The 2 Best Macro Musings with David Beckworth Podcast Episodes
1) Shruti Rajagopalan on the Past, Present, and Future of the Indian Economy
Shruti Rajagopalan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center where she leads the programs Indian Political Economy Research and the Emergent Ventures India. Shruti joins David on Macro Musing...Show More
2) Nathan Tankus on Public Finance in the COVID-19 Crisis: A Consolidated Budget Balance View and its Implications for Policy
Nathan Tankus is the director of research at the Modern Money Network, and a research fellow at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. Nathan is also the author of a number of articles on th...Show More
3) Hester Peirce on the role of the SEC, Financial Surveillance, and Crypto
Hester Peirce is a current commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission and serves on its crypto task force. Hester returns to the show to discuss her time and role at the SEC, the SEC evolv...Show More
4) Robin Brooks on the Dollar, Fiscal Dominance, and Geoeconomics
Robin Brooks is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Robin returns to the show to discuss his previous appearance in March of 2020, life at a think tank, the changing or not-so-much status of...Show More
5) Aditi Sahasrabuddhe on the Role Central Banker Relationships Play in Economic Crises
Aditi Sahasrabuddhe is a political scientist at Brown University and the author of the new book, Banker’s Trust: How Social Relations Avert Global Financial Collapse. In Aditi’s first appearance on th...Show More
6) Will Luther and Josh Hendrickson on the Future of Bitcoin
Will Luther is an associate professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University and a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Josh Hendrickson is a professor of economics and the chair of the econom...Show More
7) Rashad Ahmed on the Global Impact of US Stablecoin Regulation and Crypto Adoption
Rashad Ahmed is a former Treasury and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency financial economist and is currently an economist at the upstart Andresen Institute for Finance and Economics. In Rashad...Show More
8) Paul Kupiec on Problems with the Fed’s Balance Sheet and Calls to End Interest on Reserves
Paul Kupiec is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In Paul’s first appearance on the show, he discusses life at a think tank, the insolvency of the Fed, theories on how to fix the Fe...Show More
9) George Hall on the Fiscal Consequences of the US War on COVID
Check out David's Substack: Macroeconomic Policy Nexus for a special 500th episode post! George Hall is a professor of economics at Brandeis University and formerly worked as an economist at the Chic...Show More
10) Ben Harris on the Fiscal Health of the US Government
Ben Harris served in numerous high-ranking roles as a public sector economist and is now the vice president and director of economic studies at the Brooking Institution. In Ben’s first appearance on t...Show More