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Olivier Blanchard

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French economist and professor

FranceAcademicsBorn 1948 · age 77
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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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Olivier Blanchard
said · 2006
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I refuse to start from the assumption that the role of monetary policy is to control and stabilize inflation.

"Monetary Policy; Science or Art?" (2006)

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Olivier Blanchard
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Crises feed uncertainty. And uncertainty affects behaviour, which feeds the crisis.

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Olivier Blanchard
said · 2017
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Lucas and Sargent’s main argument was that Keynesian economics had ignored the full implications of the effect of expectations on behavior.

Ch. 24 : Epilogue: The Story of Macroeconomics

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Awards 8

2021Commander of the National Order of Merit
2016Officer of the Legion of Honour
2016Honorary doctors of Ghent University
2016Clarivate Citation Laureates
2012John von Neumann Award
1985Fellow of the Econometric Society
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

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About this person

Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1948 · age 77
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20 languages

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