Olivier Blanchard

Writing for PS since 1998
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Olivier Blanchard, a former chief economist of the IMF, is Professor of Economics at MIT and Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He is the co-editor (with Lawrence H. Summers) of Evolution or Revolution? (MIT Press, 2019).

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Europe Must Fix Its Fiscal Rules
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Europe Must Fix Its Fiscal Rules

Jun 10, 2019 Olivier Blanchard shows how eurozone member-state governments could be given more leeway to pursue stimulus safely.

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The Long and Winding Road to Recovery

The Long and Winding Road to Recovery

Jun 17, 2011 Olivier Blanchard, et al.

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How to Emerge from the Crisis in 2009

How to Emerge from the Crisis in 2009

Dec 1, 2008 Olivier Blanchard

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The ECB’s Path Not Taken

The ECB’s Path Not Taken

Dec 1, 2005 Olivier Blanchard

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Europe’s Blame Game

Europe’s Blame Game

Jun 17, 2005 Olivier Blanchard

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The West’s Arrested Social Development

Helmut K. Anheier

In 1995, the sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf argued that developed countries’ “overriding task” for the subsequent decade was to "square the circle of wealth creation, social cohesion, and political freedom.” More than two decades later, most have not even attempted that feat.

Impeachment and the Wider World

Carl Bildt

As with the proceedings against former US Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is ultimately a domestic political issue that will be decided in the US Congress. But, unlike those earlier cases, the Ukraine scandal threatens to jam up the entire machinery of US foreign policy.