2017 News Archive
December 22
Review: Elaine Kamarck at the Washington Post: How government has been--and can be--the solution
December 17
Op-ed: Jason Furman in the Wall Street Journal: How to Get American Men Back Into the Workforce
December 15
Op-ed: Jason Furman and Larry Summers in Project Syndicate: Robert Barro’s Tax-Reform Advocacy: A Response
December 14
Op-ed: Rohini Pande in the Indian Express: The mobile phone gender gap: What does it matter and what can we do?
December 12
Op-ed: Larry Summers in the Washington Post: We are even more convinced that thousands will die prematurely if the ACA is repealed
December 10
Op-ed: Jeffrey Frankel at The Hill: To understand the tax reform bill, use good old math and history
December 9
Op-ed: Larry Summers in the Financial Times: US economy faces a painful comedown from its 'sugar high'
December 8
Op-ed: Deborah Gordon in the Observer: How the CVS-Aetna Deal Could Allow Consumers to Shop for Better Health Care
December 7
Op-ed: Calestous Juma in The Conversation: Moving beyond the green revolution in Africa’s new era of hunger
December 6
Announcement: Antonio Weiss named to Volcker Alliance Board of Directors
December 5
Blog post: Larry Summers' blog post: Susan Collins is wrong to say that the tax cuts would pay for themselves, despite the economists she cites
December 4
Blog post: Larry Summers' blog post: Thousands would die as a result of the GOP tax bill
Op-ed: Jeffrey Frankel at PBS Newshour: How the GOP tax overhaul compares to Reagan-era tax bills
December 1
News: Coverage of a seminar lead by Caroline Atkinson, head of global policy at Google, addressing growth in the tech industry
November 30
Op-ed: Carmen Reinhart at Project Syndicate: The long and winding road to a haircut
Op-ed: Larry Summers and Jason Furman in the Washington Post: Dear colleagues: You responded, but we have more questions about your tax-cut analysis
November 28
Op-ed: Larry Summers and Jason Furman in the Washington Post: Dear colleagues, please explain your letter to Steven Mnuchin
November 27
Op-ed: Larry Summers in the Washington Post: Trump's version of capitalism looks a lot like revenge--and it endangers our democracy
November 24
Op-ed: Jeffrey Frankel in Project Syndicate: Reagan's Tax Reforms Revisited
Op-ed: Philippe Le Corre on Carnegie Europe's Strategic Europe blog: France’s Bloodless and Pro-European Revolution
November 23
Op-ed: Rohini Pande at Ideas for India: Give women credit
November 17
Discussion paper: The Council on Foreign Relations has published Christopher Smart's discussion paper, Economic Constraints on Russian Foreign Policy and What They Mean for the United States
November 17
Op-ed: Larry Summers in the Washington Post: Productivity still matters for worker paychecks
November 16
Op-ed: Carmen Reinhart in Handelsblatt Global: What lurks beneath the Euro
November 15
Op-ed: Todd Baker in American Banker: Online lenders should heed criticism of their effect on borrowers
November 14
Announcement: M-RCBG senior fellow Peter Sands announced as new executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Op-ed: Calestous Juma in The Conversation: How Africa can negotiate an effective continental free trade area agreement
November 13
Op-ed: Calestous Juma in The Conversation: Somaliland’s voting technology shows how Africa can lead the world
November 12
Op-ed: Calestous Juma in The Conversation: Jobs and Robots: Bracing for technological disruptions to come
November 9
Op-ed: Linda Bilmes in the Boston Globe: On Veterans Day, let's honor the promises we made to veterans
November 8
Op-ed: Christopher Smart at Project Syndicate: The Real Risk to the Global Economy
November 6
Podcast: Deb Gordon in The ROI Podcast: Could shopping for healthcare be like shopping for groceries?
