Markus' Academy

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/integrating-economics-and-epidemiologyExplore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archiveOn 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.*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

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/evaluating-us-financial-stabilization Explore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archiveOn 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.*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

Follow the link for the full summary:https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/covid-19-and-global-financial-markets Explore the webinar series:https://markusacademy.substack.com/archiveOn March 19, 2020, Torsten Slok joined Markus’ Academy for its first episode. Slok is the Chief Economist at Deutsche Bank.Download the slides here.*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