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Larry Hatheway

Larry Hatheway

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Larry Hatheway, former Chief Economist at UBS and GAM Investments, is a co-founder of Jackson Hole Economics. 

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  1. Whither the Pandemic Economy?
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    Whither the Pandemic Economy?

    Aug 19, 2020 Larry Hatheway argues that forecasting the business cycle has come to hinge largely on forecasting pandemic control.

  2. A 100-day Agenda to Reunite America
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    A 100-day Agenda to Reunite America

    Jul 1, 2020 Larry Hatheway & Alex Friedman propose a strategy overcome the divisions of the Trump era, should Joe Biden win the presidency in November.

  3. What the Stock Market Is Really Saying
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    What the Stock Market Is Really Saying

    Apr 24, 2020 Larry Hatheway & Alex Friedman explain the mystery of US equities' price movements since the onset of the pandemic.

  4. A COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan
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    A COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan

    Feb 27, 2020 Larry Hatheway explains how policymakers can get ahead of the epidemic's negative global economic repercussions.

  5. The New Davos Challenge
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    The New Davos Challenge

    Jan 17, 2020 Alex Friedman, et al. offer concrete proposals for making “stakeholder capitalism” a reality, rather than a slogan.

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    The Fed’s Role in the Bank Failures

    Raghuram G. Rajan & Viral V. Acharya

    There are four reasons to worry that the latest banking crisis could be systemic. For many years, periodic bouts of quantitative easing have expanded bank balance sheets and stuffed them with more uninsured deposits, making the banks increasingly vulnerable to changes in monetary policy and financial conditions.

    show how the US central bank's liquidity policies created the conditions for runs on uninsured deposits.
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    Policymakers Keep Solving the Wrong Banking Problem

    Andrés Velasco

    When a bank fails, the first response by policymakers and the public is to blame risk-loving speculators, greedy investors, or regulators asleep at the wheel. But quenching our thirst for moral adjudication is a poor basis for policy, because the truth is both simpler and more troubling.

    argues that recent market turmoil has revealed that the sector’s main vulnerability is unavoidable.
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    An Insolvency Iceberg?

    Takatoshi Ito considers the risk that other banks will experience liquidity problems as interest rates continue to rise.
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    Can Governments Still Steer the Economy?

    Robert Skidelsky explains why international finance and geopolitics make it harder to influence major performance indicators.
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    Accounting for Casino Capitalism

    Hans-Werner Sinn draws parallels between recent bank collapses and the late-nineteenth-century “founders’ crash.”
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    Who Should Be Bailed Out Next?

    Simon Zadek urges rich-country governments to aid debt-distressed poor countries as urgently as they have their failing banks.
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    The Population Boon

    Beniamino Callegari & Per Espen Stoknes correct popular myths about the threat of demographic growth to sustainable development.
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    Where Is the Global South’s Rescue Brigade?

    Vera Songwe decries the unequal responses to liquidity crises in Silicon Valley compared to the developing world.
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    Beyond Industrial Policy

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Elizabeth Garlow make the case for an economic strategy that prioritizes shared prosperity over competition.

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