Mar 21, 2011

UCC Economics Conference

"Different Roads to Recovery".

Saturday 19th March, 10 am - 5pm in BOOLE 1, UCC


for directions see http://www.ucc.ie/en/visitors/maps/
facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106180676129852
 10am - Opening: Chair Economics Society, Chair Politics Society,
10.15 - 11.45am - From Clash to Compromise: Is Deficit Reduction AND Keynesian Expansion possible?
Tom McDonnell (TASC) + Seamus Coffee (UCC) + Robbie Butler (UCC)

11.45 - 12 - free teas & biscuits
12 - 1.30pm - Taming the Banks and Bondmarkets : Regulation,Prosecution and Defaults.
Peter Matthews TD (Former ICC, 25 yrs exp) + Arthur Doohan (offsetdebt.net - former bondtrader, 15yrs exp)
1.30 - 2.30pm -  Free Lunch
2.30 - 4pm -   From Vicious to Virtuous Cycle: Monetary Policy, Banking Reform and New Currencies.  
moved to earlier time slot at 2.30
Ben Dyson (Positive Money, UK) +  Richard Douthwaite (Feasta)

4 - 5pm  -  Various Workshops - 
Options - a) Argentinian Crisis OR Origins of Irish Crisis   
and b)  Convergent Crisis & Limit of Growth  OR    Economic Complexity and Global Depression

5 -  5.15pm - Summary of Reports and Closing

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Admission is free and no booking required.
Contact Mark Khan demos.ie@gmail.com with any queries.