Fiscal Deficit

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Policy Brief

Fiscal resiliency in a deeply uncertain world: The role of semiautonomous discretion

Peter R. Orszag (Lazard), Robert E. Rubin (Council on Foreign Relations) and Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia University)

January 2021
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US debt has increased, but burden of servicing it has fallen

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Lawrence H. Summers (Harvard University)
December 16, 2020
Past Event

A Conversation with Martín Guzmán, Argentina's Economy Minister

Martín Guzmán (Minister of Economy, Argentina)

December 9, 2020
Past Event

The next macroeconomic policy revolution

Caroline Atkinson (RockCreek; PIIE Executive Committee), Lawrence H. Summers (Harvard University) and Laurence Boone (Chief Economist, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)

December 8, 2020
Op-Eds

(How) Will We Pay Back the Federal Debt?

Michael Klein (Tufts University) and Maurice Obstfeld (PIIE)

June 9, 2020
via EconoFact
Testimonies

Reexamining the Economic Costs of Debt

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE)

November 20, 2019
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Why Critics of a More Relaxed Attitude on Public Debt Are Wrong

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE) and Ángel Ubide (Citadel*)

July 15, 2019
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

The Excessive Deficit Procedure Was Not Supposed to Be the "Naughty Corner"

Álvaro Leandro (PIIE)
July 3, 2019
Short Videos

Olivier Blanchard at the 2019 Fiscal Summit: Rising Debt in a Growing Economy

Featuring

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE)

June 11, 2019
Policy Brief

Fiscal Policy Options for Japan

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE) and Takeshi Tashiro (PIIE)

May 2019