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| Meghan O'Sullivan
May 22, 2020, Video, "Dr. Meghan O’Sullivan discusses how the coronavirus has wreaked havoc on oil markets and global energy. O’Sullivan is the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and the Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard University’s Kennedy School. This talk is part of the larger “Putting the World Back Together Summit,” a first for the World Affairs Councils of America, gathered…
| Carmen Reinhart
May 21, 2020, Video, "Carmen Reinhart, a professor of international finance at the Harvard Kennedy School and incoming World Bank chief economist, says the era of globalization is probably dead. She comments during an interview with Bloomberg's Alix Steel on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas." Watch on Youtube
May 20, 2020, Audio, "Within the economics profession, the John Bates Clark Medal is a huge deal. It's awarded each year by the American Economic Association to the best economist under 40 who is working in the U.S....." Listen or Read on NPR
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| Dani Rodrik
May 19, 2020, Video, "Dani Rodrik is Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He has published widely in the areas of economic development, international economics, and political economy. His current research focuses on employment and economic growth, in both developing and advanced economies. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the inaugural Albert O. Hirschman Prize of the Social…
| James H. Stock
May 2020, Paper, "The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting shutdown of much of the United States to attempt to contain the SARSCoV-2 virus produced a sudden and unprecedented economic contraction. The questions the nation face today are how and when to reopen the economy and get people back to work, while also achieving public health goals. This note briefly reviews the main considerations in answering these questions, drawing from the economic…
| Kenneth Rogoff
May 16, 2020, Video: "Kenneth Rogoff, professor at Harvard University and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss his outlook of the global economy amid COVID-19 and what challenges lie ahead." Watch on BNN Bloomberg
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| Carmen Reinhart
May 15, 2020, Opinion, "The pandemic is amplifying the risk of a world-wide food-price spike, which would trigger outright crises in many developing countries. Governments must therefore work together to address disruptions to food supply chains and prevent food protectionism from becoming the post-pandemic new normal."…
| Jason Furman
May 15, 2020, Video, "Speakers discuss the U.S. national debt and potential for an impending debt crisis, particularly given recent multi-trillion dollar COVID-19 stimulus packages, as well as the financial health of state and local entities across the country." Watch on Youtube
| Lawrence H. Summers
May 10, 2020, Video, "Former Fed chairman Larry Summers tells Fareed how he sees the global economy and that of the US adapting to a post-Covid world."
| Raj Chetty | Nathaniel Hendren
May 2020, Paper, "We build a new, publicly available economic tracker that measures economic activity at a highfrequency, granular level. Using anonymized data from several large businesses – credit card processors, payroll firms, job posting aggregators, and financial services firms – we construct statistics on consumer spending, employment rates, incomes, business revenues, job postings, and other key indicators. We report these statistics in…