The 2005 Australian Conference of Economists will be held at the University of Melbourne from Monday 26th to Wednesday 28th September 2005. Confirmed speakers include: Olivier Blanchard (MIT), Alison Booth (ANU), Roger Craine (Berkeley), David Fielding (Otago), James Galbraith (Texas), Simon...

Presentations and interactive roundtable discussions will cover: - The need to plan today for the impact of changes in long-term productivity and demographics. - The growing imbalances of the current account balance and entitlement spending. - Oil's steady increase: How high will it go? When...