Olivier Blanchard: Former Chief Economist of the IMF
Channel: Room for Discussion
Date: 2020-11-07

As the economical consequences of the Corona-crisis are unfolding gradually, there is no better time to have a discussion with one of the leading macroeconomists, who has spent seven years in Washington as chief economist at the IMF, starting at the heights of the 2008 financial crisis. During this period at the Fund, Blanchard is known for his pro-Keynesian approaches and influences at the IMF, and as being responsible for ideological shifts in the field of macroeconomics. As Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz put it: “Olivier’s played an important role in opening up the Fund to a whole new set of ideas.”

What exactly were these ideas, and how do we see their influence today? With Blanchard, one of the most cited economists in the world, we will open up the debate about ideological arguments within macroeconomics, the approach of the IMF towards the economic crisis resulting from the pandemic, and his upcoming book about combatting inequality.

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