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New Dividing Lines in Asia in the Light of War and Pandemics. Philippe Le Corre, Asia Society. May 24, 2022
Elon Musk, the Buffalo shooting, Texas, and Internet free speech. Tom Wheeler, Brookings. May 23, 2022
Fragmentation monster looms again for ECB. Ignazio Angeloni, OMFIF. May 18, 2022
The Ukraine War's Impact on Sino-European Relations. Philippe Le Corre, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. May 17, 2022
Food insecurity is a bigger problem than energy. Megan Greene, Financial Times. May 16, 2022
Even with Moves toward Transparency, Corporate Climate Pledges and Carbon Offsets Will Be Complicated. Marc Hafstead, William Pizer, Joseph E. Aldy, Margaret Peloso, Alex Rau, Resources. May 12, 2022
Things may look shaky, but recession isn’t certainty. Jason Furman, Harvard Gazette. May 11, 2022
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Has Jeopardized the China-EU Relationship. Philippe Le Corre, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. May 10, 2022
Private-debt risks are hiding in plain sight. Carmen Reinhart and Leora Klapper, World Bank Blogs. May 5, 2022
Nostalgia dies last. Edoardo Campanella, Project Syndicate. May 3, 2022
A Global Tax System is Good for the U.S. Jason Furman, Wall Street Journal. May 2, 2022
Measuring and Mis-measuring China’s Scientific Rise. Richard Yarrow, The Wire China. April 24, 2022
Now's the time for an energy demand strategy. Chris Skidmore, The Sunday Times. April 21, 2022
What's driving inflation if it's not the supply chain? Jason Furman, Los Angeles Times. April 20, 2022
This Inflation is Demand-Driven and Persistent. Jason Furman, Project Syndicate. April 20, 2022
How do hospital closures in the United States impact patient care? Soroush Saghafian, HKS. April 13, 2022
King Dollar is in no danger of losing its world financial crown. Megan Greene, Financial Times. April 12, 2022
Even in a Hot Economy, Wages Aren't Keeping Up With Inflation. Jason Furman, Wall Street Journal. April 12, 2022
EU-China Opinion Pool: The EU-China Summit 2022. Philippe Le Corre, Merics. April 12, 2022
Shining a light on debt. Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Carmen Reinhart, International Monetary Fund. Spring 2022
My inflation warnings have spurred questions. Here are my answers. Lawrence H. Summers, The Washington Post. April 5, 2022
Antitrust Reform: A Litigation Perspective. Jonathan Sallet, Antitrust, Vol. 36, No. 2. Spring 2022
Theodore White’s reporting of famine in Henan saved lives. Richard Yarrow, SupChina. March 31, 2022
U.S. regulatory inaction opened the doors for the EU to step up on internet. Tom Wheeler, Brookings. March 29, 2022
Biden's Better Plan to Tax the Rich. Jason Furman, The Washington Post. March 28, 2022
Inflation - Roaring Back: How Far Will It Go? Paul Sheard, The Foreign Correspondent's Club of Japan. March 25, 2022
Puncturing myth of purity of science, technology. Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard Gazette. March 22, 2022
These Russian sanctions are different. Jeffrey Frankel, Project Syndicate. March 18, 2022
Climate change, Ukraine and pitfalls of international goodwill. Wake Smith, The Hill. March 18, 2022
How the sanctions war on Putin's Russia could reshape the world economic order. Jeffrey Frankel and Meghan O'Sullivan, HKS PolicyCast. March 17, 2022
The stock market liked the Fed’s plan to raise interest rates. It’s wrong. Lawrence H. Summers, Washington Post. March 17, 2022
The EU must decide how to fund its Ukraine response. Megan Greene, Financial Times. March 16, 2022
Domestic gas is not the solution to Britain’s energy security. Chris Skidmore, CAPX. March 15, 2022
History suggests a high chance of recession over the next 24 months. Alex Domash and Lawrence H. Summers. March 15, 2022
The Fed is charting a course to stagflation and recession. Lawrence H. Summers, The Washington Post. March 15, 2022
US gasoline prices are relatively moderate compared to historical levels. Alex Domash and Lawrence H. Summers, Medium. March 12, 2022
US Climate Change Policy in An Era of Political Polarization. Robert Stavins, An Economic View of the Environment blog. March 11, 2022
The 2022 Holberg Prize is awarded to U.S. scholar Sheila Sen Jasanoff for her pioneering research in the field of Science and Technology Studies. Sheila Jasanoff, The Holberg Prize. March 10, 2022
Will the EU join the Russian energy embargo? Megan Furman, Prospect. March 10, 2022
Will anchored inflation expectations actually anchor inflation? Jason Furman, Peterson Institute for International Economics. March 10, 2022
