THE CONFERENCE @ King's College
INET Inaugural Event
Cambridge, UK - April 8 - 11th
- 1930 and the Challenge of the Depression for Economic Thinking: Friedrich Hayek versus John Maynard Keynes
- Anatomy of Crisis – The Living History of the Last 30 years: Economic Theory, Politics and Policy
- What Kind of Theory to Guide Reform and Restructuring of the Financial and Non-Financial Sectors?
- Has the Efficient Market Hypothesis Led to the Crisis? Collapsed with The Crisis?
- Toward a New Global Financial Architecture
- How Empirical Evidence Does or Does Not Influence Economic Thinking and Theory: Calibration, Statistical Inference, and Structural Change
- The Consequences of Inequality and Wealth Distribution
- Mathematical Models: Rigorously Testable, Qualitative Metaphors, or Simply an Entry Barrier
- Political Economy: What Can Government Do? What Will Government Do?
WELCOME
The invitation-only inaugural Conference is a landmark achievement reflecting the organization's extraordinary commitment and dedication to invigorating the conversation around economic theory, method, and policy and to fostering the development of original and innovative contributions to economic thinking.
We envision that more than 150 academic, business and government policy thought leaders from around the world will convene to explore the reasons why prevailing economic theory failed to predict the financial and economic crisis that erupted in 2007-2008.
WHY THIS CONFERENCE, WHY NOW?
The Institute and conference were born when a group led by George Soros came together at the Bedford Summit to discuss the crisis in 2008. Concerns over a history of poor economic guidance revealed the need for continued conversations and a new forum. The conference will gather the world’s brightest economists and leaders to provoke innovative thinking and positive change.