Olivier Blanchard
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| New Keynesian economics | |
| Birth | December 27, 1948 Amiens, France |
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| Nationality |  France |
| Institution | International Monetary Fund |
| Field | Macroeconomics |
| Alma mater | MIT |
| Information at IDEAS/RePEc | |
Olivier Jean Blanchard (born December 27, 1948, Amiens, France)[1] is currently the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, a post he has held since September 1, 2008.[2] He is also the Class of 1941 Professor of Economics at MIT, though he is currently on leave.
Blanchard earned his Ph.D. in Economics in 1977 at MIT. He taught at Harvard University between 1977 and 1983, after which he returned to MIT as a professor. Between 1998 and 2003 Blanchard served as the Chairman of the Economics Department at MIT. He is also an advisor for the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston (since 1995) and New York (since 2004).
Blanchard has published numerous research papers in the field of macroeconomics, as well as undergraduate and graduate macroeconomics textbooks (including his extremely popular Macroeconomics). The University of York is one of the many universities currently using this book as the main basis for their Advanced Macroeconomics curriculum.[3]
He is married to Noelle Blanchard, and they have 3 daughters, Serena, Marie and Giulia.
[edit] References
- ^ Olivier Blanchard's CV on his MIT webpage [1]
- ^ http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2008/int090208a.htm
- ^ University of York Macroeconomics II module page
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| Preceded by Simon Johnson |
IMF Chief Economist 2008 – present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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