480 Episodes

  1. Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde on Demographic Trends, Recent Macroeconomic Developments, and AI’s Implications for Economic Growth

    Published: 7/17/2023
  2. Chris Conlon on the Post-COVID Inflation Surge and the Greedflation Narrative

    Published: 7/10/2023
  3. Tim Lee on the Present and Future of AI and its Implications for Policy

    Published: 7/3/2023
  4. Steven Kamin on the Global Influence of Fed Policy and the U.S. Dollar

    Published: 6/26/2023
  5. Chris Hughes on the Legacy of Arthur Burns and its Implications for Macro Policy Today

    Published: 6/19/2023
  6. Peter Stella on the Quasi-Fiscal Implications of Central Bank Crisis Intervention

    Published: 6/12/2023
  7. Christina Skinner on Central Bank Digital Currency as New Public Money

    Published: 6/5/2023
  8. Gianluca Benigno on the Basics and Policy Functionality of R** and the Dollar’s Imperial Circle

    Published: 5/29/2023
  9. Dan McDowell on *Bucking the Buck: US Financial Sanctions and the International Backlash Against the Dollar*

    Published: 5/22/2023
  10. Jeanna Smialek on *Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis*

    Published: 5/15/2023
  11. Nathan Tankus on the Future of MMT and How to Avoid U.S. Debt Default

    Published: 5/8/2023
  12. Brian Sack on the Fed’s Balance Sheet and How to Improve the Floor Operating System

    Published: 5/1/2023
  13. Mark Calabria on *Shelter From the Storm: How a COVID Mortgage Meltdown Was Averted*

    Published: 4/24/2023
  14. BONUS: George Hall on Financing World War II and Managing Post-War Debt

    Published: 4/19/2023
  15. George Hall on the History of the U.S. National Debt and Government Financing

    Published: 4/17/2023
  16. Bill Nelson on the Fed’s Discount Window Lending, the Overnight Reverse Repo Facility, and the Shifting Size of the Fed’s Balance Sheet

    Published: 4/10/2023
  17. Kate Judge and Peter Conti-Brown on the Lessons Learned from the 2023 Banking Panic

    Published: 4/3/2023
  18. Brian Riedl on the Current and Future Outlook for US Public Finance and Budget Reform

    Published: 3/27/2023
  19. Steven Kelly on the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse and Its Implications for Financial Policy

    Published: 3/20/2023
  20. Derek Tang on the Present and Future Landscape for Fed Policy and Politics

    Published: 3/13/2023

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Hosted by David Beckworth of the Mercatus Center, Macro Musings pulls back the curtain on the important macroeconomic issues of the past, present, and future.