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The programme for the Dublin Economics Workshop 2011 Economic Policy conference, to be held in Kenmare, County Kerry, October 14-16, is as follows:

Friday October 14^th.

18.00 Understanding the Irish Banking Crisis

Dermot O’Leary (Goodbody Stockbrokers), Don Walshe (UCC): Debt De-leveraging, the Banks and Economic Recovery

Cathal Hanley, Andrew Rae (Competition Authority): Competition, Financial Stability and the Irish Banking Crisis

Pat Farrell (Irish Banking Federation): Building a New Banking Architecture

The analytical part of the new GFSR is out

Chapter 2: Long-Term Investors and Their Asset Allocation: Where Are They Now?

Chapter 3: Toward Operationalizing Macroprudential Policies: When to Act?

His latest contribution is here.

The Vickers report is directly relevant for Ireland in view of the inter-connections between the Irish and UK banking systems, while also providing some guidance for possible future reform strategies across Europe.

The FT editorial provides a useful overview (it also highlights the proposal to rank depositors ahead of senior bond holders), while the full report is here.

The latest issue of Finance&Development is now available online – inequality is a main theme for this issue.