No panic in Furman's reaction to inflation data, but plenty of uncertainty. Jason Furman, Harvard Gazette. March 10, 2022
The Treasury Option: How the US can achieve the financial inclusion of a CBDC now. Howell Jackson and Timothy G. Massad, Brookings. March 10, 2022
Bad News About the Good Inflation News. Jason Furman, Wall Street Journal. March 6, 2022
Managing the US National Debt. Paul Sheard, Horasis USA Meeting 2022 (YouTube). March 5, 2022
US gained surprising number of jobs in February but wage growth was nearly flat. Jason Furman and Wilson Powell, III, Peterson Institute of International Economics. March 4, 2022
Sensible Climate Targets Must Consider Costs as Well as Benefits. Wake Smith, Bloomberg Law. March 3, 2022
Balancing Interests and Threats: Challenges for Korea's Next President. William Overholt, AsiaGlobal Online. March 2, 2022
Sanctions will devastate the Russian economy—will they destabilise the west’s? Megan Greene, Prospect. March 2, 2022
Fighting the Last Inflation War. Jeffrey Frankel, Project Syndicate. February 24, 2022
The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it. Linda Bilmes and Cornell William Brooks, The Boston Globe. February 23, 2022
The ECB must move slowly on interest rates. Megan Greene, Financial Times. February 23, 2022
France will not vacate the Indo-Pacific anytime soon. Philippe Le Corre, Nikkei Asia. February 21, 2022
America’s flawed democracy is in deep—possibly fatal—trouble. Alex Keyssar and Archon Fung, HKS PolicyCast. February 17, 2022
Some lessons from Covid-19 for the EU financial framework. Ignazio Angeloni, “Supervisory architecture in Europe – Lessons from crises in the 21st century”. Edward Elgar Publishing. February 15, 2022
China’s Climate Commitments Face Major Challenges. Henry Lee and Dan Schrag, The National Interest. February 13, 2022
Which Matters More: A Booming Economy or Spiking Inflation? Jason Furman, The Ezra Klein Show. February 8, 2022
Summers says pandemic only partly to blame for record inflation. Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard Gazette. February 4, 2022
US employment jumped in January, despite Omicron wave. Karen Dynan and Wilson Powell, III, Peterson Institute for International Economics. February 4, 2022
The Biden stimulus is admirably ambitious. But it brings some big risks, too. Lawrence H. Summers, Washington Post. February 4, 2022
Italy’s government faces big hurdles after botched presidential election. Ignazio Angeloni, OMFIF. February 3, 2022
Why US workers will return to the labour market. Megan Greene, Financial Times. February 2, 2022
US wages grew at fastest pace in decades in 2021, but prices grew even more. Jason Furman and Wilson Powell, III, Peterson Institute for International Economics. January 28, 2022
Are vaccination mandates government overreach? Jeffrey Frankel, Project Syndicate. January 25, 2022
Puerto Rico's recovery depends on getting its government back. Antonio Weiss, Bloomberg. January 25, 2022
Harvard Project Conducts Research Workshop on Subnational Climate-Change Policy in India. Robert Stowe. January 21, 2022
Did the FAA cry wolf on 5G? Tom Wheeler, Brookings. January 21, 2022
Review of "China’s Emergence as a Power in the Mediterranean: Port Diplomacy and Active Engagement." Philippe Le Corre, H-Diplo. January 19, 2022
Why did almost nobody see inflation coming? Jason Furman, Project Syndicate. January 17, 2022
DisrupTV Episode 263, Grant Halloran, Darren Heffernan, Paul Sheard, Marsha Collier. Paul Sheard. DisrupTV. January 14, 2022
Four reasons to keep worrying about inflation. Jason Furman, Wall Street Journal. January 13, 2022
Afghanistan's Former Central Bank Chief on the Dire State of the Country's Economy. Ajmal Ahmady, Bloomberg. January 13, 2022
#MeetTopEnvEcon – Robert Stavins. Robert Stavins, Express Views Podcast. January 11, 2022
Information chaos in public health. Alexandra Schweitzer, CommonWealth Magazine. January 9, 2022
The US labor market recovered rapidly in 2021 but still fell short even before Omicron wave. Jason Furman, Peterson Institute for International Economics. January 7, 2022
Betting on US transitory inflation is still valid. Megan Greene, Financial Times. January 7, 2022
Efficiencies in Horizontal Mergers: 2020 Jerry S. Cohen Award Winners for Antitrust Scholarship, Nancy Rose and Jonathan Sallet, Unpack the Debate in Merger Enforcement with Guest Host Roger Noll. Jonathan Sallet, American Antitrust Institute. January 5, 2022
Interview with Prof. Soroush Saghafian. Soroush Saghafian, INFORMS. January, 2022
NATO Looking East: The Case of China. Philippe Le Corre, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique. January 5, 2022