On November 15, 2019, the Federalist Society's Financial Services & E-Commerce Practice Group hosted a panel for the 2019 National Lawyers Convention at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. The panel covered "Money and the Constitution".
Money. We all use it, for exchange, for store of value, for identifying prices, and many other purposes and exercises. In the United States, and under our Constitution, what is money, how is it created, what is its value, who gets to decide, and to whom are such decision makers accountable? Is it an instrument of freedom, or a tool of government policy to affect that freedom? These questions, which touch all of us, will be the topic of discussion of our panelists.
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.
Featuring:

Dr. Don Kohn, Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institute
Mr. Alex J. Pollock, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Finance, Insurance & Trade, R Street
Dr. Paul Sheard, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Prof. Richard E. Sylla, Professor Emeritus of Economics, New York University Stern School of Business
Moderator: Hon. Paul B. Matey, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Introduction: Hon. Wayne A. Abernathy, Executive VP for Financial Institutions Policy and Regulatory Af, American Bankers Association