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February 24, 2020, Opinion: "The COVID-19 outbreak seems to have raised the odds of a global recession dramatically. But even if no downturn materializes in the near term,…
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…
February 11, 2020, Paper: "In my testimony today I will make four points: 1. Corporate tax collections are very low both in historical perspective and compared with other…
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.…
February 3, 2020, Opinion, "Many leading central bankers now argue that, instead of just playing its traditional role of deciding the allocation of government spending, investment…
January 22, 2020, Video, "Harvard Kennedy School Professor Carmen Reinhart discusses the current state of the U.S. economy and Federal Reserve monetary policy. She talks with…
2020, Paper, "States experience recessions that differ in magnitude and timing from national recessions, and those state-level recessions have significant economic and social…
January 9, 2020, Opinion, "After years of maintaining a dysfunctional political economy based on sectarianism and rentierism, Lebanon's ruling elites are being confronted with…
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…