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.
Please look for event registration in the coming months.
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 |
| 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. |
Panel 1: Asset Market Bubbles and Fed Policy
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
Moderator: Alan Reynolds 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 William Poole Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, and Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| 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
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 - 4:30 p.m. | Reception |