A Conference Sponsored by the Economics Program, the Economics Studies Group and the Graduate Center

The collapse of Lehman Brothers on September 2008 marked the beginning of one of the most important crises of our era.  The Economics Program and the Economics Studies Group are bringing experts and speakers who will discuss the nature of the crisis, the response to it and how to prepare for the next crisis.

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The Program:

November 27, 2018  

Location: Segal Theater, the Graduate Center, CUNY

11:30 – Introduction to the Conference by Merih Uctum

11:40–1:30 – Monetary Policy and its Impact

• Richard W. Fisher – Former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Senior Advisor to Barclays

RSVP to Day 1*:

*Note: This RSVP is for day 1. To attend day 2, please use the RSVP button under the November 28, 2018 section. If you plan to attend both days, you must RSVP for both days.

November 28, 2018

Location: William Kelly Skylight Room, the Graduate Center, CUNY

3:00 – 3:15 – Welcome by Provost Joy Connolly

3:15–4:15 – Response to the 2008 Financial Crisis – Panel Discussion

• Jesse Eisinger – Senior Reporter at ProPublica, author Pulitzer Prize winner
• Robert Hockett, Edward Cornell Professor of Law and Professor of Public Affairs at Cornell University
• Andrew Ross Sorkin – Financial columnist, The New York Times, author, co-anchor, CNBC

       Moderator: Rana Foroohar – Financial Times

4:20 – 4:40 – Live Video with Jeffrey D. Sachs

• Jeffrey D. Sachs – University Professor at Columbia University, Senior UN Advisor

4:40 – 5:00 – The Legacy of the Bailouts: Where Are We Now?

• Neil Barofsky – Former TARP Inspector General, Partner at Jenner and, Block LLP

5:00 – 6:30 – Retrospective of the Financial Crisis – Panel Discussion

• Dan Alpert – Founding Managing Partner at Westwood Capital LLC and Senior Fellow in Financial Macroeconomics at Cornell Law School
• Paul Krugman – Nobel Laureate, Distinguished Professor, The Graduate Center and Op-Ed columnist, The New York Times
• Patricia Mosser – Former Head of the Research and Analysis Center at the Office of Financial Research, US Treasury Department; Director MPA Program in Economic Policy Management, SIPA, Columbia University

       Moderator: Paul Krugman

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Sponsored by the Ph.D. Program in Economics, the Economics Study Group, and the Graduate Center.

Organizers:

• Merih Uctum, Professor of Economics, Deputy Executive Officer, Ph D. Program in Economics, Director, The Economics Studies Group, the Graduate Center muctum@gc.cuny.edu.
• Veronica Manlow, Associate Professor, Business Management, Koppelman School of Business, Brooklyn College vmanlow@brooklyn.cuny.edu.