ESRC World Economy and Finance Research Programme Conference and Reception One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA Thursday 28th January 2010, 2 – 7.30 pm Programme Session 1: Challenges for Macroeconomic Analysis Patrick Minford (Cardiff University) “The Banking Crisis: A Rational Interpretation” David Vines (University of Oxford): “Keynes, Finance, and the Future of Macroeconomics after the Crisis” John Driffill (Birkbeck) and Marcus Miller (Warwick) “When Money Matters” Session 2: Macroeconomic Policy and Managing Public Finances George Alogoskoufis (Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business. Minister of Economy and Finance, Greece, March 2004 – January 2009) “Macroeconomic Policy in the Euro Area after the Crisis” Simon Wren-Lewis (University of Oxford) “Fiscal Policy and Stabilization” Session 3: Financial Services and Markets: Reconfiguration and Regulation Justin O’Brien (Professor of Law, University of New South Wales) Kern Alexander (Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London) MORE SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED, SEE www.worldeconomyandfinance.org People are most welcome to attend for all or part. We would just like those planning to come to register with [log in to unmask]