Fiscal Policy in a Turbulent Era

Fiscal policy has regained importance over the last two decades, playing key roles in fighting the GFC and its economic fallout, the covid pandemic and the repercussions from global conflict. At the same time, these far-reaching interventions have resulted in ballooning sovereign debt ratios, triggering the European sovereign debt crisis and prompting some renewed concern by some commentators more recently on debt sustainability in a world of higher interest rates.

• What are the most important trends for fiscal policies in the XXI century?
• How can fiscal policy be made more effective and targeted, by learning from recent experiences?
• How can fiscal resources be freed or mobilized to enable important investments?
• How should fiscal policies deal with high uncertainty regarding future scenarios?

This SUERF BAFFI Bocconi – Meet the Author webinar marks the publication of Enrique Alberola’s (ed.) new book Fiscal Policy in a Turbulent Era Tectonic Shifts.