Markus' Academy

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/modern-ai-for-economics-research Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, December 18, Benjamin Golub joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on “Modern AI for Economics Research: An Overview of Tools.” Benjamin Golub is a professor of economics and computer science at North...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/modern-ai-for-economics-research Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, December 18, Benjamin Golub joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on “Modern AI for Economics Research: An Overview of Tools.” Benjamin Golub is a professor of economics and computer science at North...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/modern-ai-for-economics-research Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, December 18, Benjamin Golub joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on “Modern AI for Economics Research: An Overview of Tools.” Benjamin Golub is a professor of economics and computer science at North...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/should-we-fear-ai Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, December 4, Philippe Aghion joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on “Should We Fear AI?” Philippe Aghion is The Kurt Björklund Chaired Professor in Innovation and Growth at INSEAD, a professor at Collège de France...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/make-personal-finance-work-for-everyone Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Monday, October 27, John Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on their book, Fixed: Why Personal Finance is Broken and How to Make It Work for Everyone. Campbell is the Mor...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/behavioral-economics-anomalies-then Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, October 9, Alex Imas and Richard Thaler joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on their new book, The Winner’s Curse. Imas is the Roger L. and Rachel M. Goetz Professor of Behavioral Science, Econo...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/economics-and-the-new-global-disorder Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Wednesday, September 10, Lawrence H. Summers joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture. Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus of Harvard University and a board mem...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/who-is-afraid-of-us-stablecoins Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, September 4, Jean-Pierre Landau joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on “Who is afraid of U.S. Stablecoins?” Landau is an affiliated Professor of Economics at Sciences Po. A former Deputy Governor of...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/an-alternate-path-to-decarbonizing Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Tuesday, August 12, Sylvain Chassang joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on “Keep, Cut, Commit: An Alternative Path to Decarbonizing Car Use.” Chassang is a Professor of Economics at Princeton University a...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/ai-and-productivity-a-general-purpose Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, June 5, Jonathan Haskel joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on “AI and Productivity: A General Purpose Technology Approach.” Jonathan Haskel is Professor of Economics at Imperial Business Scho...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/geopolitics-of-payments-the-dollar Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Wednesday, May 28, Martin Chorzempa joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on “Geopolitics of Payments: The Dollar, the RMB, and Digital Currencies.” Chorzempa is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/how-ai-models-learn-reason-and-self Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, May 22, Sanjeev Arora joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on Parrots No More: How AI Models Learn, Reason, and Self-Improve. Arora is the Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor of Computer Science and...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/industrial-policy-in-the-global-economy Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, May 8, Pinelopi Goldberg joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on “Industrial Policy in the Global Economy.” Goldberg is the William Nordhaus Professor of Economics and Global Affairs and an A...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/federal-reserve-monetary-policy Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, May 1, William Dudley and Carolyn Wilkins joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on “The Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Framework Review: A Comprehensive Approach to Improve Robustness.” Dudley is cur...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/us-dollar-deficits-and-safe-assets Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, April 17, Markus Brunnermeier recorded a special episode of Markus’ Academy, discussing “US Dollar, Deficits & Safe Assets: Are we Entering a New Global Economic Order?” Markus Brunnermeier is the...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/tariffs-and-financial-turbulences Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Wednesday, April 9, Torsten Slok joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on "Tariffs and Financial Turbulences." Torsten Slok is a Partner and the Chief Economist at Apollo. Timestamps:[0:00] Markus’...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/missing-value-of-firms-data-measurement Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, February 20, Laura Veldkamp joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation. Veldkamp is the Leon G. Cooperman Professor of Finance & Economics at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business....

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/how-to-think-about-trade-imbalances Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, January 30, Paul Krugman joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation. Paul Krugman is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the C...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/first-year-of-javier-mileis-presidency Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, January 23, Federico Sturzenegger joined Markus’ Academy. He is the Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation of the Argentine Republic, he teaches at the University of San Andrés in Buenos...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/introducing-ai-agents Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Friday, January 17, Eduard Talamas joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation. Eduard Talamas is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the IESE Business School and a CEPR Research Fellow. Timestamps:[0:00] Markus’ introducti...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/ai-in-finance-an-overview Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Friday, December 20, Simona Paravani joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on “AI in Finance: An Overview.” Simona Paravani is the Global CIO of Solutions within BlackRock’s Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions group...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/ai-for-economics-education Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, December 12, Kevin Bryan joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on "AI for Economics Education." Kevin Bryan is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Timestamps:[0:00] Markus’ intro...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-incongruent-economics-of-ai Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, December 5, Bertin Martens joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on The Incongruent Economics of AI. Bertin Martens is a Senior Fellow at Bruegel. Introductory remarks by Markus Brunnermeier. Timestam...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/ai-scaling-laws-and-market-structure Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Tuesday, November 26, Anton Korinek joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on AI Scaling Laws and Market Structure. Anton Korinek is a Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia. Introductory rema...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/long-term-interest-rates-fiscal-policy Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Friday, November 15, Torsten Slok joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on Long-term Interest Rates, Fiscal Policy and the Term Premium. Torsten Slok is Partner and Chief Economist at Apollo. Introductor...