November 5
Op-Ed: Larry Summers in the Washington Post: Three (almost) inexplicable parts of the Republican tax plan
November 1
Op-Ed: Carmen Reinhart at Project Syndicate: The Curious Case of the Missing Defaults
Op-Ed: Deborah Gordon in The Hill: We have to stand up to Trump's health insurance bullying
Op-Ed: Robert Stavins in the Huffington Post: Linking Heterogeneous Climate Policies
Op-Ed: Jason Furman at Vox: The real cost of the Republican tax cuts
October 26
Op-Ed: Jeffrey Frankel at Project Syndicate: The Next Fed Chair
October 25
Op-Ed: Lawrence Summers in the Washington Post: What I do support in a new tax plan
October 22
Op-Ed: Jason Furman in the Wall Street Journal: No, the GOP Tax Plan Won't Give you a $9,000 Raise
October 18
Q & A: Six Questions with Rohini Pande at the World Bank
October 17
Op-Ed: Lawrence Summers in the Washington Post: Trump's top economist's tax analysis isn't just wrong, it's dishonest
October 16
Essay: Joe Aldy in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Real world headwinds for Trump climate change policy
October 13
Op-Ed: Deb Gordon and Anna Ford in The Hill: Trump's health care executive order is full of empty promises
October 12
Op-Ed: Research by Larry Summers featured in the New York Times, We’re About to Fall Behind the Great Depression; and at the Peterson Institute's conference on Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy.
October 9
Op-Ed: John DeVillars in CommonWealth Magazine: Time to put pedal to the metal: Utilities are the key to electric vehicle expansion
October 8
Op-Ed: Larry Summers in the Financial Times: America’s tax plan is not worth its name. Also printed here.
October 7
Op-Ed: Karen Dynan at Econofact: Many American Households Are Still Struggling to Build Wealth
October 4
Op-Ed: Antonio Weiss in the New York Times: Don’t Make Things Worse for Puerto Rico
October 3
Op-Ed: Iris Bohnet in the New York Times: Tackling 'the Thin File' That Can Prevent a Promotion
Op-Ed: Jason Furman in the Wall Street Journal: The U.S. Can No Longer Afford Deficit-Increasing Tax Cuts
September 25
Op-Ed: Carmen Reinhart on Project Syndicate, The Fear Factor in Today’s Interest Rates
Op-Ed: Jeffrey Frankel in Project Syndicate, Why Financial Markets Underestimate Risk
September 21
Blog: Larry Summers, Opportunity for Republican Senators to be 21st century Profiles in Courage
September 20
Interview: Larry Summers, Conversation with Tyler Cowen to discuss innovation in higher education, Herman Melville, the Fed, Mexico, Russia, China, philanthropy and more
September 19
Comment: Systemic Risk Council, chaired by M-RCBG fellow Paul Tucker, Comments on the Treasury Departments June 2017 Report
September 12
Op-ED: Larry Summers in the Washington Post, How aging, inequality and China make the U.S. government likely to get larger
September 8
Jeffrey Frankel on Econofact: The Dodd–Frank Financial Reform
September 7
Blog: Larry Summers, Stan Fischer’s departure from the Fed: End of an era
September 5
Blog: Larry Summers, Cohn had a bad day with facts
September 4
Op-Ed: Larry Summers commentary: America needs its unions more than ever. Also in the Financial Times.
September 3
Op-Ed: Larry Summers in The Washington Post, It’s time to balance the power between workers and employers
August 30
Op-Ed: Carment Reinhart in Project Syndicate, The Persistence of Global Imbalances
August 28
M-RCBG welcomes new Senior Fellows
August 24
Op-Ed: Jeffrey Frankel in Project Syndicate, Can Trump Deal with North Korea and China?
August 17
Blog: Larry Summers, Trump’s CEOs resigned. His staff should do the same
Linda Bilmes in Boston Business Journal, Harvard study: North South Rail Link would cost less than thought. By subscription only.
Antonio Weiss on Bloomberg View, Make the Treasuries Market Safe at Any Speed
August 15
Blog: Larry Summers, Why don’t all CEOs quit Trump’s advisory councils?
