Economics Matters with Laurence Kotlikoff A Global Economic Outlook with the IMF's Director of Fiscal Affairs, Vitor Gaspar
Professor Kotlikoff is joined by Vitor Gaspar, one of the world's most important economists. As Director of Fiscal Affairs for the IMF Vitor has enormous influence on IMF policy and, thereby, global economic progress. Listen as Professor Kotlikoff and Vitor cover lots of economic ground:
- U.S. deficit policy
- Global economic outlook
- Resolving the near depression in Southern Europe in the aftermath of the Great Recession
- Getting the IMF to do proper long-term fiscal gap accounting.
- Much more!
Vitor's is a remarkable success story. Before joining the IMF almost a decade back, Vitor served as Portugal's Minister of State and Finance, Director General of Research at the European Central Bank, Director of Economic Studies and Statistics at Portugal's Central Bank, and Director of Economic Studies at the Portuguese Ministry of Finance.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Economic Matters - The podcast is hosted by Laurence Kotlikoff and moderated by Alex Kotlikoff. Laurence Kotlikoff is a Boston University Economist, a NY Times Best Selling Author, President of maxifi.com, and Author of Money Magic.
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