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| Douglas Elmendorf | Lawrence H. Summers | Jason Furman | Kenneth Rogoff
December 1, 2020, Video: "Wendy Edelberg of Brookings, Douglas Elmendorf of Harvard, and Michael Strain of American Enterprise Institute discussed near-term fiscal policy. Then former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and Jason Furman of Harvard will present a paper arguing that persistently low interest rates require a rethinking of the framework for fiscal policy. Their presentation was followed by discussion with former Federal Reserve…
| Kenneth Rogoff
June 16, 2020, Audio, "Eugene Scalia, U.S. Secretary of Labor, says we are making real headway on the employment picture. Mike Feroli, JPMorgan Chief U.S. Economist, says further stimulus would be insurance against a relapse into more economic weakness. Dr. Peter Hotez, Baylor College of Medicine Dean, says a widely distributed Covid-19 vaccine will not be ready by the end of this year. Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University Public Policy and…
| Kenneth Rogoff
Populist Trade Policies will not Protect Jobs Anywhere in the World. Kenneth Rogoff, August 2, 2017, Opinion, "As US and European political leaders fret about the future of quality jobs, they would do well to look at the far bigger problems faced by developing Asia – problems that threaten to place massive downward pressure on global wages. In India, where per capita income is roughly a tenth that of the US, more than 10 million people a year…
| Kenneth Rogoff
Secular stagnation, debt overhang and other rationales for sluggish growth, six years on, Kenneth Rogoff, January 2015, Paper, There is considerable controversy over why sluggish economic growth persists across many advanced economies six years after the onset of the financial crisis. Theories include a secular deficiency in aggregate demand, slowing innovation, adverse demographics, lingering policy uncertainty, post-crisis political …
| Kenneth Rogoff
Global eco growth to remain anaemic in 2015: Kenneth Rogoff. Kenneth Rogoff, December 25, 2014, Video. "Global economic growth will still be anaemic in 2015, Chinese slowdown will continue, believes Kenneth Rogoff, Professor - Economics, Harvard University. Speaking to CNBC-TV18 on its special show ‘The World Economy 2015,’ Rogoff said there are still doubts whether Japan can recover at all with just quantitative easing or whether it will need…
| Kenneth Rogoff
Are Corporate Taxes Driving Jobs Overseas? Kenneth Rogoff, May 7, 2014, Audio. "Corporate mergers and takeovers have reached their highest levels since 2007, driven in part by companies’ desire to leave the U.S. to save tax dollars. Harvard economist Ken Rogoff says to begin with, the business tax code is too complicated, like the rest of the U.S. tax code, and it was written for a 20th century economy..."…