The Challenge of Affluence

42nd Annual Meeting
September 10-13, 2000
The Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL

  Join us for NABE’s 42nd Annual Meeting on September 10-13, 2000 at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL.     

Founded in 1959, NABE is a non-profit association offering professional services to people who use economics in their work.  We have approximately 3000 national members and 44 participating chapters throughout the country.  

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 Sponsors include: 

Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Bloomberg News
 Wall Street Journal
 BANK ONE Corporation 
Financial Times
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
 Caterpillar, Inc.
Greenwood & Associates
 The Executives' Club of Chicago
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
 Chicago Sun-Times 
Haver Analytics 
Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC
 Economy.com 
Motorola
Scudder Kemper Investments
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Economic Cycle Research Institute
 Standard and Poor's DRI
OECD
WEFA
Fannie Mae
National Association of Purchasing Management
Academic Press
Bureau of National Affairs
US Bureau of the Census
ME Sharpe, Inc
US Bureau of Economic Analysis
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
In co-operation with the Economic Club of Chicago


Sunday, September 10, 2000

1:00-2:15 p.m.

NABE Skills Seminar: Getting your Voice Heard

1:00-2:15 p.m.
Walton Room
Diane C. Swonk, presiding, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, BANK ONE Corporation, NABE President
Bridging the Media Gap

Expanded stock ownership has wetted America’s appetite for information on the economy. Debate the ethics of today’s economic coverage and find out how you can be a part of the game with some of the country’s top economic correspondents.

Kathleen Hayes, Anchor, CNBC
Mike McKee, Economic Correspondent, Bloomberg News
Beth Belton, Online News Editor, Business Week

2:15-2:45 p.m.  
French Room
Coffee and Networking Break
Sponsored By FANNIE MAE

NABE Skills Seminars: Getting your Voice Heard, cont'd.
2:45-4:15 p.m.
Walton Room
Diane C. Swonk, presiding, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, BANK ONE Corporation, NABE President

Communicating in Sound Bites

Participate in a live talk-show simulation with a nationally known public television host and top public relations consultant.  Get tips on how to communicate effectively with the press and your clients and how to get your views heard.

Lisabeth Weiner, Lisabeth Weiner Consultants
Phil Ponce, Host, “Chicago Tonight”

 4:15-5:15 p.m.

NABE Roundtable Concurrent Sessions*

Drake Room
Financial Roundtable

"Government Agents as Private Enterprises"

Bernard M. Markstein III,
presiding, President, Markstein Advisors and Chair, Financial Roundtable
John Silvia
, Senate Banking Committee

 

Walton Room
Regional/Utility Roundtable

"Competing for Wealth—Changes in the Distribution of Wealth among U.S. Regions"

Jack E. Kleinhenz, presiding, Chief Economist, Research and Planning Officer, Greater Cleveland Growth Association and Chair-elect, Regional/Utility Roundtable
Sara L. Johnson
, Standard & Poor's DRI
Nancy Sidhu, Economic Development Corp of Los Angeles

*Roundtable members only.  For information how to join, please contact the NABE office at nabe@nabe.com, or 202-463-6223.

5:15-7:00 p.m.

Reception

BANK ONE, 57th Floor  
Clark and Madison


SPONSORED BY BANK ONE CORPORATION
At 5:15 p.m. begin boarding buses at the Oak Street entrance to the hotel. Enter Bank One Corp. at the Clark Street entrance. Note Four Seasons by Marc Chagall in the bank plaza as you debark from the bus. You may walk around the plaza to enjoy a better view of the mosaic mural, a gift to the citizens of Chicago by the artist. Take elevators to the 57th floor of the bank for the reception. Enjoy the panoramic view and art collection while networking with your associates. Beverages and light refreshments will be served. Buses will shuttle between the bank and the hotel. Last bus will leave the bank at 7:15 p.m. Dinner is on your own.


Monday, September 11, 2000

7:00-8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast  
Sponsored by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.

