Conventional macroeconomics has shown to be increasingly insufficient to deal with the current economic reality. Since the 2008 crisis, economic consensus has suffered a series of shakes, and criticism of conventional views has suffered enormous resistance. Considering this scenario of ruptures, it is imperative to think about new paradigms of monetary policy.
Conventional macroeconomics has shown to be increasingly insufficient to deal with the current economic reality. Since the 2008 crisis, economic consensus has suffered a series of shakes, and criticism of conventional views has suffered enormous resistance. Considering this scenario of ruptures, it is imperative to think about new paradigms of monetary policy.
Julia Dias Leite is the CEO of the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), Brazil’s main foreign affairs think tank, as well as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Piemonte Holding. She has led some of the most important independent foreign affairs institutions in Brazil, convening a vast network of companies, government offices, and organizations in Brazil and abroad. She previously served as Executive Secretary of the China-Brazil Business Council, where she consolidated the Council’s position as the primary binational institute dedicated to establishing a dialogue between China and Brazil on trade, financial, and governmental matters. Julia was also a Resident Researcher at the Council of the Americas in New York and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Asia & Latin America Program of the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington. She earned her law degree from the Cândido Mendes University in Brazil and holds a Master’s degree in Business Management. Julia is married to Alessandro Lombardi, has three children and is a documentary photographer.