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What the Fed can do to help with with coronavirus’s economic aftershock. March 3, 2020, Opinion: "While the Fed acted preemptively Tuesday, it is still too early to say much…
March 2020, Opinion: "A fundamental difference between natural science theories and social science theories is that natural science theories, if valid, hold for all times and…
Data and code for: Automatic stabilizers in a low-rate environment. Lawrence Summers, February 16, 2020, Dataset, "In a world where monetary policy cannot assume responsibility…
February 2020, Paper: "Until the 2008–09 financial crisis, macroeconomic stabilization policy focused nearly exclusively on monetary policy. It made good sense. In terms of…
2020, Paper, "With interest rates persistently low or even negative in advanced countries, policymakers have barely any room to ease monetary policy when the next recession hits.…
2020, Paper, "Trends in demographics, national security, economic inequality, and the public debt suggest an urgent need for progressive approaches to raising additional revenue.…
Lawrence Summers, January 7, 2020, Opinion, "Few economic virtues are more universally applauded than thrift. Going back at least to Ben Franklin, Americans have equated greater…
November 2019, Paper, "Between 2020 and 2029, the IRS will fail to collect nearly $7.5 trillion of taxes it is due. It is not possible to calculate with precision how much of this…
November 17, 2019, Opinion, "While there’s plenty of disagreement about how the money should be used, almost everyone involved in public-policy debates agrees that it would be…
Warren’s plan to finance Medicare-for-all pushes into dangerous and uncharted territory. Lawrence Summers, November 5, 2019, Opinion, "Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth…