Manmohan Singh 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...

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...

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 Conf...

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 th...

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 Tre...

Samim Ghamami on the Treasury Markets Impact on the Future Path of Interest Rates and Inflation

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...

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 d...

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...

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 Fin...

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...

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 Andre...

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 in...

George Hall on the Fiscal Consequences of the US War on COVID

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George Hall is a professor of economics at Brandeis Un...

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 Br...

Luis Garicano on the Future of Digital Money and Lessons Learned from the History of the Euro

Luis Garicano is a former member of the European Parliament and a professor at the London School of Economics. In Luis’s first appearance on the show...

Mark Blyth on the Winners and Losers from Inflation

Mark Blyth is a professor of international economics at Brown University. In Mark’s first appearance on the show, he discusses his new book Inflation:...

Sam Schulhofer-Wohl on Reforms in the Treasury Market and Developments with Central Bank Operating Systems

Sam Schulhofer-Wohl is a senior vice president and the senior advisor to President Lorie Logan of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Sam returns to t...

Andy Levin on the Importance of an Independent Inspector General at the Federal Reserve - BONUS

Andy Levin is an advisor to many central banks around the world and professor of economics at Dartmouth College. Andy returns to the show for a specia...

Matthew Pines on the Future of Money, AI, and Monetary Policy

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Matthew Pines is the executive director of the Bitcoin Poli...

Peter Conti-Brown and Sean Vanatta on the History of Bank Supervision in America

 Peter Conti-Brown is a historian and legal scholar of the Federal Reserve System, and an associate professor at the Wharton School of Business at the...

George Selgin on Contextualizing the Great Depression and its Implications on Monetary Policy Today

George Selgin is a senior fellow and director emeritus at the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute, as well as the aut...

Daniel Bunn on Fiscal Issues Currently Facing the US Government

Daniel Bunn is the president and CEO of the Tax Foundation. In Daniel’s first appearance on the show, he discusses the history of tax models, the thre...

Luca Fornaro on Hysteresis, Endogenous Growth, and Aggregate Demand Policies

Luca Fornaro is a senior researcher at CREI and professor at both UPF and the Barcelona School of Economics. In Luca’s first appearance on the show, h...

Adam Ozimek on Reforming the High-Skilled Immigration Process

Adam Ozimek is the Chief Economist at the Economic Innovation Group. Adam returns to the show to discuss the importance of reforming the high-skilled...

Skanda Amarnath on the Future of the Federal Reserve and its Framework

Skanda Amarnath is the executive director of Employ America. Skanda returns to the show to discuss the standing of Humphrey’s Executor, the prospects...

Andy Levin on Holding the Fed Accountable

Andy Levin is a professor of economics at Dartmouth College and longtime advisor to many central banks. Andy returns to the show to discuss his policy...

Kathryn Judge on the Importance of Emergency Lending Facilities at the Federal Reserve

Kathryn Judge is a law professor at Columbia University and a legal scholar of the Federal Reserve and financial policy. Kathryn returns to the show t...

Paul Blustein on the Rise, Dominance, and Current Challenges to King Dollar

Paul Blustein is a former Washington Post and Wall Street Journal journalist who has authored several acclaimed books on global economic institutions....

Bill Nelson on the Future of Central Bank Operating Systems

Bill Nelson is a Chief economist and an executive vice president at the Bank Policy Institute. Bill returns to the show to discuss the changes at many...

Scott Lincicome on the Trump Trade War

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Scott Lincicome is the vice president of general economics and trade at Cato. Scott r...

Lyman Stone on Demographic and Marriage Decline

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Lyman Stone is a demographer and the director of the Pronatalism Initiative at the Ins...

Athanasios Orphanides on Real-Time Monetary Rules and their Impact on the Fed’s Framework Review

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Athanasios Orphanides is a professor at MIT, formerly served at the Federal Reverse fo...

Dean Ball on the Past, Present, and Future of AI

Dean Ball is a research fellow at the Mercatus Center. In Dean’s first appearance on the show, he explains the AI revolution, current AI developments,...

Liya Palagashvili on the Gig Economy, Portable Benefits, and Changing Labor Regulations

Liya Palagashvili is a senior research fellow and director of the Labor Policy Project at the Mercatus Center. In Liya’s first appearance on the show...

Evan Koenig on the Case for Nominal GDP Targeting

Evan Koenig is a former senior aide to the president of the Dallas Fed. Evan returns to the show to discuss, the ins and outs of nominal GDP targeting...

Steven Kelly on the Challenges of Treasury Equity Funding for 13(3) Facilities

Steven Kelly is the associate director of research as the Yale Program on Financial Stability. Steven returns to the show to discuss his new model, th...

Senator Pat Toomey on Fed Governance, Monetary Policy, and the future of Digital Assets

Pat Toomey is a former senator from the state of Pennsylvania and served on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. In Pat’s first appea...

Brian Albrecht on Business Dynamism, Greedflation, and Antitrust

Brian Albrecht is the chief economist for the International Center for Law & Economics and is the coauthor of the economics newsletter Economic Forces...

The Fed Framework Review: Macro Musings’ Greatest NGDP Targeting Hits

On this special greatest hits compilation episode our host David Beckworth primes listeners for the Fed Framework Review by highlighting the best snip...