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Soft Landing: Larry Summers On Inflation, Debt, And A Looming Recession
Soft Landing: Larry Summers On Inflation, Debt, And A Looming Recession
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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Apr 13, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
The GoodFellows return to economics this week, coinciding with news of America’s worst inflation in over 40 years. Lawrence Summers, former US Treasury secretary and Harvard University president emeritus, joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster, and John Cochrane to discuss Federal Reserve policy, government spending, and the war in Europe as contributors to America’s economic woes. They also cover the soaring national debt, a possible supply-chain crisis, economic competition with China, plus academic freedom under fire in elite universities.
Recorded April 12, 2022
Recorded April 12, 2022
Released:
Apr 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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