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  "title": "Olivier Blanchard’s Greatest Hits",
  "publication": "IMF Blog, August 31, 2015",
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  "summary": "Publication title: Olivier Blanchard’s Greatest Hits",
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    {
      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Publication title: Olivier Blanchard’s Greatest Hits\n- Topic header on page: Financial crisis management\n- Publication date: August 31, 2015\n- Context: A curated selection of Olivier Blanchard’s most read and talked-about blogs for iMFdirect, compiled to mark his departure as IMF Chief Economist.\n- Tone: Described as sharp, frank, intellectual, creative, and honest; Blanchard is characterized as “half economist, half artist.”"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Collected posts (as listed on the page)",
      "content": "- Greece: Past Critiques and the Path Forward\n- Greece: A Credible Deal Will Require Difficult Decisions By All Sides\n- Ten Take Aways from the “Rethinking Macro Policy: Progress or Confusion?”\n- Contours of Macroeconomic Policy in the Future\n- Seven Questions About The Recent Oil Price Slump\n- Monetary Policy Will Never Be the Same\n- The IMF Annual Research Conference: Economics of Crises―Past Experiences and Present Travails\n- Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy\n- Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Getting the Labor Markets Working Again\n- Lessons from Latvia\n- The Logic and Fairness of Greece’s Program\n- 2011 in Review: Four Hard Truths\n- Central Banks, Financial Regulators, and the Quest for Financial Stability: 2011 IMF Annual Research Conference\n- What I Learnt in Rio: Discussing Ways to Manage Capital Flows\n- The Future of Macroeconomic Policy: Nine Tentative Conclusions\n- Rewriting the Macroeconomists’ Playbook in the Wake of the Crisis\n- Exploring Economic Policy Frontiers After the Crisis: 2010 IMF Research Conference\n- How to Bake a (Cr)edible Medium-term Fiscal Pie\n- Ten Commandments for Fiscal Adjustment in Advanced Economies\n- Thinking Beyond the Crisis: Themes from the IMF’s 10th Annual Research Conference"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Themes and implications highlighted by the compilation",
      "content": "- Persistent focus on crisis-era macroeconomic policy and financial stability.\n- Recurrent engagement with country-specific crises, notably Greece and Latvia.\n- Attention to labor markets and job creation as central to post-crisis recovery.\n- Examination of monetary policy transformations in the wake of the crisis.\n- Engagement with fiscal policy design, including medium-term fiscal frameworks and principles for adjustment.\n- Active participation in and synthesis of IMF research conferences on crises and policy frontiers.\n- Reflections on capital flow management and commodity price shocks (oil price slump)."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Additional note",
      "content": "- The page also references an interview with Blanchard.\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2015/08/31/olivier-blanchards-greatest-hits\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Greece: Past Critiques and the Path Forward\n- Greece: A Credible Deal Will Require Difficult Decisions By All Sides\n- Ten Take Aways from the “Rethinking Macro Policy: Progress or Confusion?”\n- Contours of Macroeconomic Policy in the Future\n- Seven Questions About The Recent Oil Price Slump\n- Monetary Policy Will Never Be the Same\n- The IMF Annual Research Conference: Economics of Crises―Past Experiences and Present Travails\n- Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy\n- Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Getting the Labor Markets Working Again\n- Lessons from Latvia\n- The Logic and Fairness of Greece’s Program\n- 2011 in Review: Four Hard Truths\n- Central Banks, Financial Regulators, and the Quest for Financial Stability: 2011 IMF Annual Research Conference\n- What I Learnt in Rio: Discussing Ways to Manage Capital Flows\n- The Future of Macroeconomic Policy: Nine Tentative Conclusions\n- Rewriting the Macroeconomists’ Playbook in the Wake of the Crisis\n- Exploring Economic Policy Frontiers After the Crisis: 2010 IMF Research Conference\n- How to Bake a (Cr)edible Medium-term Fiscal Pie\n- Ten Commandments for Fiscal Adjustment in Advanced Economies\n- Thinking Beyond the Crisis: Themes from the IMF’s 10th Annual Research Conference\n- interview with Blanchard\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2015/08/31/olivier-blanchards-greatest-hits"
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    "Authors: All Sides",
    "Published: August 31, 2015",
    "Publication title: Olivier Blanchard’s Greatest Hits",
    "Topic header on page: Financial crisis management",
    "Publication date: August 31, 2015",
    "Context: A curated selection of Olivier Blanchard’s most read and talked-about blogs for iMFdirect, compiled to mark his departure as IMF Chief Economist.",
    "Tone: Described as sharp, frank, intellectual, creative, and honest; Blanchard is characterized as “half economist, half artist.”",
    "Greece: Past Critiques and the Path Forward",
