To celebrate its 150th anniversary this year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is mounting a series of symposia featuring faculty and graduates from various departments. The first symposium, which took place over two days this past week, is on "Economics and Finance: From Theory to Practice to Policy."
The symposium was comprised a six panels, plus a keynote address by Robert Merton. Distinguished panelists include (this is a partial list): George Akerlof, Avinash Dixit, Jerry Hausman, Oliver Williamson, Robert Solow, Peter Diamond, Robert Hall, Ester Duflo, Olivier Blanchard, Robert Gordon, Paul Krugman, Greg Mankiw, Christina Romer, Dennis Carlton, Richard Schmalensee, Hal Varian, Myron Scholes, and Steven Ross. Each of the panels and the keynote address can be viewed in its entirety at the MIT website (here).
The panels are varied, informative, and entertaining. They shed light on the financial crisis and its aftermath, including what we may (or may not) have learned from it. A couple of presenters have interesting takes on issues of energy policy and climate change. Very highly recommended.
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