The Bretton Woods Agreement
A Conference at Yale University
November 5 - 6, 2015
Henry R. Luce Hall, Room 203
34 Hillhouse Avenue
SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 5th
12:00pm Welcome Lunch
1:00pm Introduction and Agenda: Ian Shapiro, Yale University
1:30pm Session 1: Looking Back (Chair: Naomi Lamoreaux, Yale University)
“The Operation and Demise of Bretton Woods”
Michael Bordo, Economics, Rutgers University
Discussant: Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey
“The Political Economy of the Bretton Woods System”
Jeffry Frieden, Government, Harvard University
Discussant: Samuel Segura
2:30pm Break
2:45pm Session 2: The Politics of Agreement (Chair: Ian Shapiro, Yale University)
“Food and Full Employment: the FAO, ILO and Bretton Woods”
Martin Daunton, History, University of Cambridge
Discussant: Michael Graetz
“Examining National Strategies in Bretton Woods”
Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, Political Science, London School of Economics and Political Science
Andrew Bailey, Bank of England
Discussant: Frances Rosenbluth
“Australia’s Proposals at Bretton Woods and Roads Not Taken”
Kurt Schuler, Economics, Center for Financial Stability
Selwyn Cornish, Economics, Australian National University
Discussant: James Boughton
4:15pm Break
4:30pm Session 3: Round Table Discussion (Co-Chairs: Naomi Lamoreaux, Ian Shapiro, Yale University)
“The Multiple Contexts of Bretton Woods”
Harold James, History, Princeton University
“The Monetary Role of Gold as the Original Sin of Bretton Woods”
Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley
5:00pm Break
7:00pm Dinner at John Davenport’s Restaurant (Omni Hotel top floor)
Friday, November 6
8:00am Breakfast (Luce Hall Common Room)
8:30am Session 4: Currency Matters (Chair: Naomi Lamoreaux, Yale University)
“The Bretton Woods Agreements and the Microeconomic Revolution of the 1930s”
Marc Flandreau, Economics, Graduate Institute of Geneva
Samuel Segura, Economics, Graduate Institute of Geneva
Discussant: Michael Bordo
“Bretton Woods and the Lost Opportunity for Flexible Exchange Rates”
Douglas Irwin, Economics, Dartmouth College and NBER
Discussant: Eric Helleiner
“How the Reluctance of Germany and Japan to Revalue their Currencies Undermined the Bretton Woods Structure”
Frances Rosenbluth, Political Science, Yale University
Discussant: Kurt Schuler
10:00am Break
10:30am Session 5: Looking Forward (Chair: Ian Shapiro, Yale University)
“How to Restore the Vision of Bretton Woods”
James Boughton, Economics, Center for International Governance Innovation
Discussant: Jeffry Frieden
“The Role of the French in the Demise of Bretton Woods”
Michael J. Graetz, Law, Columbia University
Discussant: Douglas Irwin
“How the Negotiations Pioneered Modern Concepts of International Development”
Eric Helleiner, Political Science, University of Waterloo
Discussant: Martin Daunton
12:00pm Working Lunch and Round-up (Co-Chairs: Naomi Lamoreaux, Ian Shapiro, Yale University)
1:30pm Greetings