Olivier Blanchard

At-a-Glance

Robert M. Solow Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics
C. Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (2008-2015)
Leading figure in "New Keynesian economics"
Author or editor of 30 books and more than 150 articles
Obtained a PhD from MIT in 1977

Biography

Olivier Jean Blanchard is a distinguished French economist and professor. He currently holds positions as the Robert M. Solow Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics, and C.

Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Blanchard earned his PhD from MIT in 1977, where he studied under Stanley Fischer and Robert Solow.