ISSUE PAPERS
- “Prospects and Risks for the Global Economy in 2019,” Centre for Policy Dialogue Working Paper No. 130, 2019. bit.ly/31YwnDd
- “Monetary Tightening, Financial Markets, and the U.S. Economy,” Thrivent White Paper, 2018.
- “Paradoxes of the U.S. Labor Market” (with Russell W. Swansen), Thrivent White Paper, 2017.
- “Japan’s Liquidity Trap,” real-world economics review, 76: 16-42 (September 2016). www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue76/Akram76.pdf
- “Global Economic Prospects and Risks,” Thrivent White Paper, 2016.
- “A Moderate Recovery and Its Discontents,” Thrivent White Paper, 2016.
- “The Persistence of Low Long-Term Interest Rates in the U.S.,” Voya Perspectives, 2015.
- “Prospects for Economic Recovery in the Euro Zone,” Voya Perspectives, 2015.
- “Bertrand Russell and the Challenges of Contemporary China,” Bertrand Russell Society Bulletin, Spring 2014. bit.ly/2lmzMMW
- “Abenomics and Its Aftermath,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2014.
- “U.S. Macroeconomic Performance and the Housing Recovery,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2013.
- “The Economics of Japan’s Lost Decades,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2012.
- “China’s Challenges,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2012.
- “Money Matters, Ultra-Low Long-Term Interest Rates and Feeble Growth,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2012.
- “Understanding Financial Fragility and Ensuring Stability,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2011.
- “Recovery Stumbling in the United Kingdom,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2011.
- “In the Midst of Mere Mediocrity,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2011.
- “Structural Challenges for the U.S. Economy: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2010.
- “The Japanese Economy: Recovery or Sclerosis?” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2010.
- “Doing Well Down Under: The Australian Economy,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2010.
- “Sustained Job Growth Will Need Supportive Public Policies,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2010.
- “The Chinese Economy, Policy Issues and Prospects,” ING Investment Management Staff Paper, 2009.