Those who wish to attend the panel need to pre-register by e-mail to Andrew_Kliman@msn.com on or before April 10. And, again, please make sure to bring a photo ID to the event.

WHAT LIES BEHIND: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS

SPEAKERS & TALKS ---------------- Radhika Desai (Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba): "The dollar: US currency, world's problem"

Alan Freeman (Visiting Research Fellow, University of Manitoba): "How bad can it get? 1929 and all that"

Andrew Kliman (Professor, Department of Economics, Pace University - Pleasantville): "Roots of the Crisis and Proposed Solutions"

TIME & PLACE ------------ Tuesday April 14 at 6:00 p.m. Pace University 18th floor Conference Room One Pace Plaza Manhattan (New York City)

(Just east of City Hall, just south of Brooklyn Bridge. Near 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, C, J, M, Z, N, and R subway lines, + bus routes. For more detailed directions, visit http://www.pace.edu/page.cfm?doc_id=16157 or call Pace University at (212) 346-1200.)

NOTE -------- The panel is free of charge and open to the public, but Pace University requires visitors to pre-register and show a photo ID in order to get in. So pre-register by e-mail to Andrew_Kliman@msn.com by April 10, and bring a photo ID.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES ----------------

Radhika Desai is the author of _Slouching Towards Ayodhya: From Congress to Hindutva in Indian Politics_ (2004). She is working on two books, _When Was Globalization? Origin and End of a US Strategy_ and _The Making of the Indian Capitalist Class_.

Alan Freeman has published 52 articles on economics and politics. He has co-edited four books including _Marx, Ricardo, Sraffa_ with Ernest Mandel, and _The Politics of Empire and the Crisis of Globalisation_ with Boris Kagarlitsky. With Radhika Desai he is launching a new book series to be entitled _The Future of World Capitalism_.

Andrew Kliman is the author of _Reclaiming Marx's "Capital": A refutation of the myth of inconsistency_ (2007). His writings, talks, and interviews on the current economic crisis are available at akliman.squarespace.com/crisis-intervention.