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Burman comments on rising national debt in Christian Science Monitor
April 8, 2021
"Investing in better roads, bridges, dams, electrical infrastructure, all of that stuff, clearly, those investments pay returns over a long period of time," says Leonard Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics. "Investing in better education, if you can do it, pays returns over the course of decades."
See related: Infrastructure , Education , Economics Department , Banking/Lending , Income , Spending
Mary Daly’s Crooked Path
June 1, 2019
From family-life struggles in her teens that nearly doomed her career, to a pinnacle of American economic thinking, San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly discusses finding her “North Star” and the inequalities that afflict the American economy.
See related: Economy , Banking/Lending , Economics Department