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Road to PrezFest 2019
Ten years later: Lessons from the 2008–09 financial crisis
9:00AM - 3:00PM (EST)
Event Details
It’s hard to detect a financial bubble when you’re in the middle of it—especially when accompanied by the type of economic euphoria we saw during the U.S. housing boom of the mid 2000s. Today, with the benefit of hindsight, there are many lessons to be learned, but we must first understand what went wrong and how the “fixes” have fared.
This one-day event will emphasize the political and global dimensions of the crisis, exploring how a new Congress—and a new president—responded in the aftermath and how it compares to other financial crises. Perhaps most crucially, we'll also examine if we are prepared to handle the inevitable next crises, whenever it may occur.
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. A conversation with Peter Orszag
Introduction by William Antholis, director and CEO, Miller Center; non-resident senior fellow, Brookings Institution
Peter Orszag, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, Barack Obama
David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Brookings Institution (moderator)
10:00 – 11:15 a.m. Legislative Politics and the Response to the Financial Crisis
John Lawrence, University of California, Washington Center; former chief of staff, Nancy Pelosi
Frances Lee, University of Maryland
Dan Meyer, Duberstein Group; George W. Bush administration
David Leblang, Department of Politics; Miller Center, University of Virginia (moderator)
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Regulation and the Financial Crisis
Peter Conti-Brown, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Macey, Yale Law School
Paul Mahoney, University of Virginia School of Law
Julia Mahoney, University of Virginia School of Law (moderator)
1:00 – 1:45 p.m. A conversation with Lawrence H. Summers
Lawrence H. Summers, former director of the National Economic Council, Barack Obama
Robert Bruner, Darden School of Business; Miller Center, University of Virginia (moderator)
1:45 – 3:00 p.m. Comparative Perspectives
Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University
Graciela Kaminsky, George Washington University and National Bureau of Economic Research
Carmen Reinhart, Harvard University
Linda Tesar, University of Michigan
Robert Bruner, Darden School of Business; Miller Center, University of Virginia (moderator)
*Hosted by the Miller Center, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, the UVA Law School, and the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies Program.
This gathering is part of our "Road to the Presidential Ideas Festival 2019"—a series of events leading up to the Presidential Ideas Festival 2019: Democracy in Dialogue to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia, from May 21–23, 2019.
When
9:00AM - 3:00PM (EST)
Where
1775 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Speakers
William Antholis
Robert Bruner
Peter Conti-Brown
Jeffry Frieden
Graciela Kaminsky
John Lawrence
David Leblang
Frances Lee
Jonathan R. Macey
Julia Mahoney
Paul Mahoney
Daniel Meyer
Peter Orszag
Carmen Reinhart
Lawrence H. Summers
Linda Tesar
David Wessel