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Interview with Bloomberg UK on 9 February 2016 – There has to be more attention paid to wage growth which has been too low, OECD Economic Committee Chairman William White says in a “Countdown” interview with Bloomberg’s Manus Cranny and Anna Edwards.

Feb

2016

Simple Policy Lessons from Embracing Complexity

Modern macroeconomics is based upon the false belief that the economy is essentially understandable and predictable. This leads to misguided policies. A column by William White.

Central banks in the major advanced economies have been pursuing increasingly experimental polices for many years. These bear the risk of ending unhappily.

Article published in Finanz und Wirtschaft

Feb

2016

Interview with The Telegraph, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, in Davos

“The situation is worse than it was in 2007. Our macroeconomic ammunition to fight downturns is essentially all used up,” said William White, the Swiss-based chairman of the OECD’s review committee and former chief economist of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

Publication: The Telegraph Date: 3 February 2016

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2016

Interview on ABC Australia, RN Drive with Patricia Karvelas

On 28 January 2016, White joins RN Drive to explain where economic policy has gone wrong and also details an OECD crackdown on tax avoidance by multinational companies like Google and Apple.

Publication: ABC Australia Date: 28 January 2016

Jan

2016