The New School’s Schwartz Center for
Economic Policy Analysis Presents
Conference on Economic Recovery

“Is it Time for a Mid-Course Correction?”

Tuesday, May 19, 8:30 a.m. − 2:30 p.m. at The New School

WHAT:

The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) at The New School for Social Research, will hold a half-day conference to discuss economic recovery plans and whether now is the time for a mid-course policy correction of serious magnitude. Discussion will include active labor market policies and what else policy makers can do to lessen the impact of the recession on joblessness, the undue focus on GDP and bank health as a market for a healthy economy.

PROGRAM:

8:30am – 8:45am
Registration and breakfast

8:45am – 9:30am
Welcome and Introduction
Jeff Madrick, The New School
State of The Economy – Economic Forecast
Allen Sinai, Decision Economics

9:30am – 10:30am
How Bad Is it? Lessons From History
Alexander Field, Santa Clara University
Peter Temin, MIT

10:45am-11:30am
Keynote Address
Leo Hindery, Jr. InterMedia Partners

11:30am – 1:00 pm
What Should the Mid Course Correction Be?
Bill Black, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Duncan Foley, The New School
Richard Freeman, Harvard University/NBER
Bill Rogers, Rutgers University
Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School

WHEN:

Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 8:30a.m.-2:30p.m.

WHERE:

The New School, 66 West 12th Street, Room 510, 5th floor, New York, NY

RSVP:

Admission is free. RSVP at 212.229.5901 x4911 or scepa@newschool.edu.

ABOUT THE BERNARD SCHWARTZ CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS AT THE NEW SCHOOL
The Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, made possible through a generous gift from Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz, is the economic research arm of The New School for Social Research. Each year the center hosts economic policy workshops, publishes topical policy notes, and sponsors newsworthy lectures by top economists and financial leaders. These activities influence key national and international policy debates and help advance the best aims of economic justice. For more information, visit www.newschool.edu/cepa.