Moritz Schularick is a Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) and professor of economics at the University of Bonn. He was previously a professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University of Berlin, Germany, a visiting scholar at Cambridge University, and worked in the financial industry for several years. His current work focuses on credit cycles, the determinants of financial crises, and the international monetary system. Together with Niall Ferguson, he coined the term “Chimerica” to describe the intimate financial relations between the United States and China. Working at the crossroads of monetary and international economics as well as economic history, his contributions can be found in the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Monetary Economics, the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Economic History, and several other journals.
Moritz Schularick
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- Leader of Private Debt
- Leader of Finance and the Welfare of Nations: The View from Economic History
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Halloween Is Over - Are Corporate Zombies Still Out There?
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Swift reorganization or liquidation of insolvent businesses is the single best policy to deal with corporate debt booms.
Zombies at Large? Corporate Debt Overhang and the Macroeconomy*
Swift reorganization or liquidation of insolvent businesses is the single best policy to deal with corporate debt booms.
Modigliani Meets Minsky: Inequality and U.S. Household Debt Since 1950
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A look at the American household debt boom
Modigliani Meets Minsky: Inequality, Debt, and Financial Fragility in America, 1950-2016
Increased borrowing by middle-class families with low income growth played a central role in rising indebtedness
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The New Economics of Debt and Financial Fragility
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University of Bonn and Sciences Po economics professor Moritz Schularick talks to Rob about the soon-to-be-released book, Leveraged, which he edited based on papers from an INET-sponsored conference. The book takes a close look at what we have learned about the costs and causes of financial fragility since 2008.
The New Economics of Debt and Financial Fragility
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University of Bonn and Sciences Po economics professor Moritz Schularick talks to Rob about the soon-to-be-released book, Leveraged, which he edited based on papers from an INET-sponsored conference. The book takes a close look at what we have learned about the costs and causes of financial fragility since 2008.
Moritz Schularick in The Economist
INET Fellow Moritz Schularick writes in The Economist that Germany should immediately cut off Russain gas
Debt Talks Episode 8 | Public Debt: How Much is Too Much? with Rüdiger Bachmann, Claudia Sahm, Ludwig Straub; moderated by Moritz Schularick
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Where are the US and Europe now and where could they be going?