Collegio A Volta University of Pavia Department of Economics and Management University of Pavia The financial crisis that hit the world in 2008 has impacted dramatically on the cost of food, employment, especially youth’s, welfare, education and health. Yet neither the causes of the crisis or the way out are clear to the majority of people. M Ellison, University of Oxford Understanding the Global Financial Crisis M Ellison opens the Volta series on by discussing the role of policymakers. 21 October 2014 at 6.00 pm followed by refreshments VOLTA SOCIETY FOR ECONOMICS The financial crisis Iniziativa realizzata con il contributo concesso dalla Commissione Permanente Studenti dell’ Università di Pavia nell' ambito del programma per la promozionedelle attività culturali e ricreative degli studenti. Information: from G Rampa <giorgio.rampa@unipv.it> Director of Studies in Economics or F Ruberto <fruberto89@gmail.com>, secreteray of the Volta Society for Economics (VSEC) 17, via A Ferrata, 27100 Pavia. Tel ++39 0382 548511. Web www.collegiovolta.org