Macroeconomic Policies of the Economic and Monetary Union: Theoretical Underpinnings and Challenges Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer, The Levy Economics Institute and Leeds University Abstract This paper presents two issues: first, an effort to decipher the type of economic analysis and...

"Death of a Theory," presented in St. Louis. January 13, 2012.

"SNEAK PREVIEW: Death of a Theory." Presented at the Korea-America Economic Association, Chicago, Illinois. January 7, 2012.

The consumer has been on a tightrope since the bursting of the "new economy" bubble, as losses in equity markets have been partly offset by gains in real estate and fiscal support and mortgage refinancing have partly offset increased consumer cautiousness. The consumer will remain on a tightrope...

Presented at the 19th Symposium of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, the Institute for International Economic Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

February 13, 2013. Presentation. "The Recent Reduction in Global Macroeconomic Uncertainty." Arkansas State University Agribusiness Conference, Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Delivered at the 119th Annual Arkansas Bankers Association & Tradeshow, Day with the Commissioner, Hot Springs, AR. May 1, 2009.

Discussed at International Research Forum on Monetary Policy. Sponsored by the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University, and the Center for Financial Studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University.

Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 2, 2008