The IEA have announced the 20th Hayek Memorial lecture:

The Institute of Economic Affairs and CQS are pleased to host the Twentieth Annual IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture. The lecture will be delivered by Professor Robert Barro, speaking on the subject of Fiscal-Stimulus Packages.

Fiscal-stimulus packages have been a common response to the recent financial crisis/recession. However, the effects tend to be only modestly beneficial in the short run and harmful in the medium and long run. Looking ahead, the major economic concerns involve crises of governments rather than of private financial institutions or markets.

Lecture and Q&A (6:30pm for) 6:45pm-8:15pm, Reception 8:15pm-9:00pm

Robert J. Barro is Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University, a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and a B.S. in physics from Caltech