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Trump’s Mercantilist Mess. Robert Barro, September 5, 2019, Opinion, "When US President Donald Trump boasted that trade wars are "easy to win" in March 2018, it was convenient to…
Is Politics Getting to the Fed? Robert Barro, July 23, 2019, Opinion, "In the early 1980s, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Paul Volcker, was able to choke off runaway…
Mysteries of Monetary Policy. Robert Barro, July 4, 2019, Opinion, "Since the federal funds rate peaked at 22% in the early 1980s, inflation in the United States has remained low…
Trump Is Slowing US Economic Growth. Robert Barro, June 4, 2019, Opinion, "The current state of US macroeconomic policymaking across four key areas does not bode well. Although…
My Best Growth Forecast Ever. Robert Barro, April 29, 2019, Opinion, "The Trump administration's tax reform of 2017, which took effect in 2018, was viewed prospectively, and now…
Disaster Probability and Options-Pricing with Disaster Risk. Robert Barro, April 2019, Paper, "We derive a new option-pricing formula from recursive preference and estimate…
Interview with Harvard Professor Robert Barro. Robert Barro, September 1, 2018, Opinion, "Robert Barro is a highly influential economist and has written extensively about…
The macroeconomic effects of the 2017 tax reform. Robert Barro, Jason Furman, March 4, 2018, Paper, "In December 2017, Congress enacted the most sweeping set of tax changes…
The Ricardian Approach to Budget Deficits. Robert Barro, 2017, Book Chapter, "In recent years there has been a lot of discussion about US budget deficits. Many economists and…
Economic Recovery Since 2008. Lawrence Summers, Robert Barro, November 4, 2016, Video, "Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and Harvard Economics Professor Robert Barro…