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Government Budget Deficits: What’s to be Done, and When?

Posted November 9, 202000:19:51

Michael Klein is joined by Bill Gale, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and co-director of the Tax Policy Center, to discuss the government's...

Do Economists Rule?

Posted October 26, 202000:21:46

Michael Klein, and Binyamin Appelbaum, lead writer on economics and business for The New York Times Editorial Board discuss Binyamin’s book The Economists’...

Understanding Economic Recovery Policies in the COVID-19 Era

Posted October 19, 202000:22:14

The COVID-19 pandemic plunged the U.S. into its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. In the spring, it was unclear if there would be...

The Financial Sector and Rescuing the Economy

Posted October 12, 202000:20:48

This week on EconoFact Chats, Michael Klein and Harvard Economics Professor Jeremy Stein discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the financial system and,...

Making Economics Instruction Relevant

Posted September 7, 202000:21:50

Economics has changed, with new areas of inquiry such as behavioral economics, the role of information, and network and contagion effects. Economics...