The 93rd International Atlantic Economic European Conference was held virtually, 30 March – 1 April 2022, and brought together economists and finance experts from around the world to discuss the economic issues of the past, present, and future.
This year’s conference featured an Invited Address by Michael Lloyd titled “Central Bank Digital Currencies: The Future of Money” as well as the plenary panel “Secular and Cyclical Payments Imbalances”, organized by Robert Z. Aliber.
We thank the participants of the 93rd International Atlantic Economic European Conference!
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Highlights Included:
Invited Address:
Central Bank Digital Currencies: The Future of Money
Michael Lloyd, Global Policy Institute London
Professor Michael Lloyd, Associate Director, LCA Europe Limited and Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute (GPI). He studied political economy at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He has wide experience as an applied economist in industry and in European international organizations and as an economic adviser, notably as Economic Adviser on Economic and Monetary Union to the European Parliament in 1998, covering preparations for the launch of the Euro in 1999. His experience includes posts as an economist with the UK Trades Union Congress between 1970 and 1973; European Commission official, 1973 to 1980; International Director British Shipbuilders, 1980 to 1984; Managing Director of an economic consultancy company from 1984 to 1997; European Parliament Economic Adviser, 1998; Director, Alliance of Maritime Regional Interests in Europe (AMRIE), Brussels, 1999 to 2008; Senior Research Fellow, GPI, 2008 to the present. His specializations are monetary economics, the economics of European integration, the economics of innovation, and transport economics. He previously published The Euro and the UK: The Political Economy and is currently writing a book on ‘An Alternative Political Economy’.
Plenary Panel:
Secular and Cyclical Payments Imbalances
Chair and Organizer: Robert Z. Aliber
Robert Z. Aliber, University of Chicago, U.S.A.
Professor Robert Z. Aliber is Professor Emeritus of International Economics and Finance at the University of Chicago. He is best known for his contribution to the theory of foreign direct investment. Robert Z. Aliber received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College (1952) and Bachelor of Arts (1954) and a Master of Arts (1957) from Cambridge University. He received his Ph. D. from Yale University. He was appointed as an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago in 1964. He has consulted for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and testified before Congress. He has written extensively about currency pricing shock, exchange rates, financial crises, and international banking relationships. He is probably best known for predicting the Icelandic financial crisis several years before it occurred.
Brendan Brown, Macrohedge Advisors, United Kingdom
Professor Brendan Brown is founding partner of Macro Hedge Advisors LLP. He was previously Head of Economic Research at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International and associate scholar at the Mises Institute. He is a monetary economist specializing in the Austrian School, European monetary integration, and the global flow of capital and has written several books on contemporary finance and financial history. Professor Brown has also developed unique tools for market analysis and an investment strategy based on monetary economics and behavioral finance. He received a Ph.D. from the University of London, an MBA from the University of Chicago, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and an undergraduate degree from Cambridge University. Professor Brown is a columnist with Nikkei Veritas (Tokyo) and frequent contributor to Bloomberg TV and Radio.
Robert McCauley, Boston University, U.S.A.
Brendon Brown 2022IAES Presentation 2022- Micheal LloydMcCauley 2022Plenary Panel- Secular and Cyclical Payments Imbalences – 2022Robert Aliber 2022Professor Robert N. McCauley is a Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University, and Senior Research Associate, the Global History of Capitalism project, Oxford Centre for Global History, University of Oxford. He previously worked at the Bank of International Settlements and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Recent work includes “Safe assets and reserve management”, “Central bank swaps now and then” (with Catherine Schenk), “Currency composition of foreign exchange reserves” (with Hiro Ito), and “Triffin: Dilemma or myth?” (with Michael Bordo).
Gylfi Zoëga, University of Iceland—Iceland, and University of London, United Kingdom
Professor Gylfi Zoëga is the University of Iceland Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Birkbeck College University of London. His areas of specialization are macroeconomics and labor economics. He is affiliated with the Monetary Policy Committee–Central Bank of Iceland as an External Member. Among his numerous articles, several are co-authored with Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps, in particular a book on structural slumps. He has been an active contributor to economic policy debates in Iceland.