PIIE: Inflation Relief from Trade Liberalization

Ezra Klein podcast: I Keep Hoping Larry Summers Is Wrong. What if He’s Not?

For over a year now, Summers has been warning about the economy that we appear to be entering. Listen here to Ezra Klein podcast on New York Times.

 

Economic Club of New York with Glenn Hubbard

The Fed is charting a course to stagflation and recession

When the long-awaited process of raising interest rates begins Wednesday, market observers will fixate on the precise words used in the Fed statement and during Chair Jerome H. Powell’s news conference. The focus will be on what they signal about the number of rate increases coming this year and next, as well as the schedule for selling down the bonds the Fed accumulated during the pandemic.

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No Labels Conversation with Senator Pat Toomey

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On inflation, we can learn from the mistakes of the past — or repeat them

A year ago I warned that “there is a chance that macroeconomic stimulus on a scale closer to World War II levels than normal recession levels will set off inflation pressures of a kind we have not seen in a generation.”

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Inflation Debate between Paul R. Krugman and Lawrence H. Summers – Part II

On Friday, January 21, Paul R. Krugman & Lawrence H. Summers joined Markus’ Academy for another Debate on Inflation. Moderated by Markus Brunnermeier