NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Nov 7, 2011) -

Sir Harold Evans to moderate prominent economic experts on Tuesday, Nov. 8

About the Event: Sir Harold Evans, Reuters editor-at-large, will lead a debate between speakers pro- and anti- John Maynard Keynes' economic theory. The event, on publication of Nicholas Wapshott's Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics, is part of Thomson Reuters event series, A Conversation with Sir Harold Evans.

Where: Asia Society

725 Park Avenue

New York, New York

When: Tuesday, November 8

5:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Speakers: Introductions by Nicholas Wapshott

Moderation by Sir Harold Evans

Arguing for Keynes:

James K Galbraith,

John Cassidy

Sylvia Nasar

Steve Rattner

Arguing for Hayek:

Edmund Phelps

Lawrence White

Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Steve Moore

Additional:

Watch it Live: [ www.Reuters.com/subjects/keynes-hayek ]

Twitter: #keynesVShayek

Visuals: Caricatures by syndicated cartoonist Nick Galifianakis, available by request

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Source: Thomson Reuters Corporation via Thomson Reuters ONE

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