Laurence D. Fink, Neel Kashkari, Melissa S. Kearney, Lawrence H. Summers and Greg Ip
Is the US Headed for Stagflation?
Aspen Institute, 2022
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Current conditions in the United States point to stagflation, some experts say.
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The United States faces an uncertain economic future – and perhaps grueling stagflation – as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a panel of experts. Top economic commentators Laurence D. Fink, Neel Kashkari, Melissa S. Kearney, Lawrence H. Summers and Greg Ip discuss America’s challenges in this wide-ranging video conversation that covers inflation, labor markets, supply chains, immigration, energy transition, productivity and growth. Executives and students will find this a robust rundown of the US economy in the 2020s.
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About the Speakers
The Aspen Institute is a nonpartisan think tank. Laurence D. Fink is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock. Greg Ip is the chief economics commentator at The Wall Street Journal. Neel Kashkari is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota. Melissa Kearney is an economics professor at the University of Maryland and the director of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group. Larry Summers is president emeritus and a professor at Harvard University.
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