Γ. Αρσένης– Λ. Κατσέλη στο Διεθνές συνέδριο “Η κρίση στην Ευρωζώνη &οι πολιτικές λιτότητας”

Η Λούκα Κατσέλη, καθηγήτρια ΕΚΠΑ και Πρόεδρος της Κοινωνικής Συμφωνίας θα πάρει μέρος στο 6ο στρογγυλό τραπέζι για την ανάπτυξη και τις θέσεις εργασίας το Σάββατο 9 Νοεμβρίου 2013, ώρα 1:30 – 3:30 μ.μ. με εισήγηση με θέμα «Από τη λιτότητα στην ευημερία:  Οι προκλήσεις που πρέπει να αντιμετωπίσουμε».

Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με το πρόγραμμα του Συνεδρίου και τους εισηγητές http://www.levyinstitute.org/greek/athens/

Διεθνές συνέδριο

«Η κρίση στην Ευρωζώνη και την Ελλάδα και η εμπειρία με τις πολιτικές λιτότητας»

Μέγαρο Διεθνές Συνεδριακό Κέντρο Αθηνών

8–9 Νοεμβρίου 2013

Preliminary Conference Program

Friday, November 8

8:00−9:15 a.m.  Registration

9:15−9:30 a.m.  Welcome and Introduction

Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Institute

9:30−11:00 a.m.            Session 1. Europe at the Crossroads: The End of Muddle-through

MODERATOR: Liz Alderman, European Economics, Business, and Finance Reporter, The New York Times

SPEAKERS: Philippe Gudin de Vallerin, Managing Director and Chief European Economist, Barclays

“The Outlook for the Resolution of the Euro Crisis”

Ebrahim Rahbari, Director, European and Global Economics, Citigroup

“Why Europe Needs Debt Reduction”

Frank Veneroso, President, Veneroso Associates, LLC

“Europe, Recovery or Relapse: Will Debt Determine?”

11:00 a.m. − 12:00 p.m. KEYNOTE: Már Guðmundsson, Governor, Central Bank of Iceland

“Iceland’s Crisis and Recovery: Are There Lessons for the Eurozone and Its Member Countries?”

12:00−1:30 p.m.            Lunch Break

1:30−3:30 p.m.  Session 2. Will the Periphery Survive in the Euro?

MODERATOR: Yannis Aggelis, Senior Editor, Kefalaio; Editor, Capital.gr

SPEAKERS: Rainer Kattel, Professor and Director, Department of Public Administration, Tallinn University of Technology

“Baltic Austerity—The New False Hope”

Jan Kregel, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute; Professor, Tallinn University of Technology

“Minsky Meets the Mediterranean”

Elias Kikilias, Research Director, National Centre for Social Research, Greece

“Greece Is Not a Special Case: Eurozone Architecture, the Collapse of Periphery Countries, and Policy Choices”

L. Randall Wray, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute; Professor, University of Missouri–Kansas City

“The Fatal Flaw in the Design of the Euro”

3:30−4:00 p.m.  Coffee Break

4:00−5:00 p.m.  KEYNOTE: Yves Mersch, Member, Executive Board and General Council, European Central Bank

“Intergenerational Justice in Times of Sovereign Debt Crises”

5:00−7:00 p.m.  Session 3. The Financial System in the Eurozone and Greece: Dysfunctional or Built to Last?

MODERATOR: Matina Stevis, European Economics Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

SPEAKERS: Gerasimos Arsenis, President, ADGI–INERPOST

“The Role of the Banking Sector in the Greek Crisis”

Emilios Avgouleas, Chair, International Banking Law and Finance, School of Law, University of Edinburgh

“Beyond the Banking Union: The Possible and Desirable Role of the ECB in Resolving the Eurozone Banking Crisis”

Dimitri Vayanos, Professor of Finance and Director, Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality, London School of Economics

“Greece’s Credit Cycle—Implications for Regulation and Policy”

George S. Zavvos, Legal Adviser, Legal Service, European Commission; former Member of the European Parliament and European Commission Ambassador

“Toward a European Banking Union: Implications for the Greek Banking System”

Saturday, November 9

9:00−10:30 a.m.            Session 4. A Union of Austerity or a Union of Growth?

MODERATOR: Michalis Panagiotakis, Journalist, Avgi

SPEAKERS: Lex Hoogduin, Professor of Economics, University of Amsterdam and University of Groningen

“From Maastricht via Athens and Other Places Back to Maastricht”

Robert W. Parenteau, Research Associate, Levy Institute; Sole Proprietor, MacroStrategy Edge

“The Austerity Trap”

Jörg Bibow, Research Associate, Levy Institute; Professor, Skidmore College

“Lost at Sea: The Euro Needs a Euro Treasury”

10:30 a.m. − 12:30 p.m. Session 5. The Challenge of Unemployment: Can Current Policies Work?

MODERATOR: Christina Kopsini, Editor, Labor Market and Employment Issues, Kathimerini

SPEAKERS: László Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

Duncan Campbell, Director, Policy Planning in Employment, International Labour Organization

“Does Wage-led Growth Mean Anything?”

Massimiliano La Marca, Economist, International Labour Organization

Rania Antonopoulos, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute

“Responding to the Unemployment Crisis in Greece: A Modest ‘Employer of Last Resort’ Proposal”

Maria Karamessini, Professor, Panteion University

“Employment Policy and the Greek Crisis: A Tool for Managing Social Destruction or an Element of an Alternative Exit Strategy?”

12:30−1:30 p.m.            Lunch Break

1:30−3:30 p.m.  Session 6. Growth, Jobs, and Well-being in Greece and Europe

MODERATOR: Nikos Xydakis, Editor, Kathimerini

SPEAKERS: Terrence McDonough, Professor of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway

“Ireland: Are Some PIGS More Equal than Others?”

Louka Katseli, President, Social Pact Party, Greece; Professor of Economics, University of Athens

“From Austerity to Prosperity: The Challenges Ahead”

C. J. Polychroniou, Research Associate and Policy Fellow, Levy Institute

“The Economics of Social Disaster: A Greek Tragedy”

David Stuckler, Senior Research Leader in Sociology, Oxford University

“The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills”

3:30−4:30 p.m.  KEYNOTE: Lord Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, University of Warwick

“The Experience of Austerity: The UK”

4:30−5:00 p.m.  Coffee Break

5:00−6:30 p.m.  Session 7. The Greek Experience of Austerity

MODERATOR: Stavros Lygeros, Author, and Editor, Real News and Real FM Radio

SPEAKERS: Giorgos Argitis, Research Associate, Levy Institute; Professor, University of Athens

“The Troika’s Failed Policy Paradigm: The Case of Greece”

Gennaro Zezza, Research Scholar, Levy Institute; Professor, University of Cassino, Italy

“The Levy Institute Stock-flow Model for Greece”

Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Institute

“Prospects and Policies for the Greek Economy”

6:30−8:00 p.m.  SESSION 8. Rethinking Europe’s Future

MODERATOR: Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor, Kathimerini

SPEAKERS: Kerstin Bernoth, Scientific Adviser to the Board, DIW Berlin; Professor of Economics, Hertie School of Governance

“A Transfer Mechanism as a Stabilization Tool in the EMU”

Yannis Dragasakis, MP (SYRIZA) and Fourth Vice President of the Greek Parliament

Martin Hellwig, Director, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

“Governments, Banks, and the Central Bank in the Eurozone Crisis”

Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor, University of Athens; Visiting Professor, King’s College, London; President, ELIAMEP

“Is Muddling Through the Way Forward?”

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