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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

FromGoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution


Soft Landing: Larry Summers On Inflation, Debt, And A Looming Recession

FromGoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution

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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Apr 13, 2022
Format:
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
Released:
Apr 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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In uncertain times what’s needed is not just clarity about today’s pandemic, but insight into the challenges that lie ahead as America recovers and returns to normal. GoodFellows, a weekly Hoover Institution broadcast, features senior fellows John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, and H.R. McMaster discussing the social, economic, and geostrategic ramifications of this changed world.