Cato Institute 30th Annual Monetary Conference
Money, Markets, and Government: The Next 30 Years
Thursday, November 15, 2012
9:00 a.m. — 6:15 p.m.
Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
About the Conference | Conference Schedule
CATO'S 30TH ANNUAL MONETARY CONFERENCE — MONEY, MARKETS, AND GOVERNMENT: THE NEXT 30 YEARS — will address the links between sound money, free markets, and limited government, and how those links might evolve in the future. One path is to continue the present course and use central banks to monetize government debt, allocate credit, and distort interest rates. An alternative path is to limit the size and scope of government, adopt a rules-based regime, and let free capital markets allocate credit. The choice of monetary and fiscal policy regimes will determine whether economic and social harmony will spontaneously emerge or whether government power will continue to grow.
Join leading U.S. and global experts to discuss
- How the choice of monetary and fiscal policy regimes affect economic freedom and prosperity
- Policy steps needed to avoid future financial crises
- Lessons from the Eurozone debt crisis
- The limits of monetary policy
- China's path toward capital freedom
Follow the conversation on Twitter with the Hashtag: #CMC30.
Please join our distinguished speakers on Thursday, November 15, to discuss these and related issues.
Featured Speakers
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Vernon L. Smith
Professor of Economics, Chapman University, and Nobel Laureate in Economics |
Thomas Hoenig
Vice Chairman,Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
John B. Taylor
Professor of Economics, Stanford University |
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George S. Tavlas
Director, Bank of Greece |
Jürgen Stark
Former Chief Economist, European Central Bank |
Charles I. Plosser
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
About the Conference | Conference Schedule
Conference Schedule
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
REGISTRATION
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9:00 - 9:05 a.m. |
WELCOMING REMARKS
James A. Dorn Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cato Institute
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9:05 - 9:45 a.m. |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Vernon L. Smith Professor of Economics, Chapman University, and Nobel Laureate in Economics
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9:45 - 11:00 a.m. |
PANEL 1: AVOIDING THE NEXT CRISIS
Moderator: Zanny Minton Beddoes Economics Editor, The Economist
Thomas Hoenig Vice Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lawrence H. White Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Robert L. Hetzel Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Jeffrey A. Miron Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Economics, Harvard University
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11:00 - 11:15 a.m. |
BREAK
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11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
PANEL 2: THE LIMITS OF MONETARY POLICY
Moderator: William Poole Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Allan H. Meltzer Professor of Economics, Carnegie-Mellon University
Kevin Warsh Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
David Malpass President, Encima Global
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12:30 - 1:15 p.m. |
LUNCHEON
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1:15 - 2:00 p.m. |
LUNCHEON ADDRESS
John B. Taylor Professor of Economics, Stanford University
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2:00 - 3:15 p.m. |
PANEL 3: LESSONS FROM THE EURO CRISIS
Moderator: Mary Anastasia O'Grady Member, Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal
George S. Tavlas Director, Bank of Greece
Jürgen Stark Former Chief Economist, European Central Bank
Pedro Schwartz Giron Professor of Economics, San Pablo University, Madrid
Wolfgang Münchau Associate Editor, Financial Times
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3:15 - 3:30 p.m. |
BREAK
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3:30 - 4:30 p.m. |
PANEL 4: CAPITAL FREEDOM FOR CHINA?
Moderator: Tao Zhang U.S. Bureau Chief, Caixin Media
Eswar S. Prasad Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University
Yukon Huang Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Zhiwu Chen Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
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4:30 - 5:15 p.m. |
CLOSING ADDRESS
Charles I. Plosser President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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5:15 - 6:15 p.m. |
RECEPTION
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