September 1, 2022, Opinion: "Some earlier big run-ups in the US currency’s value, including in the mid-1980s and the early 2000s, were…
This paper estimates the costs of sovereign defaults to a broader extent than has been done in the literature. Applying the synthetic…
2022, Paper: "In a 2020 JAMA Viewpoint, Lawrence Summers and I guessed at the possible economic costs of long COVID.1 At the time, we…
August 30, 2022, Opinion: "In a recent paper published with Olivier Blanchard in July 2022, we argued that the Fed’s hope to cool the labor…
August 30, 2022, Opinion: "Although US monetary policy was too aggressive for too long, the likely culprit behind the recent surge in…
August 26, 2022, Video: "Harvard's Jason Furman, former chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to…
August 26, 2022, Video: (34:11)"On this edition of Wall Street Week, Liz Ann Sonders, Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist and Peter…
August 2022, Interview: "This week, President Joe Biden announced debt relief for as many as 43 million Americans with government…
CHINA’S PRIVATE SECTOR is often summed up with a combination of four numbers: 60/70/80/90. Private firms contribute approximately 60% of…
August 8, 2022, Video: (translated)"Lawrence Summers, academic and former US Secretary of the Treasury (a position equivalent to our…