August 13
Op-Ed: Larry Summers in The Washington Post, The Fed’s job is about to become much harder
August 1
Op-Ed: Carmen Frankel in Project Syndicate, Recovery is Not Resolution
Op-Ed: Robert Stavins in Huffington Post, Environmental Economics — A Personal Perspective
July 24
Op-Ed: Jeffrey Frankel in Project Syndicate, Why Obamacare Survived
July 13
News report: John Ruggie and the UN Guiding Principles cited in creation of World Players Rights policy covering over 100,000 athletes in a dozen sports, including soccer, NFL and NBA
July 12
Blog post: Larry Summers' blog post, Western civilization and Presidential hypocrisy
July 9
Op-ed: Larry Summers' in the Financial Times, Donald Trump's alarming G20 performance
July 8
Blog post: Larry Summers' blog post, Our President is the greatest threat to our security
June 30
Op-Ed: Carmen Reinhart in Project Syndicate, One Hundred Years of Indebtedness
June 28
Op-ed: Christopher Smart in the Boston Globe, In praise of leverage and back channels in Russia policy
June 26
Op-ed: Rohini Pande in IndiaSpend, Star Power: Maharashtra Starts Rating Industries By Emissions
June 22
Op-ed: Christopher Smart in Project Syndicate, Trump's Trade Illogic
June 22
Op-ed: Jeffrey Frankel in Project Syndicate, Trump’s Sugar Swamp
June 20
Video: Joseph Aldy featured in the video The Great Swap: A Bipartisan Solution to Climate Change
June 13
Award: Robert Stavins is named co-recipient of the Publication of Enduring Quality Award
June 12
Op-ed: Larry Summers' latest op-ed at The Washington Post, The problem with privatization
June 12
Op-ed: Larry Summers' latest op-ed at The Washington Post, The problem with privatization
June 11
Press release: Press release on new working paper by Peter Sands, Ed Balls, Sebastian Leape, Nyasha Weinberg: Making Brexit Work for British Business: Key Execution Priorities
June 6
Op-ed: Robert Stavins' op-ed at PBS NewsHour, The economics (and politics) of Trump's Paris withdrawal
June 5
Op-ed: Robert Stavins' op-ed in Foreign Affairs, Why Trump Pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Accord and What the Consequences Will Be
June 4
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in the Financial Times, Business needs to show there is more to the US than Donald Trump
June 2
Op-ed: Robert Stavins' op-ed at WGBH, Goodbye Paris, Hello Nicaragua: Why Trump's Withdrawal From The Climate Accord is Bad for America
June 1
Op-ed and Policy Brief: Antonio Weiss' op-ed in Bloomberg View, Financial Regulation Calls for 20/20 Vision and related policy brief published by the Peterson Institute
May 30
Op-ed: Brian Deese's co-authored op-ed in The Washington Post, Another deadly consequence of climate change: The spread of dangerous diseases
May 30
Op-ed: Linda Bilmes' op-ed in Defense One, The Biggest Bills for the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Are Yet to Come
May 30
Op-ed: Jeffrey Frankel's op-ed in The Guardian, Why help to buy your home is no help at all to the economy
May 30
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in The Washington Post, What history tells us about Trump's budget fantasy
May 29
Op-ed: Carmen Reinhart's op-ed at Project Syndicate, Trump's Magic Budget
May 27
Article: Peter Sands' co-written article in The Lancet, Financing preparedness at a national level
May 25
Op-ed: Linda Bilmes' op-ed at The Conversation, Iraq and Afghanistan: The US$6 trillion bill for America's longest war is unpaid
May 24
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in The Washington Post, Trump's 'China deal' is only a good deal for China
May 24
Op-ed: Christopher Smart's op-ed at Chatham House, Five Ways for Europe to Set a Course Towards Progress and Growth
May 23
Announcement: M-RCBG announces the winner of the 2017 Dunlop Undergraduate Thesis Prize
May 23
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in The Washington Post, Trump's budget is simply ludicrous
May 22
Article: Brian Deese in Foreign Affairs, Paris Isn't Burning: Why the Climate Agreement Will Survive Trump
May 19
Interview: Paul Tucker interviewed in Borsen-Zeitung, Talk alone doesn't make it better
May 18
Announcement: The Harvard Environmental Economics Program announces winners of the 2016-2017 HEEP Student Paper Prizes
May 17
Q&A: Todd Baker's op-ed in American Banker, Better fintech alternatives to high-cost credit are already here
May 12
