March 25th Workshop: Understanding the Global Financial Crisis

16/02/2011

The Richmond University (RU) Colloquium in Public & International Affairs (RUCIPA)

This year’s theme is on “Understanding the Global Financial Crisis”

Friday, 25 March 2011, 17 Young Str., London W8 5EH (High Str. Kensington)

Event supported by the RU MA in IR and the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies (Routledge, quarterly)

Programme

10.30am Registration

11.00 Welcome Address by Prof Alex Seago, Richmond University

11.15 Prof Bülent Gökay, Keele University, “Global fault-lines three years after: An analysis of the 2008 global economic crisis” (Chair: Dr. Preslava Stoeva, RU)

11.45 – 12.15 Discussion

12.15 – 13.45 Lunch

13.45 Prof Engelbert Stockhammer, Kingston University, “Neo-liberalism, income distribution and the causes of the crisis” (Chair: Prof Wolfgang Deckers, RU)

14.30 Prof Costas Lapavitsas, SOAS, “World crisis, world money: the Euro-crisis and Marxist monetary theory” (Chair: Dr. Sabine Spangenberg, RU)

15.15 – 16.00 Discussion

16.00 – 16.15 Coffee/Tea

16.15 Prof Robert Wade, LSE, “The future of global financial governance” (Chair: Dr. Mike Keating, RU)

17.00 – 17.15 Discussion

17.15 – 18.15 Round Table Discussion with Lapavitsas, Wade, Stockhammer and Gökay chaired by Prof Stephen Haseler, London Metropolitan University and Global Policy Institute

Further information and booking from: jelena.pivovarova@richmond.ac.uk, 020 7368 8437

Link to this page: http://www.richmond.ac.uk/n/1069.aspx