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THE WORLD’S FIRST FESTIVAL OF ECONOMICS AND COMEDY BOX OFFICE: 76 JOHN STREET, KILKENNY PHONE: 056 776 3837 BOOKING INFORMATION: Box Office: 76 John Street, Kilkenny. Tel: 056 776 3837 WWW.KILKENOMICS.COM Welcome to the eighth edition of Kilkenomics – Europe’s first economics festival – which brings together some of the world’s leading economists, financial analysts and media commentators with some of our funniest, sharpest standup comedians. We’ve been called “Davos with jokes” and we wouldn’t disagree with that assessment. The standups put the economists under the spotlight to talk through vital issues such as the case for a universal basic income, whether bankers can be tamed, the ongoing housing crisis, modern education and of course America under Donald Trump. We’re also talking Russia, post globalization, Bitcoin and Europe’s refugee crisis. New to this year is Pitchenomics, Saturday morning shows for early birds and – by popular demand – an added brunch on Sunday hosted by Adam Hills. HAVE YOUR SAY: pitch into #kilkenomics for the latest festival shenanigans! HERE’S A TASTE OF WHAT THE PRESS HAD TO SAY ABOUT KILKENOMICS: “Davos with jokes” “Kilkenomics is just what economics “Lenny Bruce meets John Maynard Keynes” THE AUSTRALIAN needs: an event bridging the gap between BLOOMBERG academic analysis and the ordinary people “One of the oddest festivals anywhere, whose lives are turned upside down by “Wildly successful” comedy with a pint and a point” economic mayhem.” THE GUARDIAN UK SUNDAY TIMES THE ECONOMIST “I’ve been to lots of festivals and “An utterly bizzare idea but the public love it” “A little jewel where players manage to talk conferences, but Kilkenomics may be the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE human without being patronising” best. More than that: it felt like democracy.” THE IRISH TIMES Simon Kuper, FINANCIAL TIMES columnist “Having a laugh despite the gloom” BBC WORLD SERVICE WE’D LIKE TO THANK ALL SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE FESTIVAL IN 2017 PRINCIPAL SPONSORS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA PARTNER NATIONAL MEDIA PARTNER FUNDING PARTNERS SPONSORS VENUE DETAILS 1 Cleere’s Theatre Bar 2 The Hole in the Wall 3 The Set Theatre, Langtons Ballroom 4 The Ormonde Hotel (Kilbride Suite) (Kings Suite) 5 Watergate Theatre BOOKING DETAILS Box Office: 76 John Street, Kilkenny Tel: 056 776 3837 Online booking now at WWW.KILKENOMICS.COM FESTIVAL TEAM Founder Directors: Richard Cook and David McWilliams Public Relations: Conway Communications Programme Director: Naoise Nunn Web and Print Design: RedLemonade.ie Production Manager: Michael Burke Box Office Team: Brian Butler, Garret Brennan, Niamh Moyles, Box Office Manager: Lilian Burke Ralph Sheehan, Paula McDonald Festival Manager: Miriam Dunne Video production: Adrian Brett - ClickZoom.ie Volunteers Manager: Tommie Ryan Festival Administration: Margaret-Mary Murphy Special thanks to Colm O’Regan for programme input. Programme subject to change; correct at time of going to print. BOOKING INFORMATION: Box Office: 76 John Street, Kilkenny. Tel: 056 776 3837 WWW.KILKENOMICS.COM PETER ANTONIONI PRASENJIT BASU RAFAEL BEHR is a Kilkenomics regular and is the founder and Chief Economist is a political columnist for the co-author of Economics for at REALEconomics.com, an Guardian. He has been political Dummies. He was educated at independent economic research editor of the New Statesman, chief Pembroke College, Oxford and firm. He is also the author of “Asia leader writer on the Observer and Birkbeck College, London. He is Reborn: A continent rises from the a foreign correspondent for the currently a lecturer in management ravages of colonialism and war Financial Times in Russia and at University College, London. Peter’s to a new dynamism”. eastern Europe. He was named research interests are diverse Political Commentator of the Year and include the football transfer FOLLOW PRASENJIT @PrasenjitKBasu in the 2014 Editorial Intelligence market, the process of enterprise comment awards. in technology markets and the techniques and practice of the FOLLOW RAFAEL @rafaelbehr arcane field of long-range scenario planning. FOLLOW PETER @GuerillaEcon DANIEL BILAK BILL BLACK JUNE CARBONE is The Director of Ukraine Invest is a Kilkenomics regular. He is is the inaugural holder of the and Chief Investment Adviser to an American lawyer, academic, Robina Chair of Law, Science and the Prime Minister of Ukraine. A best-selling author and former Technology at the University of Canadian-qualified lawyer with bank regulator. He is currently an Minnesota. She is the author of From over 25 years of professional associate professor of economics Partners to Parents: The Second experience in Ukraine, he advised and law at the University of Missouri, Revolution in Family Law, the third major international and Ukrainian Kansas City. Bill assisted Icelandic and fourth editions of Family Law businesses in the energy, and French leaders responding to with Leslie Harris and the late Lee agribusiness, infrastructure and their fiscal crises and has testified Teitelbaum, and