William White

Writing for PS since 2013
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William White is a former deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, a former head of the Monetary and Economic Department of the Bank for International Settlements, and the former Chairman of the Economic and Development Review Committee at the OECD.

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Bad Financial Moon Rising
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Bad Financial Moon Rising

Oct 3, 2018 William White thinks high levels of debt and risk-taking bode ill at a time of monetary-policy tightening.

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The Dangerous Delusion of Price Stability
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The Dangerous Delusion of Price Stability

Dec 14, 2017 William White warns that the major central banks' easy-money monetary policies are creating new risks in the global economy.

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Overt Monetary Financing (OMF) and Crisis Management

Overt Monetary Financing (OMF) and Crisis Management

Jun 12, 2013 William White

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The Ultra-Easy Money Experiment
Paul Lachine

The Ultra-Easy Money Experiment

Jun 12, 2013 William White on the need for some imagination when it comes to to policy prescriptions.

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The Experts We Need

Andrés Velasco

Policy gurus spend too much time with others like them – top civil servants, high-flying journalists, successful businesspeople – and too little time with ordinary voters. If they could become “humble, competent people on a level with dentists,” as John Maynard Keynes once suggested, voters might identify with them and find them trustworthy.

Don’t Feed the Donald

Shlomo Ben-Ami

For Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, appeasing US President Donald Trump is not so much a choice as a necessity: he must prove to Japan’s people and their neighbors, particularly the Chinese, that he knows how to keep Trump on his side. But Abe's strategy won't work with a US administration as fickle and self-serving as Trump’s.