Markus' Academy

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/brazils-perfect-storm Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On July 13, 2020, Arminio Fraga joined Markus' Academy for a discussion of Brazil’s economy leading up to COVID-19. Fraga is a member of the Group of Thirty and the former president of the Central Bank of Brazil. Download t...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/narrative-economics-and-covid-19 Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On July 10, 2020, Robert J. Shiller joined Markus' Academy for a discussion of narrative economics in light of the COVID-19 epidemic. Shiller is a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a 2013 recipient of...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/tracking-the-global-pandemic-recovery   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive   On July 6, 2020, Michael Spence joined Markus' Academy for a webinar to discuss new data from a Luohan Academy study that tracks the economic recovery from COVID-19 across several countries. Spence is a Profe...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/corporate-debt-overhang-and-covid   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On June 29, 2020, Arvind Krishnamurthy joined the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance to discuss a new paper co-authored with Markus Brunnermeier on COVID credit policy. Krishnamurthy is a Professor of Finance at the...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-us-labor-market-during-the-beginning   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On June 26, 2020, Erik Hurst joined the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance to discuss a new paper on labor market conditions during COVID-19. Hurst is the Frank P. And Marianne R. Diassi Distinguished Service...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/understanding-the-ecbs-pandemic-emergency   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On June 22, 2020, Philip Lane joined the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance to discuss the ECB's pandemic emergency purchase program (PEPP). Lane is the Chief Economist of the ECB, a member of the ECB Ex...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/covid-19-can-supply-shocks-cause   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On June 19, 2020, Veronica Guerrieri joined the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance to discuss recent research with Guido Lorenzoni, Ludwig Straub, and Ivan Werning on supply and demand shocks resulting from COVID-19....

DESCRIPTION: Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-economic-impacts-of-covid-19   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On June 17, 2020, Raj Chetty joined the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance to discuss new research with John Friedman, Nathaniel Hendren, Michael Stepner, and the Opportunity Insights Team. The new paper...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/global-sovereign-debt-and-the-dollar   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On June 12, 2020, Kenneth Rogoff joined the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance to discuss the implications of COVID-19 for global sovereign debt and the dollar. Rogoff is a Professor of Public Policy and Economic...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-economic-and-social-implications Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On June 8, 2020, Lisa Cook joined the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance to discuss the economic and social implications of racial disparities in the U.S., with a specific focus on research that examines how violen...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-covid-crisis-was-a-wake-up-call   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On June 5, 2020, Darrell Duffie joined Markus' Academy to discuss redesigning the U.S. Treasury market after COVID-19. Duffie is a Professor of Finance at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. In his presen...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-feds-longer-term-challenges-after Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On June 1, 2020, Bill Dudley joined Markus' Academy to discuss the IMF’s perspective on COVID-19. Dudley is a Senior Research Scholar at Princeton University’s Griswold Center for Economics Policy Studies an...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-great-lockdown-through-the-global Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 29, 2020, Gita Gopinath joined Markus' Academy to discuss the IMF’s perspective on COVID-19. Gopinath is the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a Professor of International S...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/covid-19-and-the-global-economy Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 22, 2020, Lawrence H. Summers joined Markus' Academy for a webinar on reopening the economy after COVID-19. Summers is a Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, a former U.S. Treasury Secretary...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/covid-19-and-re-opening-the-economy Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 18, 2020, John Cochrane joined Markus' Academy for a webinar on reopening the economy after COVID-19. Cochrane is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and author of The Grumpy Ec...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-audacity-of-slope-how-fast-a Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 15, 2020, Paul Krugman joined Markus' Academy for a webinar on COVID-19 and the pace of economic recovery. Krugman is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, the Distinguished Professor of Economics at...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/an-evaluation-of-the-fed-treasury Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 11, 2020, Jeremy Stein joined Markus' Academy for a webinar, co-hosted by the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance and the Society for Financial Studies, on the COVID-19 credit programs recently implemen...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-benefits-of-targeted-policies Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 8, 2020, Daron Acemoglu joined Markus' Academy for a webinar on his paper on the benefits of targeted policies for lifting lockdowns and recovering from COVID-19 (Acemoglu et al.,  2020 ). Acemoglu is a Profe...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-future-of-globalization-after Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 4, 2020, Dani Rodrik joined Markus' Academy for a webinar on COVID-19. Rodrik is a Professor of International Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Download the slides here . Timestamps: [ 0:00...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/encouraging-the-development-and-manufacturing Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 1, 2020, Michael Kremer joined Markus' Academy for a webinar on COVID-19. Kremer is a Professor of Developing Studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University and a 2019 recipient...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/the-us-response-to-covid-19 Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On April 27, 2020, Joseph Stiglitz joined the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance for a webinar on COVID-19. Stiglitz is a Professor at Columbia University and a 2001 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Download...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/covid-19-debt-monetization-and-lessons Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On April 24, 2020, Harold James joined Markus' Academy for a webinar on the history of war financing and lessons for COVID-19. James is a Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton Universi...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/capital-flows-to-emerging-market Link to sign up for the webinar series:  https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On April 20, 2020, Hyun Song Shin joined Markus' Academy for a webinar on capital flows to emerging market economies. Shin is the Economic Adviser and the Head of Research for the Bank for International Settleme...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/international-trade-and-supply-chains Link to sign up for the webinar series: ⁠https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On April 17, 2020, Pinelopi Goldberg joined the Bendheim Center for Finance for a seminar on how COVID-19 might impact international trade and supply chains. Goldberg is a Professor of Economics at Yale Univers...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/what-covid-19-means-for-inequality Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On April 13, 2020, Nobel Laureate Sir Angus Deaton joined Markus' Academy for a seminar on the implications of COVID-19 for inequality and “deaths of despair.” Deaton is a Professor of Economics and Internation...