54 – Josh Zumbrun on Challenges and Angst Facing the Economics Profession
Josh Zumbrun is a national economics correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. David and Josh discuss what seems to be the diminished status of economists in a populist era and what role economists w...
24 Apr 20171h 1min
53 – James Bullard on Life as a Fed Bank President and Monetary Policy in 2017
In this week's episode, Jim Bullard, the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, joins the show to discuss his work as a Federal Reserve executive and as a researcher in monetary p...
17 Apr 201758min
52 – Tyler Cowen on Complacency, Immobility, and Stagnation
Tyler Cowen is a professor of economics at George Mason University as well as the general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He joins the show to discuss his new book, *The Co...
10 Apr 201755min
51 – George Selgin on Reforming Open Market Operations and Normalizing Fed Policy
George Selgin, director of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, returns to *Macro Musings* to discuss his new proposal to reform how the Fed conducts open-market operat...
3 Apr 201757min
50 - Steve Hanke on Hyperinflations
Steve Hanke is a professor of applied economics and co-director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore...
27 Mar 20171h 3min
49 - Jeffrey Frankel on Recession-Dating, the Plaza Accords, and Globalization
Jeffrey Frankel is a professor and economist at Harvard University and the director of the Program in International Finance and Macroeconomics at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He jo...
20 Mar 20171h
48 - Jason Furman on Fiscal Stimulus, the Platinum Coin, and Male Labor Force Participation
Jason Furman is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Previously, he served as the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama. He joins the sho...
13 Mar 201759min
47 – Larry White on India's Demonetization and Austrian Macroeconomics
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 Economics. Today, he joins the show to discuss th...
6 Mar 201758min
