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Financial Crises and the Failure of Economics

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Speaker

  • Richard Bookstaber
    Chief Risk Officer, Office of the Chief Investment Officer, University of California

Presider

  • Benn Steil
    Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics

Richard Bookstaber critiqued the discipline of economics as it has historically been practiced and discussed the challenges of managing risk and uncertainty in a complex macroeconomic environment. Participants had a lively conversation about financial regulation and what they perceived as being the most pressing threats to economic stability and prosperity in the post-2008 world. 

Richard Bookstaber
Richard Bookstaber, Chief Risk Officer, Office of the Chief Investment Officer, University of California