The 2008 Economic Crisis Ten Years On
15th October to 30th November, 2018
A conference from the WEA
15th October to 30th November, 2018

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Leaders: Arturo Hermann & Maria Alejandra Madi

Discussion Forum Sessions

I. The Financialisation of the Economy

1. Carmelo Ferlito, “The Malaysian Property Boom and Bust Cycle: History Repeating?”
2. Jake Jennings, “The Crisis and the Asset Driven Household”
3. Pushpangadan Mangari, “Impact of Financialization: View from India”
4. Teodoro Dario Togati, “Financialization and the ‘New Normal’. At the Root of the Aggregate Demand Problem Undermining New Capitalism”
5. Gianni Vaggi, “Financial Mercantilism and Developing Countries”

II. Investment, Employment and Working Conditions

1. Maria Alejandra Madi, “Pension Funds: Key Issues after the Global Crisis”
2. Zeeshan, Geetilaxmi Mohapatra, and A K Giri, “Rural Nonfarm Enterprises Diversification, Farm Income and Consumption Expenditure in Different Agroecological Zones of India: Evidence from Longitudinal Farm Households”
3. Edoardo Pizzoli, “The Green Economy: a Technological Option against
   Economic Crisis?”
4. Azzurra Rinaldi, ”Female Entrepreneurs, the Crisis and Access to Credit: the Italian Case”
5. Cameron M. Weber, “Some Observations on the Structure of the Labor
   Market after the Great Recession”

III. Social, Economic and Political Imbalances

1. Guglielmo Forges Davanzati, “The Monetary Theory of Production and the Modern Money Theory: A Critical Assessment”

1. Guglielmo Forges Davanzati, “Income Inequalities, Public Debt and Social Cohesion: A Postkeynesian-Institutional Approach”
   
2. Arturo Hermann, “The Economic Imbalances of our Time and the
   Perspective of Circular Economy”
3. Davide Gualerzi, “Stagnation in A Historical Perspective”
4. Laurence A. Krause, “Marx on Credit, Agency Problems, and Crises”
5. Rodrigo Pérez Artica, “The impact of excess capacity over the investment falloff”

IV. Institutional Challenges and Alternatives

1. Jesper Jespersen, “The European Monetary Union Failed because of
   Misunderstood Macroeconomics”
2. Laszlo Kulin, “Alternative institutional frameworks at national and
   supranational level”
3. Mogens Ove Madsen, “Institutional Challenges and Alternatives: Revision of Fiscal Rules in the EU”
4. Constantine E. Passaris, “The Transformational Role of The Great
   Recession for Economic Governance”

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Guide for first time visitors

Openness and flexibility are major trends in contemporary education, research, and business, influencing the whole spectrum of institutions and corporations across the globe. Indeed, technological innovations are bringing about a paradigm shift in contemporary livelihoods. Modes of interaction are becoming more open and flexible in terms of time, space, organization, infrastructure and requirements. With this background, the World Economics Association organizes conferences which are held on-line.

WEA CONFERENCES are OPEN ACCESS. The World Economics Association strives to make its conferences accessible for all people around the world. The aim of the WEA ONLINE CONFERENCES is to enlarge the number of participants and to extend the period of discussion to provide for more developed exchanges than in typical, location-based conferences.  WEA Conferences strive to be on the forefront of innovations in communicating and discussing high-quality research.

Each WEA CONFERENCE begins with a pre-conference stage with the announcement of the call, registration and selection of papers, culminating in a Discussion Forum. The interactive format of Conferences provide an online forum for visitors and commentators. All participants will be able to send comments on specific papers, or to contribute to a general discussion on the conference theme.

Each WEA ONLINE CONFERENCE is hosted by Maria Alejandra Madi, Chair of the WEA CONFERENCES. She selects the conference themes and Leaders with the expertise in the topic, and facilitates the process of the conference organization as well as the follow-up activities. The initial format of the WEA CONFERENCES was developed by Grazia Ietto-Gillies, whose ideas have continued to guide the current WEA CONFERENCES organizing team.

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