63 - Matt Yglesias on the Politics of Fed Policy
Matt Yglesias is a columnist and editor for the news website Vox, which he co-founded in 2014. Today, he joins the show to talk about the politics shaping Fed policy. Matt discusses why he thinks Pres...
26 Jun 201759min
62 – Mandel and Swanson on *The Coming Productivity Boom*
In this week's episode, David is joined by two guests, who make a case for economic optimism. Michael Mandel, chief economist at the Progressive Policy Institute, and Bret Swanson, president of Entrop...
19 Jun 201757min
61 - Steve Horwitz on Monetary Disequilibrium and Austrian Business Cycle Theory
Steven Horwitz is a professor of economics at Ball State University and a senior affiliated scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He joins the show to discuss monetary disequilibr...
12 Jun 201759min
60 – Matt Klein on Greece, Optimal Currency Areas, and Safe Assets
Matt Klein is a columnist for the Financial Times and blogger at FT Alphaville. Today, he joins the show to discuss his work on the Eurozone, optimal currency areas, and safe assets. David and Matt ex...
5 Jun 20171h 2min
59 - Jay Shambaugh on the Macroeconomic Trilemma ("The Impossible Trinity")
Jay Shambaugh is a professor of economics and international affairs at The George Washington University and a former member on the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Today, he joins the show to discu...
29 Mai 20171h
58 – David Schleicher on Local and State Regulation and Declining Mobility
David Schleicher is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School and is an expert in election law, land use, local government law, urban development, transportation, and local regulation of the sh...
22 Mai 201755min
57 – Paul Krugman on Liquidity Traps, the Great Recession, and Isaac Asimov
Paul Krugman is a Nobel Laureate in economics, a columnist at *The New York Times,* and a Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He joins the s...
15 Mai 20171h
56 – Ethan Ilzetzki on the U.S. Dollar as an Anchor Currency
Ethan Ilzetzki is an assistant professor of economics at the London School of Economics and a research affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He joins the show to discuss exchange rate ...
8 Mai 201759min
