Jason Furman on Overheating, Inflation, and Fiscal Policy in an Era of Low Interest Rates

Published: June 28, 2021, 4:30 a.m.

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Jason Furman is a former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and is currently a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Jason is also a professor at Harvard University and he rejoins Macro Musings to talk about overheating, the inflation outlook, and the right way to think about fiscal policy in an era of low interest rates.

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Transcript for the episode can be found here.

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Jason\\u2019s Twitter: @jasonfurman

Jason\\u2019s Harvard profile: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/jason-furman

Jason\\u2019s PIIE profile: https://www.piie.com/experts/senior-research-staff/jason-furman

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Related Links:

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*A Reconsideration of Fiscal Policy in the Era of Low Interest Rates* by Jason Furman and Larry Summers

https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/reconsideration-fiscal-policy-era-low-interest-rates-jason

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David\\u2019s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com

David\\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

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