Monetary Reform in the Wake of Crisis
9:00 a.m. — 6:15 p.m.Due to construction, as Cato expands its facilities, this year’s conference will be held at:
1201 15th Street, N.W., Washington D.C.
(Corner of 15th St. and M St., N.W.)
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CATO’S 29th ANNUAL MONETARY CONFERENCE — MONETARY REFORM IN THE WAKE OF CRISIS — will address the fundamental issue of how to prevent another global financial crisis — not by tinkering with the present government discretionary fiat money regime but by fundamental reform. The first step is to rethink the role of government and central banks in the existing system, and then consider alternatives — such as the gold standard — that would substitute rules for discretion, increase choice in currency, and allow markets to determine the optimal quantity of money. After nearly a century of U.S. central banking, it’s time to reconsider whether the Federal Reserve’s monopoly status, discretion, and growing regulatory powers are more a source of crisis than a cure.
Join leading U.S. and global experts to discuss
- How to reform the global fiat money system
- Fed policy and the misallocation of credit
- Policies needed to create a “free banking” regime
- The possibility of another financial crisis
- Debt and the dollar
Please join our distinguished speakers on Wednesday, November 16, to discuss these and related issues.
Featured Speakers
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Chairman, House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy |
James Grant Editor, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer |
Jeffrey M. Lacker President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
John Allison Former Chairman and CEO, BB&T, and Distinguished Professor of Practice, Wake Forest University |
Allan Meltzer Professor of Economics, Carnegie-Mellon University |
Judy Shelton Author, Money Meltdown |
Benn Steil Director of International Economics Council on Foreign Relations |
Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr. Senior Fellow Cato Institute |
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