Olivier Blanchard

French economist and professor · France · On the map · Academics · Born 1948 · age 77

Olivier Jean Blanchard is a French economist and professor. He is Robert M. Solow Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics, and as the C. Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

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2021Commander of the National Order of MeritAward2017“Lucas and Sargent’s main argument was that Keynesian economics had ignored the full implications of the effect of expectations on behavior.”In their wordsCh. 24 : Epilogue: The Story of MacroeconomicsRead the whole statement

2016Clarivate Citation LaureatesAwardHonorary doctors of Ghent UniversityAwardOfficer of the Legion of HonourAward2012John von Neumann AwardAward2006“I refuse to start from the assumption that the role of monetary policy is to control and stabilize inflation.”In their words"Monetary Policy; Science or Art?" (2006)Read the whole statement