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Ford Foundation Hosts Minsky Conference on Meeting the Challenges of the Financial Crisis

On April 16 and 17, the Ford Foundation hosted the 18th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of the U.S. and World Economies. Organized by The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, the conference convened leading economists, policymakers, and financial analysts to assess the challenges of the financial crisis and offer solutions.

Speakers included:

• Bruce Kasman, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Dennis P. Lockhart, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• James Grant, Grant's Interest Rate Observer
• Janet L. Yellen, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Norbert Walter, Deutsche Bank
• Henry Kaufman, Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc.
• Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University

There were six sessions on:

1. Assessment of Fed/Treasury Response to Crisis
2. Proposals on Alternative Financial Regulation
3. Levy Institute—Ford Project Proposals on Reregulation of the Financial System
4. The Institutional Shape of the Future Financial System
5. Current Conditions and Forecasts
6. Alternative Stimulus and Bailout Proposals

For more information, visit The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.