CLOSING ADDRESSJohn A. Allison Former Chairman and CEO, BB&T, and Distinguished Professor of Practice, Wake Forest UniversityProblems primarily caused by government policy, loose Fed policy, GSE policies.Fed jobs: payment...
Read MorePANEL 4: A PROGRAM FOR MONETARY FREEDOMModerator: Alan Reynolds Senior Fellow, Cato InstituteStimulus: money away from productive uses and toward the goverment and other unproductive bits of malinvestment like autos and...
Read MorePANEL 3: TRANSITION TO A NEW MONETARY REGIMEModerator: Steve H. Hanke Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins UniversityDM: Steve Hanke was a professor of mine when I went to Hopkins.Targeting NGDP — Cato Institute —...
Read MoreLUNCHEON CONVERSATIONRobert Zoellick President, World BankQuestions from:Sebastian Mallaby Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsAsked about the EU crisis:Missed his first point.2) Greek debt forgiveness may come. 3) EFSF...
Read MorePANEL 2: FED POLICY AND THE ALLOCATION OF CREDITModerator: Mark A. Calabria Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato InstituteMalinvestment vs capital flowing to most productive sectors of the economy.Jeffrey M. Lacker...
Read MorePANEL 1: RETHINKING THE GLOBAL FIAT MONEY SYSTEMModerator: Mary Anastasia O’Grady Member, Editorial Board, Wall Street JournalComments that the Fed buying MBS reminds her of the Latin American countries that she...
Read MoreI’m just going to give notes from speakers.Ron PaulInflation running about 4%/yr, would be higher if older standards were used.Congress derelict in duties of overseeing the Fed.Little enthusiasm in Congress for auditing...
Read MoreWhy do you do what you do Do you do it for money Many do. Do you do it because you love it Some get to do that. Do you do it because you think you have the truth, and want to make it known Few do that. Mike Mayo seems to be one...
Read MoreThis is the first book that I have reviewed twice. I reviewed the third edition of the book previously, but I am reviewing the sixth edition now.Kindleberger places the manias, panics, and crashes on a common grid, to see their...
Read MoreWhat do you do with a book that has one major thing wrong, and a lot of minor things right I’m not sure, but my compromise is to give it a low num1er of stars on Amazon, and mention the good and bad points. In a perverse...
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