Video of the Inaugural Miriam Pozen Prize Address by Stanley Fischer
Dr. Stanley Fischer, the inaugural Miriam Pozen Prize winner, presented his insights into international monetary policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and past financial crises. A panel discussion of Dr. Fischer’s presentation and his […]
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The Flip Side Podcast: Is the US ready for a carbon tax?
Economists view a carbon tax as an effective solution to lower emissions, yet the US has not implemented one. Has the time come? Jeff Meli and MIT Professor Deborah J. […]
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Videos of the CEBRA 2021 Annual Meeting
Featuring Ben Bernanke, James Bullard, Olli Rehn, Refet Gürkaynak, Carmen Reinhart, Paul Tucker, Bénédicte Nolens, Henry Ohlsson, Zeti Aziz, Jim Cunha, Deborah Lucas, Loriana Pelizzon, Athanasios Orphanides, Raphael Auer, Neha Narula
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Economist Stanley Fischer critiques COVID-19 monetary policies
by Betsy Vereckey, MIT Sloan News. In accepting the inaugural Miriam Pozen Prize, Fischer gives central banks’ response to the pandemic high marks. Larry Summers begs to differ.
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BlackRock’s Larry Fink: Don’t divest fossil fuels, stay in the game
by Betsy Verecke, MIT Sloan News. At a time when corporations are under public pressure to divest their holdings in fossil fuels, Fink opposes it. Here’s why.
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Should central banks address inequality? Experts weigh in
Inequality is an urgent concern, but what role should central banks play? MIT experts and central bankers from the U.S., Malaysia, and Finland discuss. During the COVID-19 pandemic when markets […]
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Addressing the role of FHFA in dismantling racial discrimination within the U.S. housing finance system
In a response to the July 2021 Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Policy Statement on Fair Lending, former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials Michelle Aronowitz (Law Office […]
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The Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements Will Hamper Access to Credit: A Further Modification Is in Order
GCFP Executive Director Edward Golding recently wrote with colleagues from the Urban Institute (Laurie Goodman, Jung Hyun Choi, and John Walsh) about how government policy may unnecessarily hinder access to […]
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Analysis of the Proposed 2020 FHFA Rule on Enterprise Capital
In this brief, authors Edward Golding (MIT), Laurie Goodman (Urban Institute), and Jun Zhu (Indiana University and Urban Institute) analyze the recently proposed Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) capital standards […]
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