Q&A: A Q&A with Ban Ki-moon in the Harvard Gazette, A U.N. leader looks back
May 7
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in the Financial Times, Less is more when it comes to Federal Reserve policy
May 2
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed at The Washington Post, Larry Summers on the future of banking
April 27
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in The Washington Post, Trump is undermining his own treasury secretary
April 27
Event coverage: Coverage of the recent Men Without Work Forum
April 27
Op-ed: Ban Ki-moon and Robert Stavins' op-ed in the Boston Globe, Why the US should stay in the Paris climate agreement
April 26
Event coverage: Coverage of Ban Ki-Moon's Forum talk, Ban Ki-Moon Reflects on UN Leadership at IOP
April 26
Blog post: Ben Heineman's blog post at the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, Wells Fargo Lessons: Will Leaders Ever Learn?
April 24
Op-ed: Jeffrey Frankel's op-ed at Project Syndicate, How to Renegotiate NAFTA
April 20
Op-ed: Ban Ki-moon and Robert Stavins' op-ed in the Boston Globe, Why the US should stay in the Paris climate agreement
April 17
Op-ed: Christopher Smart's co-authored op-ed at RealClear World, A U.S.-UK Trade Agreement and the Trump Re-Election Campaign
April 14
News: M-RCBG welcomes Jason Furman as Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard Kennedy School
April 11
Paper: Regina E. Herzlinger's co-authored paper at The JAMA Network, Achieving Universal Coverage Without Turning to a Single Payer: Lessons from 3 Countries
April 9
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in the Financial Times, The US must work on its economic relationship with China
April 7
April 7
Op-ed: Carmen Reinhart's op-ed in Project Syndicate, How to Handle an Oil Shock
April 2
Op-ed: Rohini Pande's op-ed at Ideas for India, Getting India's women into the workforce: Time for a smart approach
March 27
Op-ed: Calestous Juma's op-ed at QUARTZ Africa, African countries are wasting money on an outdated method of infrastructure investment
March 24
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in The Washington Post, Why scrapping NAFTA would be Trump's big gift to China
March 17
Op-ed: Christopher Smart's op-ed at Project Syndicate, Industry by Design?
March 12
Op-ed: Joseph Aldy's op-ed at The Conversation, Curbing climate change has a dollar value--here's how and why we measure it
March 10
Op-ed: Christopher Smart's op-ed in The European Financial Review, The Macro-Promise and the Micro-Peril: The Global Economy of 2017
March 6
Announcement: SSP alumni fellow Livio Valenti (Vaxess VP) on Gates Foundation $6M support for Vaxess Technologies to develop a novel microneedle patch for eradication of polio, measles and rubella
March 5
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in the Financial Times, Robots are wealth creators and taxing them is illogical
March 2
Op-ed: Carmen Reinhart in Project Syndicate, Addicted to Dollars
March 2
Coverage: A summary of Gilbert Metcalf's talk on Competitiveness Issues with a Carbon Tax, as part of the Consortium for Energy Policy Research's Energy Policy Seminar Series on Feb. 27
March 2
Op-ed: Linda Bilmes' op-ed in the Boston Globe, Trump's proposed defense splurge flunks basic math
March 1
Op-ed: Calestous Juma's op-ed at QUARTZ Africa, As Lake Chat shrinks rapidly, space technology and drones are needed to fight Africa's droughts
February 27
Coverage: Harvard Gazette coverage of the recent Global Food+ 2017 event
February 27
Statement: Systemic Risk Council, chaired by Paul Tucker, issues statement to the Finance Ministers, Governors, Chief Financial Regulators, and Legislative Committee Leaders of the G20 Countries
February 23
Interview: Calestous Juma interviewed at Thought Economics, Why We Embrace (and Resist) Innovation
February 23
Op-ed: Calestous Juma's op-ed in QUARTZ Africa, As Lake Chad shrinks rapidly, space technology and drones are needed to fight Africa's droughts
February 21
Op-ed: Jeffrey Frankel's op-ed at Project Syndicate, Making Crises Great Again
February 21
Blog post: Peter Sands' blog post at The World Bank's website, The first line of defense against outbreaks is to finance pandemic preparedness at a national level
February 20
Op-ed: Ben Heineman's op-ed at Brink News, Can Corporations Help Heal Broken Policy and Politics in an Era of Upheaval?