Red Families v. Blue technology sectors. to US Congress about the financial Families with Naomi Cahn. She is crisis, specifically on regulatory also a member of the Yale failures and the role of control fraud Cultural Cognition Project. in the bubble and crisis. FOLLOW JUNE @carbonej FOLLOW BILL @WilliamKBlack CONTRIBUTORS NORAH CASEY JOHN CLEERE FRANK CROWLEY is CEO (and owner) of Harmonia, is director of Kilkenny based Red is an economist and is lecturing Ireland’s largest magazine company Lemonade Creative; an experienced at CUBS, University College Cork. printing over four million magazines digital, UX and branding design Frank has a particular interest annually for the Irish, British agency. Two years ago John initiated in cities, the creative economy, and US market. #TechThursdayKK a well attended innovation, regional policy and monthly meeting in Kilkenny for economic geography matters. He has FOLLOW NORAH @NorahCasey promoting and creating new tech published in many of these areas in employment. He is also a regional international peer reviewed journals advisor for TechIreland and an and is currently researching the organiser of the first Google importance of creative occupations, TechStars Startup Weekend in regional resilience and the links Kilkenny this November. between talent, tolerance, diversity, well-being and entrepreneurship in FOLLOW JOHN @redlemonade Ireland and Europe. FOLLOW FRANK @frankgcrowley PADDY CULLIVAN CAROLINE DANIEL LIAM DELANEY of Callan’s Kicks and Kilkenomics is a partner in the London office of is SIRE Professor of Economics at brings you an audiovisual The Brunswick Group, an advisory the Scottish Institute for Research spectacular on the Rising Centenary. firm specializing in business in Economics and Stirling University Using Satire, Imagery, Historical critical issues. and Director of the Scottish Insight and Song, Paddy reveals the Graduate Programme in Economics 10 strangest things that happened FOLLOW CAROLINE @carolinefdaniel PhD programme. He lectured during our Rising, Revolution and econometrics, health economics and Counter-Revolution. He parallels behavioural economics in University those events’ effects on modern College Dublin and supervised Ireland, drawing out fundamental post-graduate students in changes that need to happen, economics and public health. no matter what Government we end up with. FOLLOW LIAM @LiamDelaneyEcon FOLLOW PADDY @paddycullivan BOOKING INFORMATION: Box Office: 76 John Street, Kilkenny. Tel: 056 776 3837 WWW.KILKENOMICS.COM MIHIR DESAI MIKE DRIVER MARLA DUKHARAN was born in India and raised in started, built and sold M2 before is Chief Economist for Bitt Inc, Hong Kong and New Jersey. He is cofounding Convex Capital. Convex promoting the adaptation of a professor and award-winning Capital helps entrepreneurs sell technology in the Caribbean to teacher at Harvard Business School their businesses. Mike has sold 29 boost financial and economic and Harvard Law School. His entrepreneur owned businesses inclusion and lower the cost of scholarship on corporate finance, mainly in the tech sector in the last financial services, enabling the international finance and tax policy four years with a collective value region to transcend the constraints has prompted several invitations to over $1 billion. Mike is an advocate of traditional business and banking testify before the U.S. Congress for the role that real entrepreneurs channels. Marla is recognized as a and serves as the basis of his can play in rejuvenating economies. top economist and thought-leader advisory role to leading global in the Caribbean, well-known for companies and organizations. FOLLOW MIKE @mdvex her monthly Caribbean Economic Report, monitoring major economic FOLLOW MIHIR @desaimihira developments in over 20 countries. FOLLOW MARLA @Marladukharan STEPHEN FLOOD JULIEN GARRAN KEVIN GILDEA is the CEO of international gold After five years as a consultant with is a comedian, award-winning broker, GoldCore.com. Stephen CRU, the commodities research playwright, performer, TV presence has been instrumental in growing unit, Julien joined ABN AMRO as and book reviewer. Kevin is a writer/ GoldCore from humble beginnings in their global commodities & mining performer on RTE TV’s satirical 2003 to a world-renowned provider strategist. He then took on a role as sketch show Irish Pictorial Weekly. of precious metal trading and head of European equity strategy at He was Ted Meaney in TV’s Bridget storage services, with $140 million the same institution, following that and Eamonn and Fr Cave in TV’s of bullion assets in storage and with a global macro strategy role on Father Ted. He performs his stand- sales in excess of $1 billion dollars. the hedge fund desk. Julien moved up all over the global shop. Stephen is passionate about gold, to Legal & General in 2005 as Head He is an award winning writer, fintech and the blockchain and is of Asset Allocation, and he launched winning awards for his writing. He an expert on precious metals and and managed its global macro fund, lives by the sea with his two cats – related finance and economics. focussing on achieving absolute Timmy and FiscalHole.