123 – Adam Posen on Trade, Inflation Targeting, and Central Bank Independence
Adam Posen is the president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and was formerly senior fellow at the Bank of England, helping set monetary policy between 2009 and 2012. Adam has als...
10 Sep 20181h
122 – Sebastian Edwards on FDR, Gold, and the Great Depression
Sebastian Edwards is a professor of economics at UCLA, and is a former chief economist for the World Bank. He joins the show today to talk about his new book, *American Default: The Untold Story of FD...
3 Sep 20181h 1min
121 – Tim Duy on the Yield Curve, Inflation Targeting, and the Federal Reserve under Jay Powell
Tim Duy is a professor of economics at the University of Oregon, a columnist for Bloomberg, and a former economist at the U.S. Department of Treasury. Tim is also a widely read Fed watcher and a retur...
27 Aug 201857min
120 - Josh Hendrickson on Using Monetary Policy as a Jobs Guarantee
Josh Hendrickson is an associate professor of economics at the University of Mississippi, where he specializes in monetary economics. He also writes for his blog, The Everyday Economist. Josh is a ret...
17 Aug 201857min
119 - Tim Lee on Technological Innovation, Productivity, and Economic Growth
Tim Lee is a senior reporter for Ars Technica covering tech policy, blockchain technologies, and the future of transportation. Tim was formerly with Vox, where he covered tech issues and the economy. ...
13 Aug 20181h
118 - Kevin Erdmann on Housing Shortages and a New Understanding of the Great Recession
Kevin Erdmann is an independent researcher and blogger at Idiosyncratic Whisk, where he explores economic and financial topics such as housing, investment, and speculation. He is also the author of an...
6 Aug 20181h 6min
117 - Morgan Ricks on the Features and Advantages of Federal Reserve Bank Accounts
Morgan Ricks is a law professor at Vanderbilt University and studies financial regulation. Between 2009 and 2010, he was a senior policy advisor and financial restructuring expert at the U.S. Departme...
30 Jul 201855min
116 - Ashoka Mody on the Origins of the Euro and the Euro Crisis
Ashoka Mody is a professor of international economic policy at Princeton University and formerly worked at the IMF and the World Bank. He joins the show today to discuss his new book, *EuroTragedy: A ...
19 Jul 20181h 1min
