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) Jon Hartley on the Legacy of John Taylor and his New Measure of R-Star
Jon Hartley is a macroeconomist and affiliated scholar at the Mercatus Center. Jon returns to the show to discuss the most recent Hoover Monetary Conference, the legacy of John Taylor, why central ban...Show More
4) Marc Giannoni on the Fed’s Framework Review, it’s Independence, and the Future of R-Star
Marc Giannoni is a managing director and the chief US economist at Barclays Capital. In Marc’s first appearance on the show he discusses working on the 2020 Fed Framework Review, the troubling issues ...Show More
5) Samim Ghamami on the Treasury Markets Impact on the Future Path of Interest Rates and Inflation
Samim Ghamami is former SEC economist. Samim returns to the show to discuss the fiscal trajectory of the US, the outlook of interest rates, the US Treasury market’s impact on inflation, potential refo...Show More
6) Jerry Dwyer on the History of Free Banking and the Future of Bitcoin
Jerry Dwyer is a professor emeritus of economics at Clemson, a vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and is currently a senior fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. In Jerry’s first ...Show More
7) 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
8) 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
9) 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
10) 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