Top Business School Offers Live Webcast on Critical Market Issues As U.S. Confronts Recession

Six senior faculty from University of Chicago Booth School of Business discuss the future of markets. Live webcast of school's 57th annual management conference.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 28, 2009 -- Six senior faculty from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, one of the top business schools in the world (http://ChicagoBooth.edu), will discuss "The Future of Markets" during a live webcast of the opening session of the school's 57th annual management conference Friday, May 29 at 12:45 p.m. central time.

To watch the session live, click on http://ChicagoBooth.edu/mc/2009/coverage. Topics to be covered included: How much regulation do financial markets need? Is cycle-proof regulation possible? Are government stimulus programs effective? Should executive pay be restricted?

The six Chicago Booth faculty speaking at the session are Raghuram Rajan, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, Gary Becker, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, and Anil Kashyap, a credit markets expert who has studied recovery from banking crisis. Also speaking will be Kevin Murphy, the first business school professor to win a MacArthur "genius award," Steven Kaplan, an expert on executive pay and corporate governance, and Marianne Bertrand, whose research looks at CEO pay and incentives.

The live webcast will provide up-to-date insights into what is happening in the economy as it faces it greatest challenge since the Great Depression.

The speakers on the panel have been quoted widely and written extensively on recession-related topics during the past year. They will help explain the new role for regulation as well as make judgments about where the economy is headed.

Video of the session will also be archived for later viewing at http://ChicagoBooth.edu/mc/2009/coverage. Details of the conference can be found at http://ChicagoBooth.edu/mc.

Chicago Booth is one of the leading business schools in the world. The school's faculty includes many renowned scholars and its graduates include many business leaders across the U.S. and worldwide. The Chicago Approach to Management Education is distinguished by how it leverages fundamental knowledge, its rigor, and its practical application to business challenges. Chicago Booth offers a full-time MBA program, an evening MBA program, a weekend MBA program, an executive MBA program with campuses in Chicago, London and Singapore, a PhD program, open enrollment executive education and custom corporate education.

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