 8:00–8:15 a.m.  
Grand Ballroom
Welcome

Diane C. Swonk, presiding, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, BANK ONE Corporation, NABE President

8:15-9:30 a.m.

Challenging the Consensus

Will the good times continue? Is inflation a threat? Or, have we entered a new era, where the onset of inflation can be indefinitely delayed. Debate the issues with the NABE panel and one of the more provocative Federal Reserve System Presidents.

Diane C. Swonk, presiding, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, BANK ONE Corporation, NABE President

The NABE Outlook  

Richard B. Berner, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company and NABE President-elect
A New Economic Paradigm

Robert McTeer, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

9:30-10:00 a.m.  
French Room
Coffee and Networking Break
Sponsored by Haver Analytics and Macroeconomic Advisers LLC

9:30-10:00 a.m.
Superior Room
International Roundtable Business Meeting
Bharat Nauriyal, presiding, Chief Economist, Nationwide and Chair, International Roundtable

10:00-11:00 a.m.  
Grand Ballroom

Is There Anything New About the New Economy?

Both speakers have books out on the New Economy.  They will shed light on the new economy/old economy debate and the signposts that will tell us how far along we are in this transition.

Joel L. Prakken, presiding, Chairman, Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC
Joel Moykr
, Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Economics and History; Departmental Chair, Department of Economics, Northwestern University; and author of The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress
Michael Cox
, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and author of Myths of Rich and Poor

 11:00-12:15 p.m.

Setting the Record Straight on China

China may soon become the second largest economy in the world. This session attempts to separate myth from reality in one the U.S. largest trading partners.

Timothy McNulty, presiding, Foreign Editor, The Chicago Tribune
Nicholas Lardy
, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
David Fridley, Staff Scientist, Energy and Environment Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

12:15-1:30 p.m.  
The Gold Coast Room

Adam Smith Award Luncheon  
Sponsored by the Wall Street Journal

Diane C. Swonk, presiding, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, BANK ONE Corporation, NABE President
NABE's 19th Annual Adam Smith Award Address
James E. Annable, Jr,
Introduction, Director of Economics, BANK ONE
Alice Rivlin
, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and Chair, District of Columbia Financial Management Assistance Authority.

 1:30-2:45 p.m.  
Grand Ballroom

The Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Session  
Sponsored by Greenwood & Associates

Robert T. Crow, presiding, Editor, Business Economics

Forecasting Inflation and Growth: Do Private Forecasts Match Those of Policymakers?
William T. Gavin, Vice President & Research Coordinator, and Rachel J. Mandal, Research Analyst, both at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and winners of the Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award
Anticipating Monetary Policy With the Federal Reserve's Beige Book: Re-specifying the Taylor Rule
David R. Payne, Economist/Statistician, U.S. Department of Commerce and winner, NABE Contributed Paper Award
At this session we will present awards to the following for their outstanding contributions to Business Economics: Adolph Abramson Award to Jian-Chiu Han and Abramson Scrolls to Peter L. Bernstein, Charles W. Bischoff, Halefom Belay, In-Bong Kang, Albert E. De Prince, Jr., William F. Ford, and Duncan Meldrum.

 2:45-3:00 p.m.  
French Room

Coffee and Networking Break  
Sponsored by Motorola, Inc

2:45-3:15 p.m.
Superior Room
Technology Roundtable Business Meeting
Bruce J. Kratofil, presiding, President, BJK Research, NABE Webmaster, and chair, Technology Roundtable

3:00-4:00 p.m.  
Grand Ballroom

The NBER Session

The 1993 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics Sciences will speak on income distribution.  His forthcoming book is titled The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism.

William C. Dunkelberg, presiding, Chief Economist, National Federation of Independent Business and NABE President 1993-94
Robert Fogel
, Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, 1993.
NABE thanks the National Bureau of Economic Research for coordinating this session.

