Yesterday the IMF concluded a conference titled Macro and Growth Policies in the Wake of the Crisis. And now video is available from the sessions. IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn opened the conference by discussing "questions raised by the pre-crisis consensus on macroeconomic policy," and the need for international cooperation:
There are several other sessions to watch. We have not been through all of the video yet, but based on what we have seen so far, we recommend yesterday's session titled "Growth Strategies." It features George Akerlof, Dani Rodrik, Paul Romer, Andrew L T Sheng, and Michael Spence. It is a timely talk. But also time consuming. We recommend you at least watch Dani Rodrik's opening comments, in which the Harvard Kennedy School professor outlines some of the ways the crisis has reshaped what we know about growth policies globally (starts at 4:00):
You can read more about the conference, and access all the video here.