Markus' Academy

Integrating Economics and Epidemiology to Fight COVID-19 | Markus Academy | Ep. 03

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/integrating-economics-and-epidemiology [https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/integrating-economics-and-epidemiology] Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive [https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive] On March 30, 2020, Ramanan Laxminarayan joined Markus' Academy for a seminar on integrating economics and epidemiology to fight COVID-19 in India and around the world. Laxminarayan is a Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer at the Princeton Environmental Institute and Founder and Director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) in Washington, D.C. and New Delhi. Download the slides here.* [https://economics.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20200330-BCF-COVID03-Laxminarayan-a.pdf] Timestamps:  [0:00] Markus' Introduction  [2:50] Beginning of Laxminarayan presentation  [3:47] How long have we known about this  [10:23] Human and institutional behavior in the context of epidemics  [21:00] Building models in real time  [45:18] Life on the front lines  [48:22] Audience questions

Evaluating U.S. Financial Stabilization Measures for COVID-19 | Markus Academy | Ep. 02

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/evaluating-us-financial-stabilization [https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/evaluating-us-financial-stabilization]  Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive [https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive] On March 26, 2020, Nellie Liang joined Markus' Academy. Liang is a Senior Fellow with the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at Brookings and a former director of the Division of Financial Stability at the Federal Reserve. Download the slides here.* [https://economics.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/liangbrunnermeier1.pdf] Timestamps:  [0:00] Markus' Introduction  [8:24] Beginning of Liang presentation [9:05] US COVID-19 response  [14:00] Authorities for providing liquidity  [17:02] Overview of intervention types  [18:05] Overview of asset classes  [26:18] Asset purchases and repo  [27:49] Traditional and novel lender of last resort  [30:47] Credit markets  [40:41] Macroprudential policies  [45:05] Mainstreet business lending  [48:46] Government commitments for systemic policies and government employee growth

COVID-19 and Global Financial Markets | Markus Academy | Episode 01

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/covid-19-and-global-financial-markets [https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/covid-19-and-global-financial-markets]  Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive [https://markusacademy.substack.com/archive] On March 19, 2020, Torsten Slok joined Markus’ Academy for its first episode. Slok is the Chief Economist at Deutsche Bank. Download the slides here.* [https://economics.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/01b-Slok_Presentation_Princeton_Special.pdf] Timestamps: [0:00] Markus’ Introduction [19:49] Beginning of Slok’s presentation [21:36] Presentation outline [24:15] Before the virus [27:48] The virus [30:40] Financial market reaction to the virus [56:12] Fed and ECB reaction [58:02] Fiscal policy reaction [1:03:29] Macroeconomic implications [1:11:42] Audience questions