The Institute for New Economic Thinking Opens Its Second Annual Plenary Conference at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
INET Executive Director Dr. Robert Johnson calls for the growth of a community that will rebuild trust in the economics profession.
Bretton Woods, NH, April 09, 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 opening of second annual plenary conference, Crisis and Renewal: International Political Economy at the Crossroads, being held from April 8 through 10, 2011 at the historic Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
In his opening remarks, Dr. Robert Johnson, Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking cited the onslaught of global issues that have called into question the effectiveness of current governance and current tools, creating an illusion of control over the economics system.
“There is now very little trust in unfettered markets, in government, and in our expertise,” said Dr. Robert Johnson. “Core to the mission of INET is to undertake the efforts necessary to create a community of economists that will rebuild trust in our profession.”
The video proceedings of the conference will be posted at INET’s website over the course of the weekend. Regular conference updates will also be provided in the blog section of INET’s website, as well as via Twitter (#INET2011) and Facebook (/INETeconomics).
Over 60 print, radio, television and Internet journalists representing the world’s leading news organizations, influential bloggers, and local news organizations are in attendance and are filing regular reports from the conference.
The conference is hosting 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 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
- Panel Discussion: Rising to the Challenge: Equity, Adjustment and Balance in the World Economy
The conference features keynote addresses from Gordon Brown, the Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Lawrence 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 private breakfast hosted by Dr. Robert Johnson, Executive Director of INET, for the select young scholars invited to attend the conference.
The Bretton Woods conference speakers are: Anat Admati, Philippe Aghion, Brian Arthur, Jim Balsillie, Eric Beinhocker, Erik Berglof, Tom Bernes, Paul Blustein, Claudio Borio, James Boughton, Richard Bronk, Gordon Brown, Wendy Carlin, John Cassidy, Ha-Joon Chang, Barbara Craig, Charles Dallara, Marcello DeCecco, 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, Tad 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, Jeffery Sachs, Andre Sapir, Orville Schell, Garry Schinasi, Mario Seccareccia, Andrew Sheng, Victor Shih, Robert Skidelsky, John Smithin, George Soros, Joseph Stiglitz, Lawrence 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, and to view the conference video proceedings please visit the INET website: 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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In his opening remarks, Dr. Robert Johnson, Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking cited the onslaught of global issues that have called into question the effectiveness of current governance and current tools, creating an illusion of control over the economics system.
“There is now very little trust in unfettered markets, in government, and in our expertise,” said Dr. Robert Johnson. “Core to the mission of INET is to undertake the efforts necessary to create a community of economists that will rebuild trust in our profession.”
The video proceedings of the conference will be posted at INET’s website over the course of the weekend. Regular conference updates will also be provided in the blog section of INET’s website, as well as via Twitter (#INET2011) and Facebook (/INETeconomics).
Over 60 print, radio, television and Internet journalists representing the world’s leading news organizations, influential bloggers, and local news organizations are in attendance and are filing regular reports from the conference.
The conference is hosting 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 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
- Panel Discussion: Rising to the Challenge: Equity, Adjustment and Balance in the World Economy
The conference features keynote addresses from Gordon Brown, the Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Lawrence 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 private breakfast hosted by Dr. Robert Johnson, Executive Director of INET, for the select young scholars invited to attend the conference.
The Bretton Woods conference speakers are: Anat Admati, Philippe Aghion, Brian Arthur, Jim Balsillie, Eric Beinhocker, Erik Berglof, Tom Bernes, Paul Blustein, Claudio Borio, James Boughton, Richard Bronk, Gordon Brown, Wendy Carlin, John Cassidy, Ha-Joon Chang, Barbara Craig, Charles Dallara, Marcello DeCecco, 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, Tad 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, Jeffery Sachs, Andre Sapir, Orville Schell, Garry Schinasi, Mario Seccareccia, Andrew Sheng, Victor Shih, Robert Skidelsky, John Smithin, George Soros, Joseph Stiglitz, Lawrence 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, and to view the conference video proceedings please visit the INET website: 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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