Markus' Academy

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/unexpected-compression-competition Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On December 8, 2022, David Autor joined Markus’ Academy to discuss his recent paper (Autor, Dube and McGrew,  2024 ). Autor is the Ford Professor in the MIT Department of Economics. Download the slides here . Times...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/whats-the-matter-with-britain Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On December 1, 2022, Martin Wolf joined Markus’ Academy. Wolf is the associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. Download the slides here . Timestamps:[0:00] Introductory remarks[7:19] What’...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/a-diligent-return-to-price-stability Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On November 10, 2022, Loretta Mester joined Markus’ Academy. Mester is president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Timestamps:[0:00] Introductory Remarks[4:15] Recent updates to monetary policy[10...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/rising-interest-rates-and-financial Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On October 13, 2022, Anil Kashyap joined Markus’ Academy. Anil Kashyap is the Stevens Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He previously w...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/is-the-uk-suffering-a-sovereign-debt Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On October 6, 2022, Sir Paul Tucker joined Markus’ Academy. Sir Tucker is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability. Timestamps: [0:00] Int...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/reconstructing-ukraine Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On September 29, 2022, Harold James joined Markus’ Academy. Harold James is the Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies at Princeton University, a Professor of History and International Affairs at the School of Pub...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/social-capital-and-economic-mobility Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On September 7, 2022, Raj Chetty joined Markus’ Academy. Chetty is the William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and the Director of  Opportunity Insights . Download the slides here . Timesta...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/global-food-security-in-times-of Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On July 8, 2022, Johan Swinnen joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on Global Food Security in Times of  C onflict,  C ovid, and  C limate change. Swinnen is the Director General of the International Food Policy Rese...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/after-the-crypto-crash-the-future Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On June 30, 2022, Hyun Song Shin joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on CBDCs. Hyun Song Shin is an Economic Adviser and the Head of Research of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Download the slides her...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/sanctions-and-exchange-rate Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On June 23, 2022, Oleg Itskhoki joined Markus’ Academy to discuss his paper (Itskhoki and Mukhin,  2025 ). Itskhoki holds the Venu and Ana Kotamraju Endowed Chair in Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles....

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/americas-untold-story-of-immigrant Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On June 16, 2022, Leah Boustan joined Markus’ Academy to discuss her book with Ran Abramitzky:  Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success . Boustan is a Professor of Economics at Princeton Univer...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/platforms-tokens-defi-and-smart-cbdc Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On June 9, 2022, Jonathan Payne joined Markus’ Academy to discuss his paper his paper on  Platforms, Tokens, and Interoperability . Payne is an Assistant Professor in the Bendheim Center for Finance and Departmen...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/strategic-energy-purchases Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On June 2, 2022, Sylvain Chassang joined Markus’ Academy for a talk on  his paper on strategic energy purchases . Chassang is a Professor of Economics at Princeton University. Download the slides here . Timestamps[0:00] In...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/chinas-vision-for-the-private-sector Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 26, 2022, Chang-Tai Hsieh joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on  Two Strong Hands: China’s Vision for the Private Sector . Chang-Tai Hsieh is a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. Downlo...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/externalities-of-colonial-schools Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On May 5, 2022, Leonard Wantchekon joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on Externalities of Colonial Schools in Africa. Wantchekon is the James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Politics and In...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/us-economy-and-monetary-policy-with Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On April 21, 2022, James Bullard joined Markus’ Academy for a talk. Bullard is the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Timestamps:[0:00] Introductory Remarks[15:35] U.S. inflation is high,...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/russia-sanctions-diving-into-the Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On April 14, 2022, Elina Ribakova joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on Russia's sanctions. Ribakova is the Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute of International Finance. Download the slides here . Timestamp...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/what-if-germany-is-cut-off-from-russian Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On April 7, 2022, David Baqaee and Ben Moll joined Markus’ Academy for to discuss  their paper on cutting Germany off from Russian oil and gas . Baqaee is an assistant professor of economics at UCLA, a researc...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/qe-what-have-we-learned Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On March 24, 2022, Arvind Krishnamurthy joined Markus’ Academy for a talk on QE. Krishnamurthy is a Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Download the slides here . Timestamps[0:00] Introductory Re...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/sanctions-energy-prices-and-the-global Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On March 17, 2022, James Hamilton joined Markus’ Academy for a talk on Sanctions, Energy Prices and the Global Economy. Hamilton is the Robert F. Engle Professor of Economics at the University of California at...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/investing-in-an-inflationary-environment Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On March 10, 2022, Alexi Savov and Itamar Drechsler joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on Investing in a High Inflation Environment. Savov is an Associate Professor of Finance at New York University’s Stern...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/implications-of-sanctions-on-the   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On March 3, 2022, Sergei Guriev joined Markus' Academy for a lecture on the implications of sanctions on the Russian economy. Guriev is a Professor at Sciences Po and formerly the Chief Economist at the EBRD and Rec...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/inflation-expectations   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On February 25, 2022, Yuriy Gorodnichenko joined Markus' Academy for a lecture on Inflation Expectations. Gorodnichenko is the inaugural Quantedge Presidential Chair in Economics at UC Berkeley. Download the slides here.* Tim...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/inflation-risks   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On February 17, 2022, Ricardo Reis joined Markus' Academy for a lecture on Inflation Risks. Reis is the A.W. Phillips Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. Download the slides here.* Timestamps:[0:00] Markus'...

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/landings-hard-and-soft-the-fed-1965   Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive On February 11, 2022, Alan Blinder joined Markus' Academy for a talk on his book A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States. Blinder is the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public...