Macro Musings with David Beckworth
Episodes
48 - Jason Furman on Fiscal Stimulus, the Platinum Coin, and Male Labor Force Participation
13 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Furman is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Previously, he served as the Chairman of the Council of Economi...
47 – Larry White on India's Demonetization and Austrian Macroeconomics
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Larry White is a professor of economics at George Mason University and has written widely on monetary theory, free banking, and the Austrian School of...
46 – Tim Duy on the Art of Fed Watching and the Future of U.S. Monetary Policy
27 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Duy is a professor of economics at the University of Oregon and a widely read "Fed Watcher." Today, he joins the show to discuss writing on the Fe...
45 – Hester Peirce on *Reframing Financial Regulation*
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hester Peirce is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and director of Mercatus' Financial Markets Working Group....
44 - Sebastian Mallaby on Alan Greenspan's Legacy
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Mallaby is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a contributing columnist for the Washington Post. Today, he joins the sho...
43 – Eswar Prasad on Chinese Monetary Policy – Past and Present
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Eswar Prasad is the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy and Professor of Economics at Cornell University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Inst...
42 – Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde on European Economic History and Macroeconomic Modeling
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde is a professor of economics and director of graduate studies of economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He joins the s...
41 - Gauti Eggertsson on the Zero-Lower Bound and Liquidity Traps
23 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gauti Eggertsson is a professor of economics at Brown University. Previously, he worked at the research departments at the International Monetary Fund...
40 - Anat Admati on Debt, Equity, and Financial Instability
16 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Anat Admati is the George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and co-author of the boo...
39 - Allan Meltzer on the Monetarist Counterrevolution and Economic Reforms
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's special episode recorded in front of a live audience, David interviews the renowned monetary economist, Allan Meltzer. Meltzer, a profe...
38 - Ylan Mui on the Fed Beat and Trumponomics
02 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ylan Mui covers White House economic policy for the Washington Post. Previously, she covered the Federal Reserve. Today, she joins the show to discuss...
37 - Laura Birg and Anna Goeddeke on Christmas Economics
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's special episode, David discusses the economics of Christmas with Laura Birg, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Goettingen...
36 - The Macroeconomics of Star Wars and Star Trek
12 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's special episode, David compares and contrasts the economics of the Star Wars and Star Trek universes. He is joined by Zachary Feinstein...
35 - Peter Conti-Brown on *The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve*
05 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Conti-Brown is an Assistant Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He joins the show to discuss his new book, *The P...
34 – JP Koning on Goldbugs, African Monetary History, and Fedcoin
28 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
JP Koning is an economic consultant and writer. He joins the show to discuss fascinating stories in monetary history in Libya, Zimbabwe, and Switzerla...
33 - Mark Calabria on Housing Policy and the Behavioral Case for Monetary Rules
21 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Calabria is the director of Financial Regulation Studies at the Cato Institute. Before joining Cato in 2009, he worked as a member of the senior ...
32 - Roger Farmer on the Natural Rate of Unemployment Hypothesis and Prosperity for All
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Farmer is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at UCLA. He joins the show to discuss his new book, Prosperity for All: How to Prevent Financia...
31 – Mark Koyama on the Macroeconomics of Ancient Rome
07 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Koyama is an Assistant Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a Senior Fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center. He joi...
30 - Rudi Bachmann on German Macroeconomics, Walter Eucken, and Ordoliberalism
31 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rüdiger (Rudi) Bachmann is a Stepan Family Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. He joins the show to discuss the economi...
29 - Narayana Kocherlakota on the FOMC, the 2008 Crisis, and Monetary Rules
24 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Narayana Kocherlakota is the Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester, and he previously served as president and CEO o...
28 - Izabella Kaminska on Blockchain Technology and the Economics of Star Trek
17 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Izabella Kaminska is a writer for the Financial Times at its premier blog, FT Alphaville. She joins the show to discuss her work on blockchain technol...
27 - Claudio Borio on Financial Stability, the Triffin Dilemma, and International Monetary Policy
10 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Claudio Borio is the director of the monetary and economic department at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). He joins the show to discuss hi...
26 – Andy Levin on Federal Reserve Reform
03 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Levin is a professor of economics at Dartmouth College and a former Federal Reserve Board economist. For two years, he worked as a special advi...
25 - Morgan Ricks on *The Money Problem,* Financial Regulation, and Shadow Banking
26 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Ricks is a law professor at Vanderbilt University and an expert on financial regulation. From 2009-2010, he was a senior policy adviser at the ...
24 - Ryan Avent on *The Wealth of Humans,* Job Automation, and Globalization
19 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Avent is an economics columnist for The Economist and author of the new book, The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-First C...
