Event Summary
The Peterson Institute held a conference on "Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy," coordinated by Olivier Blanchard, PIIE C. Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow, and Lawrence H. Summers, member of the Institute’s Executive Committee of the Board, on October 12–13, 2017. The conference is the fourth in a series Blanchard began at the International Monetary Fund.
Academic experts and policymakers addressed the challenges to macroeconomic thinking and policymaking that today’s economic environment presents–low inflation despite low unemployment, the apparent interactions of rising inequality and stagnating productivity, and the unresponsiveness of long-term interest rates to rising public debt, among others.
The conference papers have been published by MIT Press as Evolution or Revolution? Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy after the Great Recession.
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Thursday, October 12, 2017 | ||
8:30 – 9:15 am | Registration and coffee service | |
9:15 – 10:30 am | Introduction (video) | |
Paper by Olivier Blanchard and Lawrence H. Summers (presentation) Discussion |
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10:30 am – 12:30 pm | Monetary policy (video) | |
Paper by Ben Bernanke Moderator: Olivier Blanchard |
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Panel discussion: | ||
Mario Draghi Lael Brainard (prepared remarks) Philipp M. Hildebrand Adam S. Posen |
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12:30 – 1:30 pm | Buffet lunch | |
1:30 – 3:15 pm | Fiscal policy (video) | |
Paper by Alan Auerbach Moderator: Lawrence H. Summers |
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Panel discussion: | ||
Marco Buti (presentation) Valerie Ramey (presentation) Robert E. Rubin (prepared remarks) Jay Shambaugh (presentation) |
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3:15 – 3:45 pm | Coffee break | |
3:45 – 5:30 pm | Financial stability (video) | |
Paper by Andy Haldane (presentation) Moderator: Adam S. Posen |
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Panel discussion: | ||
Markus K. Brunnermeier (presentation) Benoît Coeuré (prepared remarks) Nellie Liang (presentation) Jeremy Stein (presentation) |
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Friday, October 13, 2017 | ||
8:00 – 8:30 am | Registration and coffee service | |
8:30 – 10:00 am | Inequality and political economy (video) | |
Paper by Jason Furman (presentation) Moderator: Adam S. Posen |
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Panel discussion: | ||
Dani Rodrik (presentation) Tharman Shanmugaratnam Justin Wolfers (presentation) |
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10:00 am – 10:30 am | Coffee break | |
10:30 am – 12:15 pm | International economy issues (video) | |
Paper by Gita Gopinath (presentation) Moderator: Lawrence H. Summers |
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Panel discussion: | ||
Barry Eichengreen Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (presentation) Raghuram G. Rajan (presentation) Carmen M. Reinhart |
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12:15 – 12:45 pm | Fireside chat with Lawrence H. Summers and Olivier Blanchard (video) | |
Moderator: Adam S. Posen |
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