This year will be the first for some time that official unemployment rates will rise. The overall predictions are that there could be around a million people unemployed in Australia by year's end. The underemployment rate will also rise. At present, around 10 per cent of the available labour...

Topics: - Crisis topology; asset pricing bubbles, mispricing, contagion, counterparty risk, transparency. - Prediction of crises, indicators, risk measures, ratings, performance measures. - Market regulation, transparency, innovation, disclosure, liquidity, global regulation, governance...

There will be two conferences. The first will take place on 16-17 JUNE 2009 in Münster, Germany. A follow-up conference will be held on 17-18 AUGUST 2009 in Sydney, Australia. Topics: 1. Is there a new global paradigm of resource shortages or is it the 1970s all over again? 2. Modeling...