    "Greece: A Credible Deal Will Require Difficult Decisions By All Sides",
    "Ten Take Aways from the “Rethinking Macro Policy: Progress or Confusion?”",
    "Contours of Macroeconomic Policy in the Future",
    "Seven Questions About The Recent Oil Price Slump",
    "Monetary Policy Will Never Be the Same",
    "The IMF Annual Research Conference: Economics of Crises―Past Experiences and Present Travails",
    "Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy",
    "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Getting the Labor Markets Working Again",
    "Lessons from Latvia",
    "The Logic and Fairness of Greece’s Program",
    "2011 in Review: Four Hard Truths",
    "Central Banks, Financial Regulators, and the Quest for Financial Stability: 2011 IMF Annual Research Conference",
    "What I Learnt in Rio: Discussing Ways to Manage Capital Flows",
    "The Future of Macroeconomic Policy: Nine Tentative Conclusions",
    "Rewriting the Macroeconomists’ Playbook in the Wake of the Crisis",
    "Exploring Economic Policy Frontiers After the Crisis: 2010 IMF Research Conference",
    "How to Bake a (Cr)edible Medium-term Fiscal Pie",
    "Ten Commandments for Fiscal Adjustment in Advanced Economies",
    "Thinking Beyond the Crisis: Themes from the IMF’s 10th Annual Research Conference",
    "Persistent focus on crisis-era macroeconomic policy and financial stability.",
    "Recurrent engagement with country-specific crises, notably Greece and Latvia.",
    "Attention to labor markets and job creation as central to post-crisis recovery.",
    "Examination of monetary policy transformations in the wake of the crisis.",
    "Engagement with fiscal policy design, including medium-term fiscal frameworks and principles for adjustment.",
    "Active participation in and synthesis of IMF research conferences on crises and policy frontiers.",
    "Reflections on capital flow management and commodity price shocks (oil price slump).",
    "The page also references an interview with Blanchard.",
    "[Greece: Past Critiques and the Path Forward](http://blogs.imf.org/2015/07/09/greece-past-critiques-and-the-path-forward/)",
    "[Greece: A Credible Deal Will Require Difficult Decisions By All Sides](http://blogs.imf.org/2015/06/14/greece-a-credible-deal-will-require-difficult-decisions-by-all-sides/)",
    "[Ten Take Aways from the “Rethinking Macro Policy: Progress or Confusion?”](http://blogs.imf.org/2015/05/01/ten-take-aways-from-the-rethinking-macro-policy-progress-or-confusion/)",
    "[Contours of Macroeconomic Policy in the Future](http://blogs.imf.org/2015/04/02/contours-of-macroeconomic-policy-in-the-future/)",
    "[Seven Questions About The Recent Oil Price Slump](http://blogs.imf.org/2014/12/22/seven-questions-about-the-recent-oil-price-slump/)",
    "[Monetary Policy Will Never Be the Same](http://blogs.imf.org/2013/11/19/monetary-policy-will-never-be-the-same/)",
    "[The IMF Annual Research Conference: Economics of Crises―Past Experiences and Present Travails](http://blogs.imf.org/2013/11/01/the-imf-annual-research-conference-economics-of-crises%e2%80%95past-experiences-and-present-travails/)",
    "[Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy](http://blogs.imf.org/2013/04/29/rethinking-macroeconomic-policy/)",
    "[Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Getting the Labor Markets Working Again](http://blogs.imf.org/2012/11/07/jobs-jobs-jobs-getting-the-labor-markets-working-again/)",
    "[Lessons from Latvia](http://blogs.imf.org/2012/06/11/lessons-from-latvia/)",
    "[The Logic and Fairness of Greece’s Program](http://blogs.imf.org/2012/03/19/the-logic-and-fairness-of-greeces-program/)",
    "[2011 in Review: Four Hard Truths](http://blogs.imf.org/2011/12/21/2011-in-review-four-hard-truths/)",
    "[Central Banks, Financial Regulators, and the Quest for Financial Stability: 2011 IMF Annual Research Conference](http://blogs.imf.org/2011/11/07/2011-imf-annual-research-conference/)",
    "[What I Learnt in Rio: Discussing Ways to Manage Capital Flows](http://blogs.imf.org/2011/06/03/what-i-learnt-in-rio-manage-capital-flows/)",
    "[The Future of Macroeconomic Policy: Nine Tentative Conclusions](http://blogs.imf.org/2011/03/13/future-of-macroeconomic-policy/)",
    "[Rewriting the Macroeconomists’ Playbook in the Wake of the Crisis](http://blogs.imf.org/2011/03/04/2662/)",
    "[Exploring Economic Policy Frontiers After the Crisis: 2010 IMF Research Conference](http://blogs.imf.org/2010/11/19/exploring-economic-policy-frontiers-after-the-crisis-2010-imf-research-conference/)",
    "[How to Bake a (Cr)edible Medium-term Fiscal Pie](http://blogs.imf.org/2010/11/04/how-to-bake-a-credible-medium-term-fiscal-pie/)",
    "[Ten Commandments for Fiscal Adjustment in Advanced Economies](http://blogs.imf.org/2010/06/24/ten-commandments-for-fiscal-adjustment-in-advanced-economies/)",
    "[Thinking Beyond the Crisis: Themes from the IMF’s 10th Annual Research Conference](http://blogs.imf.org/2009/11/30/thinking-beyond-the-crisis-themes-from-the-imf%e2%80%99s-10th-annual-research-conference/)",
    "[interview with Blanchard](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2015/RES083115A.htm)"
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