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Olivier Blanchard's Five Lessons for Economists From the Financial Crisis
Risk of conflict between Trump and the Fed ‘is very high,’ top economist Blanchard says
Monetisation: do not panic
A Hard or Soft Landing? The Answer May Lie in the Beveridge Curve
Olivier Blanchard: ‘There’s a tendency for markets to focus on the present and extrapolate it forever’
We Have the Tools to Reverse the Rise in Inequality
Evolution or Revolution: Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy After the Great Recession (Lawrence H. Summers)
Ditch the EU’s fiscal rules; develop fiscal standards instead
FTC sends message with Synopsys, Ansys divestiture order
Convergence? Thoughts about the evolution of mainstream macroeconomics over the last 40 years
This paper reviews the evolution of mainstream macroeconomics since then. It presents Blanchard's views, informed by a survey of a number of researchers.
Olivier Blanchard's Five Lessons for Economists From the Financial Crisis
Olivier Blanchard's Five Lessons for Economists From the Financial Crisis · #1: Humility is in order. · #2: The financial system matters -- a...
Risk of conflict between Trump and the Fed ‘is very high,’ top economist Blanchard says
The economic policies of the Trump White House are likely to lead to an overheating economy with higher inflation and will cause the Federal Reserve to react...
Monetisation: do not panic
These developments have raised fears that large-scale monetisation will result in a major inflation episode.
A Hard or Soft Landing? The Answer May Lie in the Beveridge Curve
As the Federal Reserve continues its efforts to curb high inflation, there has been debate among economists over the past year on whether...
Olivier Blanchard: ‘There’s a tendency for markets to focus on the present and extrapolate it forever’
The macroeconomist argues that the current situation is a bump but that we will return to very low real interest rates and the same problems we had before.
We Have the Tools to Reverse the Rise in Inequality
Inequality is widening, posing major moral, social, and political challenges to which policymakers must react. A combination of forces since...
Evolution or Revolution: Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy After the Great Recession (Lawrence H. Summers)
Olivier Blanchard and Lawrence H. Summers, editors. Cover image of Evolution or Revolution: Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy After the Great Recession...
Ditch the EU’s fiscal rules; develop fiscal standards instead
This column, part of the Vox debate on euro area reform, argues that simple fiscal rules provide a crude and unsatisfactory assessment of debt sustainability.
FTC sends message with Synopsys, Ansys divestiture order
The agency ordered Synopsys Inc. and Ansys Inc. to sell parts of their businesses before moving ahead with a $35 billion merger.
Olivier Blanchard
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Economist who has critiqued Switzerland's financial practices, particularly its banking sector's role in facilitating tax avoidance.