Economist Steve Keen, author of Debunking Economics, offers a compelling critique as to why economics as usual failed so badly—not only at predicting the crisis but also at finding its way to a real recovery.
Steve Keen: The Great Financial Crisis & the Great Recession: How We Got Here & the Way Out
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 6:00 – 7:30pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5. Double feature!
Reclaiming Prosperity: Inequality & the Future of Work
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5.
In the first event of a new and ongoing Civics thread focused on rebuilding economic security and prosperity for working people, David Madland, Annette Bernhardt, and Dorian Warren discuss the current crisis of income inequality, the low-wage recovery, and economic and financial prospects for working people.
Steve Keen & Gerard Fitzpatrick: Money, Monetary Policy, and Financial Repression
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 11:30am – 1:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $14-$29.
Before his Town Hall talk Thursday evening, economist Keen joins Fitzpatrick for a lunchtime discussion of Federal Reserve monetary policy, whether it is distorting markets and the economy, and whether the punitive effect on savers and investors is worth the candle.