Michael Chae Seminar on Macroeconomic Policy

 

Michael Chae Seminar on Macroeconomic Policy 

Term: Only in Fall semester
Location: Littauer M15 
Meeting Time: Tuesdays  1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Description: This seminar will feature presentations on current macroeconomic policy issues by Economics Department faculty and invited outside speakers.  Specific topics will include (among others) tax reform, fiscal policy, monetary policy in the U.S. and in other advanced economies, international imbalances, labor market policies, raising the U.S. economic growth rate, Europe's economic problems, housing and the mortgage market.  Students not taking the course for credit are welcome to participate in each week's discussion.
 

 

DATESPEAKERTITLE
September 2 
No meeting
 
September 8
Gita Gopinath (Harvard)
“The Third Wave: Addressing Global Imbalances"
September 15

Yasheng Huang

(MIT)

“Statism with Chinese Characteristics: A History of China's Reforms and Reversals"

 

September 22
Daron Acemoglu (MIT)
 
September 29
Anton Korinek (Anthropic)
 
October 6
Jessica Wachter (Wharton)
 
October 13      
Anil Kashyap (Chicago)
 
October 20      
Jeremy Stein (Harvard)
 
October 27 
No meeting 
 
November 3   
TBD
 
November 10
Amy Finkelstein (MIT)
 
November 17  
Philip Lane (ECB)
 
November 24  
Paul Tucker (former BofE)
 
December 1   
Francesco Caselli (LSE)