Alternative Money University: Program
July 21 – 24, 2019
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001
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Alternative Money University 2019 Program forthcoming
Sunday, July 21
| 5:30-7:00PM | Registration |
Wintergreen/Lobby |
| 7:00-9:00PM | Welcoming Dinner and Keynote Randall Wright, Ray B. Zemon Professor of Liquid Assets, University of Wisconsin School of Business |
Conference Hall 1, 2nd Floor |
Monday, July 22
| 8:00-9:00AM | Breakfast |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |
| 9:00-10:30AM | The Evolution of Money and Banks George Selgin, Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |
| 10:30-11:00AM | Break |
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| 11:00AM-12:30PM | Free Banking in Theory and in Practice Lawrence H. White, Professor of Economics, George Mason University |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |
| 12:30-1:30PM | Lunch |
Conference Hall 1, 2nd Floor |
| 1:30-3:00PM | Theoretical Underpinnings of Market Monetarism David Beckworth, Director, Monetary Policy Program, Mercatus Center at George Mason University |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |
| 3:00-3:30PM | Break |
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| 3:30-5:00PM | The Place of Monetary Institutions in Monetary Theory Randall Wright, Ray B. Zemon Professor of Liquid Assets, University of Wisconsin School of Business |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |
| 5:00-6:30PM | Break |
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| 6:30PM | Dinner and Keynote Address John Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University |
Tuesday, July 23
| 8:00-9:00AM | Breakfast |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |
| 9:00-10:30AM | Managing Fiat Money: Rules vs. Discretion Scott Sumner, Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy, Mercatus Center at George Mason University |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |
| 10:30-11:00AM | Break |
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| 11:00AM-12:30PM | Cryptocurrency: Private Currency of the Future? Lawrence H. White, Professor of Economics, George Mason University |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |
| 12:30-1:30PM | Lunch |
Conference Hall 1, 2nd Floor |
| 1:30-3:00PM | The Role of Monetary Policy in the Great Recession David Beckworth, Director, Monetary Policy Program, Mercatus Center at George Mason University |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |
| 3:00-3:30PM | Break |
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| 3:30-5:00PM | Monetary Policy in a Post-Crisis World Scott Sumner, Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy, Mercatus Center at George Mason University |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |
| 5:00-6:30PM | Break |
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| 6:30PM | Dinner and Keynote Address: Financial Crises and the Founding of the Fed George Selgin, Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute |
Conference Hall 1, 2nd Floor |
Wednesday, July 24
| 8:00-9:00AM | Breakfast |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |
| 9:00-11:00AM | Monetary Policy Alternatives: A Round-Table Discussion All Faculty |
Conference Hall 2/3, 2nd Floor |