About the Author:
Jeffrey A. Frankel is the James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard Kennedy School. He directs the Program in International Finance and Macroeconomics at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he is also on the Business Cycle Dating Committee, which officially declares recessions. He currently serves on advisory panels for the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Boston, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Tag Archives: Financial Regulation
“Build To Last” – A Reaction To Obama’s State Of The Union Message
Obama’s slogan for the SOTU last night, “An Economy Built to Last,” was a way of referring to one of the accomplishments of his first years: successfully reviving the auto industry, which many had said couldn’t be done without nationalizing it. … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Financial Regulation, Fiscal Stimulus, International Trade, Labor Market, Obama Administration, Recession
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Barack Obama’s Biggest Economic Mistake Has Been…
In the current issue of Foreign Policy, the editors of the FP Survey ask “top experts” for pithy solutions to the world’s economic problems, “twitter style.” Some of the answers: THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IS … Anti-market bias. … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Conservatives and Liberals, Financial Regulation, Fiscal Stimulus, Obama Administration, Recession
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Politicians Scorn Professors
My preceding blogpost, the Hour of the Technocrats, was inspired by the recent accession of Mario Monti and Lucas Papademos, both professional economists, to the prime ministerships of Italy and Greece, respectively. Today we turn to the U.S., where the … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Regulation, Monetary Policy, Nobel Prize, Obama Administration
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The Easy Question In Financial Regulation
Many questions in the field of financial regulation are hard to answer: Would the separation of commercial banking and investment banking help prevent crises? To what extent should individual consumers be protected against foolishly borrowing too much? Should Credit Default … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Crisis, Financial Regulation
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