Jacob Funk Kirkegaard has been a research fellow at the Institute since 2002. Before joining the Institute, he worked with the Danish Ministry of Defense, the United Nations in Iraq, and in the private financial sector. He is a graduate of the Danish Army's Special School of Intelligence and Linguistics with the rank of first lieutenant; the University of Aarhus in Aarhus, Denmark; and Columbia University in New York. He is author of The Accelerating Decline in America's High-Skilled Workforce: Implications for Immigration Policy (2007) and coauthor of US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries (2009) and Transforming the European Economy (2004) and assisted with Accelerating the Globalization of America: The Role for Information Technology (2006). His current research focuses on European economies and reform, pension systems and accounting rules, demographics, offshoring, high-skilled immigration, and the impact of information technology.

Recent Blog Posts by Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

• Despite Its Troubles, the Euro Area Is Making Progress May 30th, 2012
• Endgame in Greece: Don’t Look for an Imminent ‘Grexit’ May 21st, 2012
• Is the Risk Free Status of Euro Area Sovereign Debt in Tatters? March 16th, 2012
• Why President Obama Can Stop Worrying About Europe March 13th, 2012
• Brinkmanship in Brussels, Sturm and Drachma for Greece and Europe February 27th, 2012
• How Euro Brinkmanship Is Beginning to Succeed February 5th, 2012
• On Greece, Growth, and Downgrades January 27th, 2012
• The Next Strategic Target: De Gaulle’s EU Legacy November 25th, 2011
• Europe’s Made-in-America Tools to Deal with Its Financial Crisis September 9th, 2011
• Can a Debt Ceiling Be Sensible? The Case of Denmark II August 4th, 2011
• Trichet and the ECB Learn to Live with an SD Rating July 12th, 2011
• Greece Does the Right Thing, After Another Turbulent Week in the Euro Area July 1st, 2011
• Power-Sharing in Greece Would Be Great News for All June 20th, 2011
• What’s Behind the Squabble Over a New Aid Package for Greece? June 16th, 2011
• Portugal Votes for the IMF June 10th, 2011
• Why Portugal Needs a Bailout in One Chart March 1st, 2011
• The End of the Beginning for the Euro Crisis February 10th, 2011
• How Europe Can Muddle Through Its Crisis January 10th, 2011
• The Eurozone: Can’t Live Within It, Can’t Live Without It December 16th, 2010
• Why It Is Still Possible to Be Bullish on Europe December 9th, 2010
• Why Labor Mayhem in France Could Benefit Sarkozy October 28th, 2010
• Bond Markets, 2; Eurozone Laggards, 0 October 7th, 2010
• Planet France Stands Increasingly Alone September 24th, 2010
• Let Us Welcome the Eurozone’s “New Normal” September 16th, 2010
• Playing by Berlin’s Rules in an Aging Europe July 23rd, 2010
• Congress Makes a Mockery of Obama’s Call for More G-20 Stimulus (and Hands Germany Victory in Advance) June 30th, 2010
• A Default by Greece: Why and When? May 24th, 2010
• Europe and the US: Whose Health Care is More Socialist? April 16th, 2009
• US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries March 25th, 2009
• What Comparing Healthcare Costs Really Reveals March 23rd, 2009