Markus' Academy

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/an-econ-educators-guide-to-our-ai Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Friday, October 11, Justin Wolfers joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on An Econ Educator’s Guide to our AI-Powered Future. Justin Wolfers is a professor of public policy and economics at the University of...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-future-of-financial-intermediation Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, October 3, Roberto Campos Neto joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on The Future of Financial Intermediation. Roberto Campos Neto is a Brazilian economist and the current President of the Cen...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-big-shift-in-globalization Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, June 27, Richard Baldwin joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on the Big Shift in Globalization. Richard Baldwin is a Professor of International Economics at IMD Business School. Timestamps:[9:07] The...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/industrial-policy Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, June 20, Ernest Liu joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on Industrial Policy. Ernest Liu is an Associate Professor of Economics and the Class of 1936 Bicentennial Preceptor at Princeton University. Timestamps:[0:...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/indias-untraveled-path-to-prosperity Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 23, 2024, Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on their new book “ Breaking the Mold: India’s Untraveled Path to Prosperity .” Timestamps:[0:00] Markus’ introduction and...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-race-to-regulate-ai Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, April 25, Luis Videgaray joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation. Luis Videgaray is a Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan and the Director of MIT AI Policy for the World Project. He is also the former Foreign Minister...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/unlocking-economic-data-with-llms Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, March 28, Sergio Correia joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation. Sergio Correia is an economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the Division of Financial Stability. Timesta...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/networks-in-contagion-and-resilience Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Thursday, March 21, Benjamin Golub joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation. Benjamin Golub is a professor of economics and computer science at Northwestern University. Timestamps:[0:00] Markus’ introduction...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/monetary-policy-at-an-unusual-time Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On February 29, 2024, Austan Goolsbee joined Markus’ Academy. Austan Goolsbee is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Timestamps:[0:00] Markus’ introduction and poll que...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-equality Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On February 8, 2024, Thomas Piketty joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on his book,  A Brief History of Equality . Thomas Piketty is a Professor of Economics and Economic History at EHESS and at the Paris School of...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-ukrainian-war-economy Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On February 2, 2024, Yuriy Gorodnichenko joined Markus’ Academy. Gorodnichenko is the inaugural Quantedge Presidential Chair in Economics at UC Berkeley. Timestamps:[0:00] Markus’ introduction and poll questions[7:06] The s...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/weve-got-you-covered-rebooting-american Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On December 14, 2023, Amy Finkelstein joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on her book with Liran Einav:  We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care . Amy Finkelstein is the John Jennie S. MacD...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-crisis-of-democratic-capitalism Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On December 07, 2023, Martin Wolf joined Markus’ Academy for a discussion on his book  The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism . Wolf is the associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. Tim...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/long-term-resilience Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On November 30, 2023, Bruce Greenland joined Markus’ Academy. Greenwald is the Robert Heilbrunn Professor Emeritus of Finance and Asset Management at Columbia Business School and the academic Director of the Heilbrunn Center for...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/argentina-at-the-crossroads-perils Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On November 21, 2023, Ivan Werning joined Markus’ Academy to present his work on the Argentinian economy. Werning is the Robert M. Solow Professor of Economics at MIT. He was also joined by two of his doctoral stud...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/is-economic-failure-and-economics Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On October 17, 2023, Lawrence H. Summers & Angus Deaton joined Markus’ Academy. Angus Deaton is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor Emeritus of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is t...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/developing-a-global-hydrogen-market Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On July 14, 2023, Veronika Grimm joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on Developing a Global Hydrogen Market. Veronika Grimm is a full professor of economics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (F...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/power-and-progress-technology-and Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On June 14, 2023, Daron Acemoglu joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on his book  Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity . Acemoglu is the Elizabeth and James Killian Professo...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/ai-dilemma-growth-versus-existential Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 26, 2023, Chad Jones joined Markus’ Academy to present his paper on the  A.I. Dilemma: Growth versus Existential Risk . Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/a-users-guide-to-gpt-and-llms-for Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 11, 2023, Kevin Bryan joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on A User’s Guide to GPT and LLMs for Economics Research. Bryan is an Associate Professor, Strategic Management Area, Rotman School of Management at...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/mortgage-choice-and-monetary-policy Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 4, 2023, John Campbell joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on the U.S. mortgage system. Campbell is the Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught sinc...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/lessons-from-the-banking-crisis Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On March 30, 2023, Bill Dudley joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on Lessons From the Banking Crisis. Dudley is a Senior Research Scholar at Princeton University’s Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies and for...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/debt-inflation-channel-of-the-german Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On March 23, 2023, Emil Verner joined Markus’ Academy to discuss his paper The Debt-Inflation Channel of the German Hyperinflation (Brunnermeier et al.,  2025 ). Verner is the Class of 1957 Career Development Pro...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/lessons-learned-from-the-svb-bank Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On March 16, 2023, Lawrence H. Summers joined Markus’ Academy for a talk on Lessons from the SVB Bank Failure. Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus of Harvard Unive...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/debt-and-the-euro Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On December 15, 2022, Luis Garicano joined Markus’ Academy. Garicano has had an extensive academic career at the University of Chicago and at the London School of Economics, where he has been a Professor of Economics and Strategy....