## Olivier Blanchard’s Greatest Hits

_IMF Blog, August 31, 2015_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: All Sides
- Published: August 31, 2015

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### Overview
- 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.”

### Collected posts (as listed on the page)
- 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

### Themes and implications highlighted by the compilation
- 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).

### Additional note
- The page also references an interview with Blanchard.

*Source: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2015/08/31/olivier-blanchards-greatest-hits*

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## References

- [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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2015/08/31/olivier-blanchards-greatest-hits_