8th International Keynes Conference, Firenze, Italy Florence, March 2012

8th International Keynes Conference, Firenze, Italy

Florence, March 2012

Sala Gigli, Palazzo Panciatichi e Capponi-Covoni – Via Cavour, 4

Programme

22 March 2012, Thursday - The World of Finance after Keynes

III Session. Chair: Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham)

(1) 09.15 Toshiaki Hirai, Keynes and the Case for Europe

Discussants: Fabio Ranchetti Fabio Ranchetti (Università di Pisa) and Sergio Nisticò (Università di Cassino); debate

(2) 10.15 Anna Carabelli and Mario Cedrini (University of Eastern Piedmont), Some Foreseeable Disasters of the Global Economy: The High Cost of Neglecting Keynes’s Approach

Discussants: Toshiaki Hirai (Sophia University, Tokyo) and Sergio Nisticò (Università di Cassino); debate

11.15 Coffee break

(3) 11.30 Julio Lopez Gallardo (UNAM, Mexico City), Keynes, Kalecki and the Real World

Discussants: Fernando Cardim de Carvalho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and Anna Simonazzi (University of Rome, La Sapienza); debate

12.30 Lunch: “Trattoria San Lorenzo”, Borgo San Lorenzo 53r

IV Session. Chair: Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (University of Rome, La Sapienza)

(4) 14.00 Fernando Cardim de Carvalho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Liquidity Preference of Banks and Crisis

Discussants: Anna Simonazzi (University of Rome, La Sapienza) and Luca Fantacci (Bocconi University, Milan); debate

(5) 15.00 Luca Fantacci (Bocconi University, Milan), Time for Bancor: Keynes's Currency Plan as a Solution to Global Imbalances

Discussants: Mario Cedrini (University of Eastern Piedmont) and Julio Lopez Gallardo (UNAM, Mexico City); debate

16.00 Coffee break

(6)16.15 Atsushi Komine (Ryukoku University, Kyoto), Why did Keynes promote Grace I in 1921? A Cambridge University Officer’s Attitude towards Conferring Degrees on Women

Discussants: Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (University of Rome, La Sapienza) and Anna Carabelli (University of Eastern Piedmont); debate