Alternative Money University 2018: Program
July 15 – 18, 2018
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001
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 |