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# 39th Annual Monetary Conference: Populism and the Future of the Fed 

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November 18, 2021 9 AM - 5 PM EST 

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Cato’s 39th Annual Monetary Conference—Populism and the Future of the Fed—will bring together leading scholars and policymakers to explore the risks that populism poses to the conduct of monetary policy. As the bright line between monetary and fiscal policy fades, and the threat of fiscal dominance increases, a robust discussion of the Fed’s future is warranted.

9:00 - 9:10 AM 

**Welcoming Remarks**

[**James A. Dorn**](https://cato.org/people/james-dorn), Vice President for Monetary Studies, Cato Institute

9:10 - 10:00 AM 

**Keynote Address**

[**Raghuram Rajan**](https://www.cato.org/people/raghuram%20g.-rajan), Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

10:00 - 11:15 AM 

**Panel 1: The Populist Challenge to Fed Independence**

[**Charles Goodhart**](https://www.cato.org/people/charles-goodhart), Emeritus Professor of Banking and Finance, London School of Economics 
[**Rosa María Lastra**](https://www.cato.org/people/rosa-maria-lastra), Sir John Lubbock Chair in Banking Law, Queen Mary University of London 
[**Carola Binder**](https://www.cato.org/people/carola-conces-binder), Assistant Professor of Economics, Haverford College 
[**Christina Parajon Skinner**](https://www.cato.org/people/christina-parajon-skinner), Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 

Moderated by [**Allison Schrager**](https://www.cato.org/people/allison-schrager), Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

11:15 - 11:30 AM 

**Break**

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM 

**Panel 2: Fiscal Dominance and the Return of Inflation**

[**John H. Cochrane**](https://cato.org/people/john-cochrane), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 
**[Fernando M. Martin](https://www.cato.org/people/fernando-m-martin),** Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 
[**Mark Sobel**](https://www.cato.org/people/mark-sobel), U.S. Chairman, Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum 
[**David Beckworth**](https://www.cato.org/people/david-beckworth), Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University 

Moderated by [**Greg Ip**](https://www.cato.org/people/greg-ip), Chief Economics Correspondent, *Wall Street Journal*

12:45 - 1:15 PM 

**Break**

1:15 - 2:00 PM 

**Luncheon Address: Populism and Central Banks**

**[Barry Eichengreen](https://www.cato.org/people/barry-eichengreen),** George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

2:00 - 3:15 PM 

**Panel 3: An Expanded Fed Mandate?**

[**Otmar Issing**](https://www.cato.org/people/otmar-issing), President, Center for Financial Studies at Goethe University, Frankfurt, and former Chief Economist at the European Central Bank 
[**Karen Petrou**](https://www.cato.org/people/karen-petrou), Managing Partner, Federal Financial Analytics 
[**Scott Sumner**](https://www.cato.org/people/scott-sumner), Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy, Mercatus Center, George Mason University 

Moderated by [**Jeanna Smialek**](https://www.cato.org/people/jeanna-smialek), Federal Reserve and Economics Reporter, *New York Times*

3:15 - 3:30 PM 

**Break**

3:30 - 4:45 PM 

**Panel 4: Helicopter Money and Fiscal QE**

[**William Nelson**](https://www.cato.org/people/william-nelson), Executive Vice President and Chief Economist, Bank Policy Institute 
[**Robert C. Hockett**](https://www.cato.org/people/robert-c-hockett), Edward Cornell Professor of Law, Cornell Law School 
[**Frances Coppola**](https://www.cato.org/people/frances-coppola), Columnist, CoinDesk 
[**Kevin Dowd**](https://www.cato.org/people/kevin-dowd), Professor of Finance and Economics, Durham University Business School 

Moderated by [**Edward Luce**](https://www.cato.org/people/edward-luce), US National Editor, *Financial Times*

4:45 - 5:00 PM 

**Closing Remarks**

[**George Selgin**](https://cato.org/people/george-selgin), Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute

*Funding from the George Edward Durell Foundation and the Harold J. Bowen, Jr. and DuVal Bowen Family Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.*

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