MEA 2009 Annual Conference

The Financial Crisis: Lessons Learned and Moving Forward

Hamline University
Sundin Music Hall
St. Paul, Minnesota
October 30, 2009

Program

9:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:25 a.m.

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

  • Peter Ferderer, Macalester College, MEA President

9:30 a.m.

Hurwicz Distinguished Lecture
10:30 a.m.

Break
10:45 a.m.

Fiscal Policy in the Obama Era

  • King Banaian, St. Cloud State University
    Slides [PDF]
  • Louis Johnston, College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University
    Slides [PDF]
  • Tim Taylor, Macalester College and Journal of Economic Perspectives
    Slides [PDF]
11:55 a.m.

Luncheon—Klas Center, Kay Fredericks Room, 3rd Floor
 

12:30 p.m.    Presentation of Awards
12:50 p.m.    Business Meeting
1:00 p.m.      Luncheon Speaker

2:10 p.m.

The Future of Financial System Regulation—Sundin Music Hall

  • Scott Anderson, Wells Fargo
  • John Boyd, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
    Slides [PDF]
  • Ron Feldman, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
3:20 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Adjournment

  • Parker Wheatley, College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, incoming MEA president
 

*Shared the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with Leonid Hurwicz