EPS at the 2009 AEA/ASSA Meetings

Since its founding at the 1989 AEA meetings, EPS/ECAAR has maintained a strong presence at the American Economic Association/Allied Social Sciences Association's annual conference.

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EPS Sessions

Session One: Inequality: Economic, Fiscal and Financial, and Societal Dimensions

Chair: Allen Sinai — Chief Global Economist, Decision Economics, Inc.

Participants:

• James K. Galbraith — Professor of Economics, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy, University of Texas at Austin
  Inequality, Unemployment, and Growth

• Robert J. Gordon — Professor of Economics, Northwestern University and NBER
  Rising Inequality at the Bottom and Top

• Benjamin M. Friedman — William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
  Widening Inequality: Implications for Economy and Society

• David A. Smith — Chief Economist, House Financial Services Committee, House of Representatives, US Congress
  Inequality and the Making of Monetary Policy

Discussants: Inequality, Fiscal and Financial Aspects, Policy Possibilities

• Allen Sinai — Decision Economics, Inc.

• Jeffrey Madrick — Challenge Magazine

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Session Two: A Roundtable on Global Security and the Global Financial System: The Challenges Ahead

Chair: Michael Intriligator — University of California at Los Angeles and Economists for Peace and Security

Participants:

• Kenneth Arrow — Stanford University

• Lawrence Klein — University of Pennsylvania

• William Sharpe — Stanford University

• Michael Lind — New America Foundation

• Linda Bilmes — Harvard University

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Annual Dinner

EPS's 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner Honoring our founding co-chairs, Kenneth Arrow and Lawrence Klein

Speakers:

• James K. Galbraith

• Michael Intriligator

• Gavin Wright

• Roger Myerson

• Brent Hickman

• Allen Sinai

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