 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

30 South Wacker Drive
SPONSORED BY THE CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
At 4:00 p.m. begin boarding buses at the Oak Street entrance to the hotel. Enter the CME at the 30 South Wacker Drive entrance. Staff will direct you to the escalators and to the Lower Trading Room on the third floor. There you will be organized into groups of about 15 to 20 and instructed how to trade options. Then you will practice your skills by participating in a mock trading session. After the trading session, Scott Gordon, Chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, will welcome you to a reception where beverages and light refreshments will be served. Buses will shuttle between the CME and the hotel. Last bus will leave the CME at 6:45 p.m.


Tuesday, September 12, 2000

 7:00-8:00 a.m.  
French Room
Continental Breakfast  
Sponsored by Caterpillar, Inc.

8:00-8:30 a.m.

E-Commerce in the Automotive Industry

Business-to-business is the backbone of the changing automobile industry.  Learn about this use of new technology from a person who is making it happen.

Thomas F. Davis, presiding, Vice President, Chief Economist, and Director of Corporate Planning, Motorola, Inc. and NABE President 1997-98
Gary Dilts, Senior Vice President, eConnect, Daimler Chrysler

 8:30-9:00 a.m.

Monetary Policy Challenges

Have shifts in financial markets limited the Fed’s reach with monetary policy? Is pre-emptive policy prudent or outdated in today’s new high-tech environment? What are the challenges facing policymakers in today’s less certain environment? Discuss the issues with a prominent Federal Reserve President.

Diane C. Swonk, presiding, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, BANK ONE Corporation, NABE President
Michael H. Moskow, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

 9:00-10:00 a.m.

Changing Sources of Business Finance

An assessment of the state of the mutual fund and venture capital industries.

Francis H. Schott, presiding, Economic & Financial Consulting and Corporate Director
James E. Crawford III, General Partner, Frontenac Company
Richard B. Hoey, Chief Economist, Chief Investment Strategist, The Dreyfus Corporation and Chief Economist, Mellon Financial Corporation

10:00-10:20 a.m.
French Room
Coffee and Networking Break
Sponsored by The Chicago Sun-Times

10:00-10:30 a.m.
Ontario Room
Manufacturing Roundtable Business Meeting
Doug G. Andrey, presiding, Director, Information Systems & Finance, Semiconductor Industry Association, and chair, Manufacturing Roundtable. 

10:20-11:15a.m.

Business-to-Business and How It's Transforming Business

More on how technology is changing the way we do business from an academic expert who also serves on the boards of several companies.

Carl Tannenbaum, presiding, LaSalle Banks/ABN AMRO N.A.
Steven N. Kaplan, Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

 11:15-12:15 p.m.  
Grand Ballroom

Addressing the Labor Shortage Problem

For sometime the NABE Industry Survey has documented labor shortages. This session will look at the issue and discuss where the workers will come from to maintain economic growth and prosperity.

Norman E. Mains, presiding, President, Carr Global Advisors
William H. Frey, Senior Fellow, Milken Institute and Research Scientist, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
Barry R. Chiswick, Head and Research Professor, Department of Economics, School of Business, University of Illinois at Chicago

12:15-2:00 p.m.  
Gold Coast Room

The CEA Luncheon

The Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers will present his views on challenges that the government faces in this era of prosperity.

Diane C. Swonk, presiding, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, BANK ONE Corporation, NABE President
Martin Baily, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
At the luncheon we will present the NABE Outlook Award for the best macroeconomic forecast.

 2:00-2:30 p.m.

NABE Presidential Address

The NABE President will deliver the 42nd presidential address.

Richard B. Berner, presiding, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., NABE President-elect
Diane C. Swonk, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, BANK ONE Corporation, NABE President

 2:30-3:00 p.m.  
French Room
Coffee and Networking Break
Sponsored by Motorola, Inc

 3:00-4:15 p.m.

Old Antitrust Laws for a New Economy?

Until recently, enforcement of antitrust laws has been dormant. With cases such as Microsoft making the headlines, we need to ask ourselves whether century-old antitrust laws work in today’s rapidly changing economy. This animated panel of legal and economic experts will discuss those questions and more.

