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) Jim Clouse on the Last 4 Decades at the Most Powerful Central Bank in the World
Jim Clouse is a veteran of the Federal Reserve System and is currently a fellow at the Andersen Institute. In Jim’s first appearance on the show, he discusses the evolution of monetary rules at the Fe...Show More
4) Manmohan Singh on the Meaning on the Meaning of Money after the GENIUS Act
Manmohan Singh is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Financial Markets Infrastructure. Manmohan returns to the show to discuss whether money still matters, the impacts of the GENIUS ACT, the lobbyi...Show More
5) Raphael Bostic on Life as a Regional Fed President, the Responsibilities of a Dual Mandate, and the Results of the 2025 Framework Review
Raphael Bostic is the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. In President Bostic’s first appearance on the show, he discusses his love of birding, what that teac...Show More
6) 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
7) 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
8) 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
9) 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
10) 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