2008 Financial Crisis discussion meeting
ARCCGOR Discussion meeting
The financial crisis – causes, consequences and implications
Wednesday 19 November 2008, 14.00 – 17.00, Z009 (Metropolitan Building, ground floor)
This discussion meeting seeks to bring together political economists working from different perspectives in Amsterdam, to present their take on the current developments and discuss each other’s main arguments about the causes, consequences and implications of the financial crisis.
Programme
14.00 Welcome and Introduction by Henk Overbeek
14.15 – 15.00 Presentations by the three research groups (15mins each)
- Geoffrey Underhill, Daniel Mügge, Jasper Blom
- Ewald Engelen, Martijn Konings et al.
- Henk Overbeek, Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, James Perry et al.
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Coffee break
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15.30 – 17.00 Discussion (chaired by James Perry) structured along the following set of questions
1) How did we get here?
2) Where are we going?
3) Where should we be going (i.e. alternatives/opportunities?)
From 17.00 onwards - Drinks
Background reading
(additional material will be distributed in time). The papers are available for download here (fairly ungoogleable... will be removed from this page shortly after the workshop)
Martijn Konings (2008) ‘The institutional foundations of US structural power in international finance: From the re-emergence of global finance to the monetarist turn’ Review of International Political Economy 15(1), pp. 35 - 61
Stijn Claessens, Geoffrey Underhill and Xiaoke Zhang (2008) ‘The Political Economy of Basle II: The Costs for Poor Countries’ The World Economy 31(3), pp.313-344
Geoffrey Underhill and Xiaoke Zhang (2008) ‘Setting the rules: private power, political underpinnings, and legitimacy in global monetary and financial governance’ International Affairs 84(3), pp. 535-554
Geoffrey Underhill (2007) Global Financial Architecture, Legitimacy, and Representation: Voice for Emerging Markets Garnet Policy Brief No. 3 (January 2007)
Henk Overbeek (2008) ‘Douceurtje van 700 miljard voor bankiers lost crisis niet op; Kredietcrisis Veroorzaakt door neoliberalisme of overheidsbemoeienis?’ De Volkskrant 25 September 2008, p. 10
Jasper Blom (2008) 'De Kredietcrisis en links' De Helling, summer 2008, pp. 38-42.
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Andreas Noelke (2008) 'Finanzkrise, Finanzialisierung und die kapitalistische Vielfalt' paper submitted to Zeitschrift fuer Internationale Beziehungen, November 2008
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PLUS Presentation slides Henk Overbeek 'The Global Financial Crisis: Causes and Solutions'
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If you would like to attend this discussion meeting, please let us know so we can plan accordingly (email Laura Horn).