February 17
Robert Stavins interviewed in the Harvard Gazette, What to expect from Pruitt's EPA
February 17
Op-ed: Todd Baker's op-ed at American Banker, How to solve the bank fee conundrum hurting consumers
February 15
Keynote: Corporate Responsibility Initiative Chair and author of the UN Guiding Principles John Ruggie delivered a keynote address this week on Responsible Supply Chains at the G20 Labor and Employment Meeting in Hamburg, Germany
February 14
Coverage: Consortium for Energy Policy Research seminar, The Great Swap: Addressing Climate Change with a Carbon Tax
February 14
Coverage: The Alternatives to the Affordable Care Act panel co-sponsored by M-RCBG in the Harvard Gazette
February 14
Op-ed: Christopher Smart's op-ed at Project Syndicate, The Financial Education of the Eurozone
February 6
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in The Washington Post, The delusion that openness has impoverished America
February 5
Op-ed: Joseph Aldy at The Conversation, What Trump misses about regulations: They produce benefits as well as costs
February 3
Op-ed: Todd Baker in American Banker, Where SoFi-Zenbanx merger falls short
February 3
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in The Washington Post, We're about to find out if businesses are waking up to the dangers of Trump
February 2
Op-ed: Calestous Juma's op-ed in Quartz Africa, The tiny digital camera on every smartphone has had real impact on African lives
February 2
Op-ed: Brian Deese's op-ed in The Washington Post, Trump's corporate bullying will only hurt Americans
February 1
Op-ed: Jennifer Lerner's co-authored op-ed in Education Week, Here's What Works for Teacher Accountability
January 31
Op-ed: Calestous Juma's op-ed at Standard Digital, Universities' future lies in innovation
January 31
Op-ed: Carmen Reinhart's op-ed at Project Syndicate, Is the Deflation Cycle Over?
January 30
Op-ed: Rohini Pande's op-ed in The Indian Express, For a house to become a home
January
Paper: Peter Sands co-authored a paper at The BMJ, Post-Ebola reforms: Ample analysis, inadequate action
January 20
Profile: Iris Bohnet profiled in The New York Times, A Gathering of the Global Elite, Through a Woman's Eyes
January 20
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in the Financial Times, Disillusioned in Davos
January 19
Op-ed: Christopher Smart's op-ed in Prospect, Trump's calendar of global economic summits: These events will give us a clearer idea of American policy
January 18
Report: Christopher Smart's co-authored report at Chatham House: The Royal Institute of International Affairs, America's International Role Under Donald Trump
January 17
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in The Washington Post, Trump's plans to rebuild America are misguided and harmful. This is how we should do it
January 16
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in the Financial Times, A bitter comedown from Donald Trump's sugar high
January 13
Op-ed: Jeff Frankel's op-ed at Project Syndicate, Looking Back on Barack
January 10
Op-ed: Carmen Reinhart's op-ed in the Financial Review, Donald Trump will act alone on dollar
January 8
Op-ed: Larry Summers' op-ed in Financial Times, US tax reform is vital but Donald Trump's plan is flawed
January 4
Quoted: Larry Summers in FORTUNE, Investors are too blasé about the risks of Donald Trump's presidency