Conference on Consumer Finance: New Perspectives on Policies and Products

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 and FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2024
Le Méridien Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts
This hybrid event was held in-person and via livestream.

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This year the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy’s 11th annual conference explored the evolving consumer finance landscape, and how regulatory policies might be reshaped in light of new research findings, economic and demographic trends, and new technological developments.

The conference began the afternoon of Thursday, October 24 with panel discussions on climate risk and the future of retirement finance. The panels were followed by a dinner and keynote address by Adrienne Harris, Superintendent NYS Department of Financial Services and former Special Assistant to President Obama for Economic Policy. The program continued the following morning on Friday, October 25 with the presentation and discussion of seven research papers, followed by a lunch and keynote address by John Campbell (Harvard University).

Keynote Speakers

Adrienne Harris

Thursday, Oct 24 at 6pm

Superintendent NYS Department of Financial Services and former Special Assistant to President Obama for Economic Policy

John Campbell

Friday, October 25 at 12:30pm

Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics at Harvard University

Please contact Deirdre Wade with questions.