After more than nine years of unconventional monetary policy, it’s time to question the Fed’s strategy and offer new ideas for the future of monetary policy. At Cato’s 35th Annual Monetary Conference, leading scholars, policymakers, and journalists will examine the case for a rules-based international monetary system, consider steps to normalize monetary policy, debate the future of currency, and explore China’s future in the global monetary system.
Please join our distinguished speakers on Thursday, November 16, to discuss these and related issues.
Schedule
| 8:30 — 9:00AM |
REGISTRATION |
| 9:00 — 9:10AM |
WELCOMING REMARKS
Peter Goettler
President and CEO, Cato Institute |
| 9:10 — 9:50AM |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
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Loretta J. Mester
President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Demographics and Their Implications for the Economy and Policy (pdf) |
| 9:50 — 11:15AM |
PANEL 1: TOWARD A RULES-BASED INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM
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Moderator: Josh Zumbrun
National Economics Correspondent, Wall Street Journal
John B. Taylor
Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University
George S. Tavlas
Member, Monetary Policy Council, Bank of Greece
Judy Shelton
Author, Money Meltdown: Restoring Order to the Global Currency System
Charles I. Plosser
Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| 11:15 — 11:45AM |
BREAK |
| 11:45AM — 1:15PM |
PANEL 2: NORMALIZING MONETARY POLICY
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Moderator: Mickey D. Levy
Chief Economist for the Americas and Asia, Berenberg Capital Markets
Martin Feldstein
George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Kevin Warsh
Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
J. Huston McCulloch
Adjunct Professor of Economics, New York University
Gunther Schnabl
Professor of Economics, Leipzig University |
| 1:15 — 2:00PM |
LUNCHEON |
| 2:00 — 2:40PM |
LUNCHEON ADDRESS
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Rep. Andy Barr (R‑KY)
Chairman, House Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Trade |
| 2:40 — 4:00PM |
PANEL 3: THE FUTURE OF CURRENCY
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Moderator: George Selgin
Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute
Lawrence H. White
Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Norbert Michel
Director, Center for Data Analysis, The Heritage Foundation
William D. Lastrapes
Professor of Economics, University of Georgia |
| 4:00 — 4:15PM |
BREAK |
| 4:15 — 5:15PM |
PANEL 4: THE FUTURE OF CHINA IN THE GLOBAL MONETARY SYSTEM
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Moderator: James A. Dorn
Vice President for Monetary Studies, Cato Institute
Eswar S. Prasad
Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University
Charles W. Calomiris
Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia Business School
David Dollar
Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution |
| 5:15 — 6:15PM |
RECEPTION |
