —
F. A. Hayek Auditorium |
| 2:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Panel 3: Moral Hazard and the Limits of Monetary Policy
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Watch Panel 3 in Real VideoDownload a Podcast of Panel 3 (MP3)Moderator: Mickey D. Levy Chief Economist, Bank of America Wolfgang Münchau Associate Editor, Financial Times Andrew Samwick Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. Senior Fellow, Cato Institute Kevin Dowd Professor of Financial Risk Management Nottingham University |
| 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. | Break
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| 3:45 - 5:00 p.m. | Panel 4: The Way Forward |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Reception |
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