Fondos


International Workshop

Albacete - Spain; 21-22 January 2010

The Recession of 2008. Do Economists ever agree on Analysis and Prescriptions?

Plenary Session 1. (21 January. 16:00h)
   Chair: Cristina Marcuzzo.

  • Dejuán, Óscar & Febrero, Eladio: “The aftermath of long decade of nil interest rates (Spain, 1996-2009).
        Discussant: John McCombie.
  • Bezemer, Dirk : “«No one saw this coming» Understanding financial crisis through accounting models.
        Discussant: Ioanna Negru.

Plenary Session 2. (21 January. 18:30h)
   Chair: Eladio Febrero.

  • Svetlova, Ekaterina & Fiedler, Matthias: “Understanding Crisis: On the meaning of uncertainty and probability.
        Discussant: Gumersindo Ruiz.
  • Huerta de Soto, Jesús: “A brief note on economic recessions, banking reform and the future of capitalism.
        Discussant: Eladio Febrero.

Plenary Session 3. (22 January. 11:30h)
   Chair: Óscar Dejuán.

  • Winnett, Catherine and Adrian:  “Innovation, growth, cycles and finance: three (or four or more) stories from the thirties and their lessons.
        Discussant: Steve Kates.
  • Gualerzi, Davide:  “Long term depression and new markets: economists and the 2008 recession.”
        Discussant: Cristina Marcuzzo.

Parallel Session 1. (22 January. 9:00)
   Chair: César Guerrero

  • Mavlutova, Inese: “Possibilities of business restructuring under the condition of recession.
        Discussant: Jorge Uxó.
  • Galindo, Miguel Angel and Méndez, María Teresa: “The role of entrepreneurship in the crisis. Keynes and Schumpeter views.
        Discussant: Inese Mavlutova.
  • Ruiz, Gumersindo and Trías, Ramón: “Financial crisis and risk measurement. Theoretical perspective and a new methodology.
        Discussant: Ekaterina Svetlova.
  • Skriner, Edith: “Did asset prices cause the current crisis?
        Discussant: Ramón Trías.

Parallel Session 2. (22 January. 9:00)
   Chair: Carmen Díaz

  • Stathakis, George: “The 1929 crisis as a subject of theoretical debate: a survey.”
        Discussant: Ivars Brivers.
  • Vara, Oscar; Rodríguez, Angel and Turmo, Jorge: “The Spanish  economic crisis and the role of fractional reserve.
        Discussant: Carmen Díaz.
  • Paesani, Paolo: “Keynes and the current crisis: diagnosis and policy prescriptions.
        Discussant: George Stathakis.
  • Brivers, Ivars: “Latvian Way through the global economic crises.
        Discussant: Adrian Winnett.

Parallel Session 3. (22 January. 9:00)
   Chair: Oscar Bajo

  • Kates, Steven: “The role of the HET in the development of Economic Theory and Policy.”
        Discussant: Cristina Marcuzzo.
  • Negru, Ioana: “Economist heal thyself? Reflections on the dismal science in the wake of the crisis.
        Discussant: Matthias Fiedler.
  • McCombie, John and Pike, M.: “The end of the consensus in macroeconomics, or «There and back Again»
        Discussant: Oscar Bajo.
  • Bezemer, Dirk: “Banks as social accountants and social controllers: credit and crisis in historical perspective.
        Discussant: Eladio Febrero.