23 - Michael Bordo on Anna Schwartz, Financial Crises, and Life as a Monetary Historian
12 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael D. Bordo is a professor of economics and the director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History at Rutgers University, a Distinguished ...
22 - Peter Ireland on the Chicago School, Federal Reserve Policy Targets, and Monetary Aggregates
05 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Ireland is the Murray and Monti Professor of Economics at Boston College, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and ...
21 – Hugh Rockoff on Optimal Currency Areas, "Yellowbacks," and Free Banking
29 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Hugh Rockoff is a professor of economics at Rutgers University and has done extensive work in U.S. monetary history. He joins the show to discuss the ...
20 - Douglas Irwin on Free Trade, the Gold Standard, and American Economic History
22 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Irwin, professor of economics at Dartmouth College and author of Free Trade Under Fire (Princeton University Press, 2015), joins the show to d...
19 - Nick Rowe on Monetary Basics, Milton Friedman's Thermostat, and More
15 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Rowe is a professor of economics at Carleton University in Ottawa, a member of the CD Howe Institute's Monetary Policy Council and of Carlton Uni...
18 - Jason Taylor on the Great Depression, World War II, and "The Big Push"
08 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Taylor, professor of economics at Central Michigan University and editor-in-chief of "Essays in Economic & Business History," is an expert in U....
17 - Brad DeLong on Hamiltonian Political Economy and American Economic History
01 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
J. Bradford DeLong – professor of economics at UC-Berkeley, research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a deputy assistant s...
16 - David Andolfatto on Life at the Fed, Equity-Based Finance, and the Blockchain
25 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David Andolfatto is a vice president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank and a professor of economics at Simon Fraser University. He joins the show ...
15 - Robert Hall on GDP Measurement and the Long Slump
18 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Hall, professor of economics at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, has written on macroeconomic issues since the ...
14 - Mark Thoma on Fiscal Policy, Econometrics, and Political Business Cycles
11 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, David speaks with Mark Thoma, professor of economics at the University of Oregon and author of the popular blog, "Economist's ...
13 - Joseph Gagnon on Quantitative Easing in the United States and Abroad
04 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
As a Federal Reserve official, Joseph Gagnon played a critical role in providing the intellectual justification for the Fed's quantitative easing (QE)...
12 - Will Luther on Bitcoin, Vodka, and the Emergence of Money
27 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What is money and where does it come from? Will Luther, assistant professor of economics at Kenyon College, joins the show and explains the two compet...
11 - Robert Hetzel on Milton Friedman, the Monetarist-Keynesian Debate, and the 2008 Crisis
20 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Hetzel is a senior economist and research advisor at the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank where he has worked since 1975. He joins the show to dis...
10 - Lars Christensen on the Eurozone Crisis and International Monetary Policy
13 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lars Christensen, an internationally renowned Danish economist and Senior Fellow at London's Adam Smith Institute, discusses the poor monetary policy ...
09 - Josh Hendrickson on Measuring Money in the Economy
06 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Hendrickson, assistant professor of economics at the University of Mississippi, joins the show to discuss whether money matters anymore. It may c...
08 - Greg Ip on Risks, Financial Disasters, and Helicopter Money
30 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Can trying to be safe actually be dangerous? Greg Ip, chief economics commentator of the Wall Street Journal, says yes in his new book, Foolproof: How...
07 - George Selgin on the Productivity Norm, Deflation, and Monetary History
23 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
George Selgin, director of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, makes the case that central banks, rather than focusin...
06 - Ramesh Ponnuru on the Politics of Monetary Policy
16 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru discusses his adventure into monetary economics. He shares his thoughts on some of the current-day miscon...
05 - Miles Kimball on Negative Interest Rates, Equity Requirements, and Schools of Thought in Macro
09 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Miles Kimball, professor of economics at the University of Michigan and blogger at "Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal," joins the show to discuss n...
04 - Cardiff Garcia on Economics Journalism, Safe Assets, and Inflation
02 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Cardiff Garcia, the US editor of the Financial Times blog, Alphaville, discusses the world of economics journalism, the 2008 crisis, and current monet...
03 - John Cochrane on Finance, the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level, and Blogging
25 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, John Cochrane, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and blogger at The Grumpy Economist, discusses his journey into economics and ...
02 - John Taylor on the Taylor Rule, the 2008 Crisis, and Fed Reform
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
John Taylor of Stanford University and the Hoover Institution joins host David Beckworth to discuss Taylor's famous monetary rule for central banks in...
01 - Scott Sumner on *The Midas Paradox*, the Fed, and More
31 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Macro Musings, a new podcast exploring the important macroeconomic issues of the past, present, and future. In the inaugural episode, Scott...