Harvey Rosenblum, presiding, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and NABE Vice President-elect
Dennis W. Carleton, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and President of Lexecon Inc.

 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

Meaningful Statistics for the 21st Century

Our Federal statistical agencies are very good at measuring output, such as the number of hogs or ingots of steel.  How are they at measuring less tangible services and the high-tech component of the economy’s output?  This session takes a closer look at what we do and do not know about today’s economy, and provides insights into what we could measure better.

Maurine Haver, presiding, Haver Analytics
Frederick Knickerbocker, Associate Director for Economic Programs, U.S. Census Bureau
J. Steven Landefeld, Director, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Katharine Abraham, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  
At this session we will present the Shiskin Award to Edwin R. Dean.

 5:30-7:00 p.m.  
Gold Coast Room

NABE Dinner

Diane C. Swonk, presiding, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, BANK ONE Corporation, NABE President

Boom or Bust - The Outlook for Financial Markets

Bear or bull, all will gain insights from one of Wall Street's best in this provocative discussion of the outlook for global financial markets.
Abby Joseph Cohen, Co Chair Investment Policy Committee, Goldman, Sachs & Co. via video

Business Meeting
NABE's annual business meeting.


Wednesday, September 13, 2000

 7:15-8:45 a.m.

Breakfast with a CEO 
Sponsored by the Financial Times
In conjunction with the Executive's Club of Chicago and in cooperation with the Economic Club of Chicago

Diane C. Swonk, presiding, NABE President, BANK ONE Corporation

The CEO Keynote Address

James Dimon, Chairman and CEO, BANK ONE Corporation
David Glass, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 8:45-9:15 a.m.

Ensuring the Spread of Prosperity

One lesson of the current expansion is that financial markets can turn with the flip of a coin. Information and money moves around the globe in an instant, yet we still lack a context to process all that information.  Missteps occur, and can prove fatal for affected regions. This session takes a closer look at reforms made in the wake of the global financial market crisis and lays out an agenda for what needs to be done next.

James F. Smith, presiding, University of North Carolina
George Kaufman, John F. Smith Professor of Finance and Economics; Director, Center for Financial and Policy Studies, School of Business Administration, Loyola University of Chicago; and Co-chair, Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee

 9:15-9:45 a.m.

The Future of the Euro: A View from the UK

A short history of the euro, its current status, and its outlook.

Maureen F. Allyn, presiding, Managing Director and Chief Economist, Scudder Kemper Investments Inc.
Robert James Thomson, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times

9:45-10:00 a.m.  
Coffee and Networking Break
Sponsored by Scudder Kemper Investments

9:45-10:15 a.m.
Health Economics Roundtable Business Meeting
Superior Room

 10:00-11:00 a.m.  

Mexico's New Politics and the Impact on the North American Economy

In the aftermath of the recent elections, what new economic policies will be pursued? Hear an assessment from two experts.

David R. Allardice, presiding, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Detroit Branch
Abel Beltran del Rio, President and Founder, CIEMEX-WEFA, Inc.
Jonathan Heath, President, Jonathan Heath and Associates

11:00-11:30

Progress in Japan

Update on the restructuring and financial reform in Japan.

Scott Gordon, presiding, Chairman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Naoki Tanaka , President, 21st Century Public Policy Institute, Japan

11:30-12:00

Outlook for Japan

Prospects for financial markets and the economy.

Richard B. Berner, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company and NABE President-elect
Donald H. Straszheim, President, The Milken Institute

12:00-1:30 p.m.

Herbert Stein Memorial Luncheon

NABE ends its 42nd annual meeting with a bang. Widely recognized writer, scholar, and comedian Ben Stein will accept NABE’s first ever Herbert Stein Public Service Award on behalf of his father. 

Diane C. Swonk, presiding, NABE President, BANK ONE Corporation
Ben Stein
, Economic Commentator
Alan Greenspan,
Chairman, Federal Reserve Board on video

1:30 Adjourn

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