Alternative Money University 2018: Program

July 15 – 18, 2018

Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001

About | Program | Faculty

Sunday, July 15

5:30-6:30PM	Registration
7:00-9:00PM	Welcoming Dinner and Keynote James Bullard, President and CEO of the St. Louis Federal Reserve

Monday, July 16

8:00-9:00AM	Breakfast
9:00-10:30AM	The Evolution of Money and Banks George Selgin, Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute
10:30-11:00AM	Break
11:00AM-12:30PM	Monetary Stability, Deflation, and Productivity David Beckworth, Senior Research Fellow, Program on Monetary Policy, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
12:30-2:00PM	Lunch
2:00-3:30PM	The Economics of Commodity Money (and Bitcoin) Lawrence H. White, Professor of Economics, George Mason University
3:30-4:00PM	Break
4:00-5:30PM	Monetary Rules vs. Discretion Scott Sumner, Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy and Director, Program on Monetary Policy, Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Professor Emeritus, Bentley University
5:30-6:30PM	Break
6:30PM	Dinner and Keynote: The New Monetary Economics Randall Wright, Ray B. Zemon Professor of Liquid Assets, University of Wisconsin School of Business

Tuesday, July 17

8:00-9:00AM	Breakfast
9:00-10:30AM	Free Banking in Theory and Practice Lawrence H. White, Professor of Economics, George Mason University
10:30-11:00AM	Break
11:00AM-12:30PM	Financial Crises and the Founding of the Fed George Selgin, Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute
12:30-2:00PM	Lunch
2:00-3:30PM	The Role of Monetary Policy in the Great Recession David Beckworth, Senior Research Fellow, Program on Monetary Policy, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
3:30-4:00PM	Break
4:00-5:30PM	Monetary Policy in a Post-Crisis World Scott Sumner, Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy and Director, Program on Monetary Policy, Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Professor Emeritus, Bentley University
5:30-6:30PM	Break
6:30PM	Dinner

Wednesday, July 18

8:00-9:00AM	Breakfast
9:00-11:00AM	Monetary Policy Alternatives: A Round-Table Discussion All Faculty