IEO Virtual Seminar: The End of Austerity? Fiscal Policy as a Counter Cyclical Tool - Jason Furman

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Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy

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January 13, 2021, Video: "The IEO Seminar Series hosted Jason Furman (Harvard) on "The End of Austerity? Fiscal Policy as a Counter-Cyclical Tool," coauthored with Lawrence Summers (Harvard). After Furman's presentation, Nicoletta Batini (IEO) moderated a discussion with comments from Charles Wyplosz (Graduate Institute in Geneva), Prakash Loungani (IEO), and Chiara Mariotti (Eurodad)."

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