The Problem with the Next Recession The Problem with the Next Recession 11:00 AM Miller Center Join former chief economist at the Federal Reserve, David Wilcox, and Batten's David Leblang as they explore the sources and dimensions of the problem. Wilcox served as the deputy director of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors during the financial crisis in 2008 and will outline steps that could be taken to improve the current situation. David Leblang David Leblang is a professor of public policy at the Batten School, the Ambassador Henry J. Taylor and Mrs Marion R. Taylor Endowed Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and the Dorothy Danforth Compton Professor of Public Affairs at UVA's Miller Center. His research focuses on global migration including refugee and migrant choice as well as the link between migration and observed international investment, remittance flows, and the spread of democracy. Read full bio David Wilcox Wilcox is currently a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. From 2011 through 2018, he served as Director of the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC. In that role, he functioned as the chief economist of the division, a senior advisor to three successive Chairs of the Federal Reserve Board, the division’s lead for strategic direction, and its chief manager. Research and Statistics collaborates with other divisions at the Board in providing an economic and financial outlook to the Federal Open Market Committee prior to each of its policy-setting meetings; it supports the Federal Reserve’s program to promote financial stability and conduct financial supervision; it has extensive programs in economic measurement; and it maintains an active research agenda. As director, Wilcox put special emphasis on improving diversity and inclusion, both at the Federal Reserve and in economics more generally. Related Content David Leblang Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in complex humanitarian crises Research Over 168 million people across 50 countries are estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2020. Response to epidemics in complex humanitarian crises— such as the recent cholera epidemic in Yemen and the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo— is a global health challenge of increasing scale. The thousands of Yemeni and Congolese who have died in these years-long epidemics demonstrate the difficulty of combatting even well-known pathogens in humanitarian settings. The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) may represent a still greater threat to those in complex humanitarian crises, which lack the infrastructure, support, and health systems to mount a comprehensive response. Familiarity Breeds Investment: Diaspora Networks and International Investment Research What explains cross-national patterns of international portfolio and foreign direct investment (FDI)? While existing explanations focus on the credibility of a policy maker’s commitment, we emphasize the role of diaspora networks. Rural poverty, climate change, and family migration from Guatemala News David Leblang, Director of the Batten School’s Global Policy Center, along with co-authors, assesses the root causes of migration from Guatemala. Leblang: How resettling Afghan refugees might help Afghanistan’s future News In an article for The Washington Post, Batten's David Leblang and co-author Margaret Peters explain how migrants help their home countries by building trade ties and by sending back both cash and political knowledge. Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
David Leblang David Leblang is a professor of public policy at the Batten School, the Ambassador Henry J. Taylor and Mrs Marion R. Taylor Endowed Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and the Dorothy Danforth Compton Professor of Public Affairs at UVA's Miller Center. His research focuses on global migration including refugee and migrant choice as well as the link between migration and observed international investment, remittance flows, and the spread of democracy. Read full bio
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Familiarity Breeds Investment: Diaspora Networks and International Investment Research What explains cross-national patterns of international portfolio and foreign direct investment (FDI)? While existing explanations focus on the credibility of a policy maker’s commitment, we emphasize the role of diaspora networks.
Rural poverty, climate change, and family migration from Guatemala News David Leblang, Director of the Batten School’s Global Policy Center, along with co-authors, assesses the root causes of migration from Guatemala.
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