How did Jamaica halve its debt in 10 years? Have a listen to me and Barry Eichengreen talk about our The Brookings Institution paper with Serkan Arslanalp and find out:
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Here's a Brookings podcast Peter Henry and I did on 'Public Debt Reduction: The Jamaica Exception' brookings.edu/articles/how-d…

It's an immense honor to be named as one of the 'Class of 2024' Distinguished Fellows of the American Economic Association with Bronwyn Hall, John Haltiwanger, and Margaret Simms. I have no idea who penned the citation, but it's lovely. aeaweb.org/about-aea/hono…

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What an incredible honor! The work continues. Apply here to join our team studying regional patterns and drivers of racial wealth inequality: tinyurl.com/y68st2p8

Belated thanks to the Jamaica Gleaner for covering my paper with Barry Eichengreen and Serkan Arslanalp of the IMF

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ICYMI, an exceptional (pun intended) piece by Soumaya Keynes

ICYMI #1 - Brookings Paper: '[W]hen many countries... are confronting heavy & growing public debt burdens, Jamaica offers a rare example of a country that succeeded in substantially reducing its debt' - Summarized and downloadable The Brookings Institution brookings.edu/articles/susta…

Whew! Ready for weeknd after a busy week+ ICYMI: 1) Peter Henry presented Brookings paper (Sustained Debt Reduction in 🇯🇲) w co-authors S.Arslanalp, Barry Eichengreen 2) he recd Career Achievement Award, and 3) we learned J. Levin of Stanford Graduate School of Business will be next Stanford Pres.

I had the opportunity to discuss Arslanalp, Barry Eichengreen, and Peter Henry's fascinating paper on Jamaica's exceptional large and sustained debt reduction at the BPEA conference last week. Soumaya Keynes has a very nice write-up of the paper here.

In this week's column for the Financial Times I wrote about a new paper by Serkan Aslanalp of IMF, Barry Eichengreen of UC Berkeley & Peter Henry of Stanford University

What could countries could learn from Jamaica's example about squashing government debt?

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How to squash government debt: Soumaya Keynes reflects on 'Public Debt Reduction: The Jamaica Exception'

Fantastic column on the lessons from Jamaica. 🇯🇲

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At a time when many countries are confronting heavy and growing public debt burdens, Jamaica offers a rare example of a country that succeeded in substantially reducing its debt. brookings.edu/articles/susta…

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Peter Henry Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement. Congratulations Peter Henry! Very much well deserved, and thank-you all for the excellent, amazing work that you do in the profession 🥳

Acceptance remarks by Governor Cook at the @dukesocialeq Career Achievement Awards Ceremony: federalreserve.gov/newsevents/spe…

Peter Henry Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement. Sandy wore a suit for you!! Huge congratulations to all!!