Oleg Itskhoki is a Russian-origin, naturalized U.S. American economist specialized on macroeconomics and international economics. He won the John Bates Clark Medal in 2022, which is awarded to economists under forty, second only to the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. In the interview with PKU Financial Review, Oleg Itskhoki, winner of the John Bates Clark Medal in 2022, Professor of Economics ...

As one of the leaders of the "rational expectations revolution”, Thomas J. Sargent devotes himself into the establishment and development of New Classical Macroeconomics. In 1970s, Thomas J. Sargent, Robert Lucas, Robert Barro and Neil Wallace pioneered the rational expectations school, which uses econometric models to analyze the lasting effects of economic policies. Today, this theory is mainstream ...

Since the EU's "General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)" came into effect, a set of complex mechanisms on privacy management, personal information security protection and data flow have been established in Europe. At the same time, the EU opposes the "data sovereignty theory" within its member countries or trade agreement partners, such as restricting the "data localization laws" passed by its member ...

In July 2020, Think tank of the European Parliament issued a research report Digital Sovereignty of Europe, which expounds the background of the EU's proposal of digital sovereignty and the new policy of strengthening the EU's strategic autonomy in the digital field. EU digital sovereignty involves big data, artificial intelligence, 5G, Internet of Things, cloud computing, etc. Big data not only concerns ...

Gernot Wagner teaches climate economics at NYU, and writes Bloomberg’s Risky Climate column. His research, writing, and teaching focus on climate risks and climate policy. In his new book Geoengineering: the Gamble, Wagner provides a balanced take on the possible benefits and all-too-real risks. Despite those risks, he argues, geoengineering may only be a matter of time. Not if, but when. He believes ...

William Nordhaus is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2018. In his new book The Spirit of Green: The Economics of Collisions and Contagions in a Crowded World, Nordhaus describes a new way of green thinking that would help us overcome our biggest challenges without sacrificing economic prosperity, in large ...

At present, more than 120 countries and regions in the world have proposed carbon neutrality goals, and carbon neutrality has become one of the most common topics of concern worldwide. Bill Gates pointed out in his new book How to Avoid Climate Disasters that wise policies can help solve the climate problem. Is there a universally significant carbon neutral path? How can our energy and industrial policies ...

In the best-selling book "The Rise of the Creative Class", Richard Florida showed us how the new economic class will dominate our future cities and economy. He pointed out that human creativity is the most fundamental economic resource, and the arrival of the era of creative economy is changing social and cultural values of the entire world. The book was also named as one of the Harvard Business Review'...

The San Francisco Bay Area is famous for its natural beauty, convenient transportation, and innovative and entrepreneurial spirit. The CEO and President of California Forward, and former President of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, Micah Weinberg, pointed out in an exclusive interview with PKU Financial Review that, if there are any experiences or lessons in the development of the San Francisco ...