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Mahesh Kotecha: Horasis Extraordinary Meeting on the United States of America Mahesh Kotecha will discuss "Yellen Bonds" for Africa at the Horasis Extraordinary Meeting on March 18.	Mon, Feb 22, 2021	RunTheWorld
Paul Sheard: Central Banks Cancelling Government Debt Is No Panacea Recently, more than a hundred European economists, including such luminaries as Thomas Piketty, called for the European Central Bank to write off a chunk of government debt that it holds.	Sat, Feb 20, 2021	Bloomberg Opinion - Quint
Stormy-Annika Mildner: G7 Economic Resilience Panel The German Federal Government has nominated Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner for the G7 Economic Resilience Panel.	Thu, Feb 18, 2021	G7 United Kingdom 2021
Jean-Claude Trichet: Trichet Warns That U.S. Stimulus Could Be 'Overdone' Former European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet warns that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion proposal could be a "little overdone" considering the economy is already growing "quite fast and rapidly."	Tue, Feb 16, 2021	Bloomberg
Sultan Meghji: FDIC Appoints First Chief Innovation Officer WASHINGTON – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today named Sultan Meghji as the agency’s first Chief Innovation Officer, charged with leading the FDIC’s efforts to promote the adoption of innovative technologies across the financial services sector.	Tue, Feb 16, 2021	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miguel Schloss: Tackling Climate Change in a Changing World President of Surinvest Ltda. & Virtus Atlas SpA (Chile); Former Executive Director of Transparency International (Germany), and Director of Corporate & Budget Planning of World Bank (USA).	Mon, Feb 15, 2021	Global Journals of Science Frontier Research
Gary Kleiman: Tunisia Arab Spring Decade Marks Withering Exodus by Gary Kleiman Ten years ago tiny Tunisia with its “jasmine revolution,” sending longtime authoritarian President Ben Ali, into exile was the first in the region to spark economic and political changes under the sweeping Arab Spring umbrella.	Sat, Feb 13, 2021	ISIM
Sheila Warren: The Future of Blockchain and Digital Markets: A Perspective From the World Economic Forum Sheila Warren talks about blockchain, digital currencies, and other recent developments in digital markets.	Thu, Feb 11, 2021	Brookings
Lawrence H. Summers: The Biden Stimulus Is Admirably Ambitious. But It Brings Some Big Risks, Too President Biden’s $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief plan, added to the stimulus measure Congress passed in December with the incoming administration’s strong support, would represent the boldest act of macroeconomic stabilization policy in U.S. history.	Thu, Feb 4, 2021	The Washington Post
Monica de Bolle, Chad P. Bown, and Maurice Obstfeld: The Pandemic Is Not Under Control Anywhere Unless It Is Controlled Everywhere High-income countries have cornered global supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, but they are clashing with one another over hoarding their doses, while sending poor countries to the back of the line.	Wed, Feb 3, 2021	PIIE Insider