Not meeting in Spring 2024 |
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Term: N/A |
Location: Littauer M15 |
Meeting Time: 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM |
Description: This seminar will feature presentations on current macroeconomic policy issues by Economics Department faculty and invited outsider 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. |
List Serve/Announcements: https://web.lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/lists/macropolicy-seminar-list.lists.fas.harvard.edu/ |
DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
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9/3/23 |
no meeting |
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9/12/23 |
Jeremy Stein |
"Banking in the Aftermath of SVB"
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9/19/23 |
Debbie Lucas (MIT) |
“The Ascendency of Credit Policy”
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9/26/23 |
Amy Finkelstein (MIT) |
“Lives vs. Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare
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10/3/23 |
Donald Kohn (former vice chair, Federal Reserve Board) |
“The Inflation Surge of the 2020s: Implications for Monetary Policy”
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10/10/23 |
Jan Eberly (Northwestern, visiting at MIT) |
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10/17/23 |
Susan Collins (president, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) |
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10/24/23 |
Robert Barro |
“Fiscal Influences on Inflation in OECD Countries, 2020-2022” |
10/31/23 |
Olivier Blanchard (former chief economist, IMF) |
“What Caused the U.S. Pandemic-Era Inflation?” |
11/7/23 |
Jason Furman |
“The U.S. Fiscal Situation: What Happened, Where Is It Going?” CANCELLED!! |
11/14/23 |
Bob Litterman (formerly Goldman Sachs) – via Zoom
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“Can Financial Engineering Save the Planet? Carbon-Linked Bonds Overview” via Zoom |
11/21/23 |
Jeff Fuhrer (formerly Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) |
The Myth That Made Us: How False Narratives Have Been Used to Dismiss and Perpetuate Bad Outcomes.
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11/28/23 |
Philip Lane (chief economist, ECB) |
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12/5/23 |
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich |
Tax Policy and Investment in a Global Economy |