A Global Economic Outlook with the IMF's Director of Fiscal Affairs, Vitor Gaspar

Economics Matters with Laurence Kotlikoff · Nov 7, 2023 · 1h 6m

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…