The Institute for New Economic Thinking Has Announced the Latest Speaker and Panel Discussion Confirmations for Its Bretton Woods Conference
Bretton Woods conference speakers now include Jim Balsillie, Gordon Brown, Mark Carney, Richard Koo, George Soros, Joseph Stiglitz, Larry Summers, Paul Volcker, and many others.
New York, NY, March 26, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), an organization created to promote changes in economic theory and practice through conferences grants and education initiatives, today announced the latest speaker and panel discussion confirmations for its upcoming second annual plenary conference, Crisis and Renewal: International Political Economy at the Crossroads, to be held from April 8 through 10, 2011 at the historic Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
The conference will host over 200 of the world’s leading economists, finance experts, and young scholars for debate and discussion on the pressing economic issues of our time. Sessions include:
- The Emerging Economic and Political Order: What Lies Ahead?
- Bretton Woods Conference, Historical Review
- Bretton Woods: What Can We Learn from the Past in Designing the Future?
- Getting Back on Track: Macroeconomic Management After a Financial Crisis
- Sovereignty and Institutional Design in the Global Age: The Global Market and the Nation States
- Can Sovereignty and Effective International Supervision be Reconciled? The Challenge of Large Complex Financial Institutions
- Exploring Complexity in Economic Theory
- The Political Economy of Structural Adjustment: Understanding the Obstacles to Cooperation
- The Market or the State? Can Market Forces Deliver Innovation, Education, and Infrastructure?
- Sustainable Economics
- Optimal Currency Areas and Governance: The Challenge of Europe
- The Architecture of Asia: Financial Structure and an Emerging Economic System
- Rising to the Challenge: Equity, Adjustment and Balance in the World Economy
The conference will feature keynote addresses from Gordon Brown, the Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Larry Summers, the Former Director of the White House’s National Economic Council; a conversation on New Economic Thinking with Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator for the Financial Times; a report from INET’s Economics Curriculum Committee Task Force; and a special breakfast hosted by Dr. Robert Johnson, Executive Director of INET, for the select young scholars invited to attend the conference.
“This year in Bretton Woods, INET will address new issues and challenges in economics relating to a range of topics in theory, practice, and governance,” commented Dr. Robert Johnson, Executive Director of INET. “And to guide us through the three days of debate and discussion, we have assembled an impressive array of speakers, moderators and panelists who have the insight and experience to advance the cause of new economic thinking.”
The Bretton Woods conference speakers presently include: Anat Admati, Philippe Aghion, Brian Arthur, Jim Balsillie, Eric Beinhocker, Erik Berglöf, Tom Bernes, Paul Blustein, Claudio Borio, James Boughton, Richard Bronk, Gordon Brown, Wendy Carlin, Mark Carney, John Cassidy, Ha-Joon Chang, Barbara Craig, Charles Dallara, Paul Davidson, Marcello de Cecco, Barry Eichengreen, Alex Evans, Niall Ferguson, Tom Ferguson, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Duncan Foley, Jeffrey Frankel, Chrystia Freeland, Roman Frydman, Ian Goldin, Andy Haldane, Joseph Halevi, Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Kevin Hoover, Yasheng Huang, Joyce Jacobsen, Harold James, William Janeway, Marleen Janssen Groesbeek, Paul Jenkins, Robert Johnson, Simon Johnson, Anatole Kaletsky, Henry Kaufman, John Kay, Richard Koo, Louis Kuijs, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Deepak Lal, William Lazonick, Robert Litan, Barry Lynn, Dalia Marin, Felix Martin, Richard McGregor, Perry Mehrling, Wolfgang Münschau, Alan Murray, Daniel Neilson, Kevin O’Rourke, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Yaga Venugopal Reddy, William Rees, Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, Andre Sapir, Orville Schell, Garry Schinasi, Mario Seccareccia, Andrew Sheng, Victor Shih, Robert Skidelsky, John Smithin, George Soros, Joseph Stiglitz, Larry Summers, Alan Taylor, Gillian Tett, Niels Christoffer Thygesen, Adair Turner, Leanne Ussher, Andres Velasco, Paul Volker, Christian Westerlind Wigstrom, Martin Wolf, Yu Yongding, Min Zhu, and Steve Ziliak.
