Macroeconomic Debates - We Live in Interesting Times

Economics Reinvents Itself Every Few Decades. It's Happening Now

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-22/economics-reinvents-itself-every-few-decades-it-s-happening-now

Has Austerity Been Vindicated?

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/budget-deficits-austerity-growth-alesina-keynes-by-robert-skidelsky-2019-05

A World of Interconnected Economic Problems

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/upshot/what-if-all-the-worlds-economic-woes-are-part-of-the-same-problem.html

The Problem of Over-Optimistic Economic Forecasts

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/10/opinion/us-economy-stagnation-growth.html

Recessions Are Getting Tougher to Predict

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-05/the-u-s-economy-may-only-seem-like-it-s-in-recession

Do Longer Expansions Lead to More Severe Recessions?

https://www.clevelandfed.org/~/media/content/newsroom%20and%20events/publications/economic%20commentary/2019/ec%20201902/ec_201902.pdf

Noah Smith highlights the underlying challenges faced by Macroeconomists:

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-04/u-s-economy-great-recession-and-modern-monetary-theory-link

“Economies are so complex that there is no such thing as a perfect macroeconomic theory. They all make simplifications, and they all have limits beyond which the theories stop applying.”