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January 10, 2011

United States
McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: What Sort of Fed Do We Want?

The McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics is presented by the Corporate Program and the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

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May 23, 2019

United States
Trump's Next Fed Nominee Wants a Gold Standard. It's an Idea Past Its Time.

In January 1986, Ronald Reagan marched into a meeting of his economic advisory board and let off steam about inflation. “I used to pay $50 for a suit,” he fumed. “Now $50 will hardly get it cleaned.”…

January 10, 2011

United States
What Sort of Fed Do We Want?

Experts discuss if the authority of the federal reserve system will change under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and grade the system as it changed from Chairman Gre…

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March 3, 2011

Greenspan: Activism

In the Spring 2011 issue of International Finance, edited by CFR’s Benn Steil, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan argues that the economic recovery has been hampered by the exceptiona…

Greenspan: Activism

February 18, 2011

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Can the U.S. Cut Defense Spending?

“There’s only one way to [fix America’s long-term budget problems],” said President Obama’s fiscal commission co-chair Alan Simpson. “You dig into the big four, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security,…

Can the U.S. Cut Defense Spending?