For a detailed view of the conference agenda and participants please visit the INET website at: http://ineteconomics.org/initiatives/conferences/bretton-woods
About the Institute for New Economic Thinking:
Launched in October 2009 with a $50 million commitment from George Soros and driven by the global financial crisis, the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) is dedicated to empowering and supporting the next generation of economists and scholars in related fields through research grants, Task Force groups, academic partnerships, and conferences. INET embraces the professional responsibility to think beyond current paradigms. Ultimately, INET is committed to broadening and accelerating the development of innovative thinking that can lead to insights into and solutions for the great challenges of the 21st century and return economics to its core mission of guiding and protecting society. For more information please visit http://www.ineteconomics.org/
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The conference will host over 200 of the world’s leading economists, finance experts, and young scholars for debate and discussion on the pressing economic issues of our time. Sessions include:
- The Emerging Economic and Political Order: What Lies Ahead?
- Bretton Woods Conference, Historical Review
- Bretton Woods: What Can We Learn from the Past in Designing the Future?
- Getting Back on Track: Macroeconomic Management After a Financial Crisis
- Sovereignty and Institutional Design in the Global Age: The Global Market and the Nation States
- Can Sovereignty and Effective International Supervision be Reconciled? The Challenge of Large Complex Financial Institutions
- Exploring Complexity in Economic Theory
- The Political Economy of Structural Adjustment: Understanding the Obstacles to Cooperation
- The Market or the State? Can Market Forces Deliver Innovation, Education, and Infrastructure?
- Sustainable Economics
- Optimal Currency Areas and Governance: The Challenge of Europe
- The Architecture of Asia: Financial Structure and an Emerging Economic System
- Rising to the Challenge: Equity, Adjustment and Balance in the World Economy
The conference will feature keynote addresses from Gordon Brown, the Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Larry Summers, the Former Director of the White House’s National Economic Council; a conversation on New Economic Thinking with Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator for the Financial Times; a report from INET’s Economics Curriculum Committee Task Force; and a special breakfast hosted by Dr. Robert Johnson, Executive Director of INET, for the select young scholars invited to attend the conference.
“This year in Bretton Woods, INET will address new issues and challenges in economics relating to a range of topics in theory, practice, and governance,” commented Dr. Robert Johnson, Executive Director of INET. “And to guide us through the three days of debate and discussion, we have assembled an impressive array of speakers, moderators and panelists who have the insight and experience to advance the cause of new economic thinking.”
The Bretton Woods conference speakers presently include: Anat Admati, Philippe Aghion, Brian Arthur, Jim Balsillie, Eric Beinhocker, Erik Berglöf, Tom Bernes, Paul Blustein, Claudio Borio, James Boughton, Richard Bronk, Gordon Brown, Wendy Carlin, Mark Carney, John Cassidy, Ha-Joon Chang, Barbara Craig, Charles Dallara, Paul Davidson, Marcello de Cecco, Barry Eichengreen, Alex Evans, Niall Ferguson, Tom Ferguson, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Duncan Foley, Jeffrey Frankel, Chrystia Freeland, Roman Frydman, Ian Goldin, Andy Haldane, Joseph Halevi, Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Kevin Hoover, Yasheng Huang, Joyce Jacobsen, Harold James, William Janeway, Marleen Janssen Groesbeek, Paul Jenkins, Robert Johnson, Simon Johnson, Anatole Kaletsky, Henry Kaufman, John Kay, Richard Koo, Louis Kuijs, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Deepak Lal, William Lazonick, Robert Litan, Barry Lynn, Dalia Marin, Felix Martin, Richard McGregor, Perry Mehrling, Wolfgang Münschau, Alan Murray, Daniel Neilson, Kevin O’Rourke, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Yaga Venugopal Reddy, William Rees, Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, Andre Sapir, Orville Schell, Garry Schinasi, Mario Seccareccia, Andrew Sheng, Victor Shih, Robert Skidelsky, John Smithin, George Soros, Joseph Stiglitz, Larry Summers, Alan Taylor, Gillian Tett, Niels Christoffer Thygesen, Adair Turner, Leanne Ussher, Andres Velasco, Paul Volker, Christian Westerlind Wigstrom, Martin Wolf, Yu Yongding, Min Zhu, and Steve Ziliak.
For a detailed view of the conference agenda and participants please visit the INET website at: http://ineteconomics.org/initiatives/conferences/bretton-woods
About the Institute for New Economic Thinking:
Launched in October 2009 with a $50 million commitment from George Soros and driven by the global financial crisis, the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) is dedicated to empowering and supporting the next generation of economists and scholars in related fields through research grants, Task Force groups, academic partnerships, and conferences. INET embraces the professional responsibility to think beyond current paradigms. Ultimately, INET is committed to broadening and accelerating the development of innovative thinking that can lead to insights into and solutions for the great challenges of the 21st century and return economics to its core mission of guiding and protecting society. For more information please visit http://www.ineteconomics.org/
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