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Working Paper
Conference paper
Anatomy of Crisis: Economic Theory, Politics and Policy

By William White

Apr 2010

The current economic and financial crisis, and it is both, has already imposed great costs on the global economy. Nor is there any guarantee that we have seen the worst and that recovery is now assured.
Working Paper
Conference paper
George Soros: The Living History of the Last 30 years

By George Soros

Apr 2010

Economic theory has modeled itself on theoretical physics. It has sought to establish timelessly valid laws that govern economic behavior and can be used reversibly both to explain and to predict events.
Working Paper
Conference paper
Efficient Market Theory and the Recent Financial Crisis

By Jeremy Siegel

Apr 2010

The world economy in 2008-2009 has passed through the most severe economic downturn since World War II. This global recession was preceded by the collapse of some of the largest financial institutions in the world.
Conference Session

Anatomy of Crisis- The Living History of the Last 30 Years: Economic Theory, Politics and Policy

Featuring George Soros, Perry G. Mehrling, William White, and Roman Frydman

Apr 8, 2010 | 03:00—04:50
Conference Session

Has the Efficient Market Hypothesis Led to the Crisis? Collapsed with The Crisis?

Featuring George Akerlof, Markus K. Brunnermeier, Michael Goldberg, and Jeremy Siegel

Apr 8, 2010 | 05:15—07:25
Conference Session

What Kind of Theory to Guide Reform and Restructuring of the Financial and Non-Financial Sectors?

Featuring Franklin Allen, Sheila Dow, Axel Leijonhufvud, and Joe Stiglitz

Apr 8, 2010 | 09:50—11:40
Webinars and Events

The Economic Crisis and the Crisis in Economics
New Economic Thinking 2010

Plenary
Apr 8–11, 2010

The Institute for New Economic Thinking convened many of the world’s most distinguished economists, academics and thought leaders at its inaugural Conference at King’s College, University of Cambridge.
Working Paper
Conference paper
Interpreting the Great Depression: Hayek versus Keynes

By Robert Skidelsky

Apr 2010

This is not intended to be a purely historical paper. I am interested in the light the Keynesian and Hayekian interpretations of the Great Depression throw on the causes of the Great Recession of 2007-9 and in the policy relevance of the two positions to the management of today’s globalizing economy.
Conference Session

1930 and the Challenge of the Depression for Economic Thinking

Featuring Robert Skidelsky and Bruce Caldwell

Apr 7, 2010 | 03:00—05:00
Conference Session

Where are we now? Debts, Deficits and Global Financial Stability

Featuring John Cassidy

Apr 7, 2010 | 10:00—11:30
Working Paper
Journal article
On The Career of a Microeconomist

By William J. Baumol

Jan 1983

An autobiographical paper by William J. Baumol, in which he recounts his academic life and career. The paper is a contribution to a series of recollections and reflections on the professional experiences of distinguished economists which the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review (now PSL Quarterly Review) started in 1979.
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Anat Admati

George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics, Stanford University Director, Corporations and Society Initiative Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
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Andrew Acevedo
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Program Manager in Strategic Alliances, Mass General Research Institute Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Natural and Applied Sciences at Bentley University
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Antonio Acconcia
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Professor of Economics , University of Naples Federico II
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Amanda Alexander

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
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Alexander Arapoglou

Professor of the Practice of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Arie Arnon

Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
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Anurag Behar

Chief Executive Officer, Azim Premji Foundation Vice Chancellor, Premji University
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Amy Blake

Keane Federal Systems
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Andrea Attar

CNRS Researcher, Toulouse School of Economics Professor, University of Roma Tor Vergata
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Alessandra Casarico

Associate Professor of Public Economics, Bocconi University
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Angus Burgin

Assistant Professor, Department of History, Johns Hopkins University
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Anthony Blundell-Wignall

Director in the Directorate for Financial & Enterprise Affairs and Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Financial Markets, OECD
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Alberto Botta

Lecturer, Economic Policy, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria
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Arturo Chang

Assistant Professor , Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto
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Anton Brender
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Alejandro A. Canadas
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Antonio Damasio

University Professor, David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology and Neurology , University of Southern California
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Amitava Dutt

Professor of Economics and Political Science, Notre Dame University
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Alex Evans

Head of Research Program , Center on International Cooperation
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Arindrajit Dube

