Conference Update

[Bill Mitchell <ecwfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues

The Centre of Full Employment and Equity at the University of Newcastle is
holding its
Third Path to Full  Employment Conference, which will be held at the
University of Newcastle
on Thursday, June 14 and Friday, June 15, 2001.

The Conference will focus on the consequences of unemployment in advanced
monetary economies
from a broad perspective. It will also present the latest work from
international researchers, which focuses
on the development of coherent strategies designed to eliminate
unemployment and maintain
price stability. The equity implications of these policies and the failure
to implement them will be examined
in various papers.

The Conference has attracted several leading economists and the list includes:

Professor Jan Kregel, Economics, University of Bologna.
Professor Malcolm Sawyer, Economics Group, Leeds University Business
School, UK.
Professor Edward Nell, New School, USA.
Professor Sumner Rosen, Professor of Social Welfare Policy, Columbia
University.
Professor Nancy Rose, Economics, California State University, San
Bernardino, USA.
Professor Randy Wray, CFEPS, University of Missouri, USA.
Professor Mat Forstater, CFEPS, University of Missouri, USA.
Dr. Michael Keating, RSSS, Australian National University.
Warren Mosler, AVM Funds Management, Florida, USA
Bob Marshall, CEO, Glasgow Works, Scotland.
Professor Joan Muysken, Economics, University of Maastricht, Netherlands.
Professor Raja Junanker, UWS, Sydney, Australia.
Professor John Nevile, Economics, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
Associate Professor Peter Kriesler, Economics, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
Assoc. Professor John Burgess, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Professor Bill Mitchell, University of Newcastle, Australia.

Two special sessions will be staged:

1. The Five Economists versus the Job Guarantee - How to get to Full Employment
2.  Special Financial Markets Workshop will be presented by  Warren Mosler,
Director
     of AVM Funds Management, Florida.

     Warren will be discussing the dangers of running budget surpluses,
financial market instability
     and unemployment and the likely reaction of financial markets to the
introduction of widespread
     government job creation from the practitioners perspective. A
question and answer format will
     be used in this workshop and audience participation will be
encouraged. A panel will also be assembled. .

The Conference dinner will feature a speech from an  ATSIC Commissioner
(details being finalised) who will
talk on the topic of the role of full employment in the reconciliation process.

The Conference WWW site is:

http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/conferences/2001/index.cfm
You can now register on-line.

The Centre's WWW site is:

http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/

hope to see you there.

best wishes
bill




William F. Mitchell
Professor of Economics and Head of Department
Director, Centre of Full Employment and Equity
University of Newcastle
New South Wales, Australia
E-mail: ecwfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: +61-2-4921 5065
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