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Cato Institute 27th Annual Monetary Conference
Restoring Global Financial Stability
Thursday, November 19, 2009
F.A. Hayek Auditorium
Cato Institute
9:00 a.m.– 5:30 p.m.
About the Conference | Conference Schedule
Conference Schedule
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:05 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks
James A. Dorn Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cato Institute |
| 9:05 - 9:45 a.m. | Keynote Address Watch video of the Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address  Download a Podcast of the Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address (MP3)Allan H. Meltzer Author of A History of the Federal Reserve, and Professor of Political Economy, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. |
Panel 1: Creating Financial Harmony: What Role For Government Vs. The Market? Watch video of Panel 1 Download a Podcast of Panel 1 (MP3)Moderator: Mark A. Calabria Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute Zanny Minton Beddoes Economics Editor, The Economist Peter J. Wallison Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute George Melloan Author of The Great Money Binge: Spending Our Way to Socialism and former editor and columnist, Wall Street Journal Benn Steil Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations |
| 11:00 - 11:15 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Panel 2: Fed Policy and the Future of the Dollar
Watch video of Panel 2 Download a Podcast of Panel 2 (MP3)Moderator: Caroline Baum Columnist, Bloomberg News William Poole Senior Fellow, Cato Institute (Paper presented by Caroline Baum, Columnist, Bloomberg News) Bennett T. McCallum Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University Lawrence H. White Mercatus Professor of Economics, George Mason University Thomas M. Humphrey Former Vice President and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. | Luncheon |
| 1:15 - 2:00 p.m. | Luncheon Address Watch video of the Luncheon Address Download a Podcast of the Luncheon Address (MP3)James Grant Editor, Grant's Interest Rate Observer |
| 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Panel 3: What Role For the IMF?
Watch video of Panel 3 Download a Podcast of Panel 3 (MP3)Moderator: Ian Vásquez Director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute Eswar Prasad Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University, and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Miranda Xafa Senior Investment Strategist and Member of the Advisory Board, IJ Partners Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar Research Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute Judy Shelton Author, Money Meltdown |
| 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Break
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| 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. | Panel 4: Toward a Market-Based Monetary Regime Watch video of Panel 4 Download a Podcast of Panel 4 (MP3)Moderator: Donald J. Boudreaux Professor of Economics, George Mason University Luigi Zingales Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, University of Chicago Leland B. Yeager Ludwig von Mises Distinguished Professor of Economics (Emeritus), Auburn University (Paper presented by Robert L. Greenfield, Professor of Economics and Finance, Fairleigh Dickinson University) George A. Selgin Professor of Economics, University of Georgia Richard W. Rahn Senior Fellow, Cato Institute |
| 4:45 - 5:30 p.m. | Closing Address
Watch video of the Closing Address Download a Podcast of the Closing Address (MP3)Richard W. Fisher President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Reception |
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