CEO of AI for Good Foundation, and co-founder of Economists for Ukraine, James Hodson speaks on the impact of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine on grain exports as well as its implications for future global food supply.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered a humanitarian, economic, financial and political crisis that will reverberate across Europe. In a recent Policy Note, wiiw economists analysed the short- and medium-term implications of the conflict for Ukraine, Russia and the rest of Europe.
This lecture from our 2022 Summit focuses on the damage caused by the invasion of Ukraine, be it to infrastructure, hospitals, residential buildings. We hope this way to shed a light on an aspect that is highly underestimated.
“…this war has prominent consequences both for Ukraine and Russia. Russia will find itself increasingly isolated, its people, including those who very much against this war, will suffer. And I’v is a tragedy that easily avoidable, and regime of Russia should be entirely responsible for that. The people of Ukraine have harderlive shattered. Even if the war will stop tomorrow, lives have been ruined, rebuilding takes years, and we need to be there for Ukraine…”
This event examines the profound economic transformations triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, focusing on both countries’ diverging paths. A panel of experts draws on two new papers to explore strategies for rebuilding a postwar, westward-facing Ukraine through financial inflows, investment, and growth-oriented reforms. The panel then turns to Russia, analyzing how wartime mobilization and surging military expenditures have reshaped its economy. Together, these discussions offer a comparative perspective on resilience, recovery, and long-term economic realignment in the region.
This webinar was hosted on July 20th of 2023, where the speakers Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Barry Eichengreen spoke on the macroeconomic consequences of war in Ukraine and policies for postwar reconstruction.
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, a native of Ukraine, is a Quantedge Presidential professor at the Department of Economics, University of California – Berkeley. He received his B.A. and MA at EERC/Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Kyiv, Ukraine) and his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. A significant part of his research has been about monetary policy (effects, optimal design, inflation targeting), fiscal policy (countercyclical policy, government spending multipliers), taxation (tax evasion, inequality), economic growth (long-run determinants, globalization, innovation, financial frictions), and business cycles. Yuriy serves on many editorial boards, including Journal of Monetary Economics and VoxUkraine (http://voxukraine.org/). Yuriy is a prolific researcher. His work was published in leading economics journals and was cited in policy discussions and media. Yuriy has received numerous awards for his research.
The UC Berkeley Haas School of Business hosted a gala dinner in order to preserve Ukrainian culture amidst the Russia-Ukraine War. Anastassia Fedyk, an assistant professor of finance at the Haas School of Business and co-founder of Economists of Ukraine, discussed the importance of bolstering Ukrainian voices with CalTV News reporters Shayla Eslampour and Jo Moon.