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| Lawrence H. Summers
February 12, 2021, Video: "On Friday, February 12, Paul Krugman and Lawrence H. Summers joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation. Krugman is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, a columnist at the New York Times, and a 2008 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Summers is a Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, a former…
| Kenneth Rogoff
February 11, 2021, Paper: "The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has witnessed a strong uptick in paper currency demand across advanced economies, even as contactless methods surged ahead of cash in payments. This article explores these two contrasting phenomena, which are in fact continuations of much longer-term trends. The use of cash, while still important for small in-person transactions, has been declining as a share of overall consumer…
February 10, 2021, Video: "Can business save the world? Can you? Jesse and Priscilla talk to Harvard economics professor, Rebecca Henderson, about how to get businesses and the people who run them to take massive collective action to alter the trajectory of climate change. Rebecca’s research and teaching explores what it’s going to take to build a just and sustainable capitalism." Watch on…
| Robert D. Putnam
February 9, 2021, Video: "Starting soon in the virtual JFK Jr. Forum — Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett join moderator Jonathan Capehart for a discussion on rebuilding community and how America can once again go from 'I' to 'We.' The conversation begins at 6pm ET." Watch Via the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics
| Dani Rodrik
February 8, 2021, Opinion: "Recent patterns of technological change in the rich world have made it more difficult for low-income countries to develop and converge with income levels in the developed world. These changes have contributed to deepening economic and technological dualism even within the more advanced segments of developing countries’ economies." …
| Jason Furman | Willie Powell
February 5, 2021, Opinion: "The labor market was essentially unchanged at the start of 2021 as employers added 49,000 jobs in January. Overall, the economy is 11.6 million jobs below its pre-pandemic trend with the unemployment rate elevated and the employment rate having fallen even more as millions of people have left the labor force. Unusually, while the unemployment rate has fallen steadily from 11.1 percent in June 2020 to 6.3 percent this…
| Kenneth Rogoff
February 5, 2021, Opinion: "Heightened global economic risks mean that many poorer countries could take years to return to their pre-pandemic growth trajectories. And if higher inflation leads the US Federal Reserve to raise rates somewhat sooner than it currently plans, emerging markets will be hit particularly hard."…
| Lawrence H. Summers
February 4, 2021, Opinion: "President Biden’s $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief plan, added to the stimulus measure Congress passed in December with the incoming administration’s strong support, would represent the boldest act of macroeconomic stabilization policy in U.S. history. Its ambition, its…
| Kenneth Rogoff
January 21, 2021, Audio: "Alberto Gallo, Algebris Investments Portfolio Manager, discusses fiscal policy and the risks of secular stagnation. Michael Holland, Holland & Co. Chairman, says tech companies will have some comeuppance over the next year, but will overall be okay. Jane Foley, Rabobank Head of FX Strategy, warns of the risks facing policy in a period of low growth and inflation. Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University Professor and…
January 21, 2021, Paper: "We document a unique driver of consumer behavior: the public disclosure of a firm’s gender pay gap. Four experiments provide causal evidence that when firms are revealed to have gender pay gaps, consumers are less willing to pay for their goods, a reaction driven by consumer perceptions of unfairness. Unlike reactions to CEO‐to‐worker wage gaps, this effect varies by consumers’ gender: compared to men, women show larger…