Michael Chae Seminar on Macroeconomic Policy

Not meeting in Spring 2024

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

9/3/23

no meeting

 

9/12/23

Jeremy Stein

"Banking in the Aftermath of SVB"                    

 

9/19/23

Debbie Lucas (MIT)

“The Ascendency of Credit Policy”

 

9/26/23

Amy Finkelstein (MIT)

Lives vs. Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare

 

10/3/23

Donald Kohn (former vice chair, Federal Reserve Board)              

“The Inflation Surge of the 2020s: Implications for Monetary Policy”

 

10/10/23

Jan Eberly (Northwestern, visiting at MIT)

“Macro Shocks and Housing Markets”

10/17/23

Susan Collins (president, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)

“Monetary Policy Challenges in the Pandemic Recovery”

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

 

 

“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.

 

11/28/23

Philip Lane (chief economist, ECB)

“Inflation and Monetary Policy in the Euro Area”

12/5/23

Gabriel  Chodorow-Reich

Tax Policy and Investment in a Global Economy