Research Economist, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Abe de Jong

Professor, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), Netherlands
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Alexandria Eisenbarth
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Adam Tooze

Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History, Columbia University
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Alessia De Stefani

Economist, Danmarks Nationalbank
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Angel Gurría

Secretary-General, OECD
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Andrea Fumagalli

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Pavia
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Alicia Giron

Researcher, Institute of Economic Research
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Antonio Foglia

Global Partners Council Director, Belgrave Capital Management Ltd.
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Antoine Godin
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Post-doctoral Researcher, Kemmy Business School
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Antonio Guarino

Professor of Economics, University College of London
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Aboozar Hadavand
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Adam Goldstein

PhD Student, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
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Alexis McGill Johnson

Executive Director, Perception Institute
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Anne Hammerstad

Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Kent
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Aixa Cintrón-Vélez

Program Director, Russell Sage Foundation
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Amir Herzberg

Associate Professor , Bar Ilan University Visiting Professor , Technische Universitat Darmstadt
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Arianna Huffington

Chair, President and Editor-In-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group
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Armen Hovakimian
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Professor of Finance, Zicklin School of Business
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Alex Kinmont

Representative Director and CEO , Milestone Asset Management
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Alan Kirman

Directeur d'etudes, CAMS-EHESS Paris Professor Emeritus, Aix Marseille University Senior Adviser, OECD NAEC Initiative
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Arie Krampf

Research, Freie Universität Berlin
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Anatole Kaletsky

Governing Board Founder and Chairman, GaveKal Dragonomics
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Amanda Lang

Journalist, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Alex Kentikelenis

Research Associate, University of Cambridge
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Anna Kovner

Vice President and Policy Leader for Financial Stability, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Ajay Kela

President and CEO, Wadhwani Foundation
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Andrew W. Lo

Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Arthur Lewbel

Professor of Economics, Boston College
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Alessandro Vercelli

Professor, University of Siena
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Alicia Garza

Special Projects Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance Co-Founder, #BlackLivesMatter
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Alex Molnar

Research Professor & Publications Director, National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado Boulder
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Alessandro Roncaglia
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Alberto Baccini

Professor of Economics, University of Siena Founder and Editor, roars.it Editor in Chief, Roars Transactions
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Amit Bhaduri

Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University Visting Professor, Council for Social Development
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Atif Mian

Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance, Princeton University Director, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Woodrow Wilson School
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Antoine Mandel
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Associate Professor, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Nicola Amendola

Assistant Professor, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Monetary theory; poverty and inequality measurement
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Alp Simsek

Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Amin Shams

Ph.D. candidate, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
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Annie Lowrey

Contributing Editor, The Atlantic
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Antonella Stirati

Academic Council Professor of Economics, Roma Tre University
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Amanda Novello

Coordinator of YSI Sustainability Working Group
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Andrea Gabor

Bloomberg Professor, Baruch College
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Annela Anger-Kraavi

Director of Studies & College Lecturer in Economics, Downing College in Cambridge Chief Executive, The Cambridge Trust for New Thinking in Economics
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Antonella Palumbo

Associate Professor, Economics, Roma Tre University
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Anamaria Lopez
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Andrew Kortina

Co-Founder, Fin Co-Founder, Venmo
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Adam Posen

President, Peterson Institute
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Avner Offer

Professor of History, University of Oxford
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Adolph Reed

Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, University of Pennsylvania
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Arturo O’Connell
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Albert Park

Chair Professor , Hong Kong Institute for Science and Technology
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André Orléan

Professor of Economics , Ecole Normale Supérieure
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Alissa Quart

Executive Editor, Economic Hardship Reporting Project
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Alain Parguez

Emeritus Professor of Economics, Université de Franche-Comté at Besançon
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Alex Pollock

Distinguished Senior Fellow, R Street Institute
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Arnout de Pee

Partner, McKinsey, Amsterdam Brings in-depth expertise in the energy sector, serving global leaders and running projects across every facet of the industry; leads a diverse array of projects for McKinsey’s energy-related practices.
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Alex Rosenberg

R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy, Duke University
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Armon Rezai

Assistant Professor, Environmental Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business
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Andre Sapir

Professor of Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles
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Aurélien Saïdi
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Affiliate Professor, ESCP Europe
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Alberto Russo
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Università Politecnica delle Marche