Recent US Treasury Interventions in Bond and FX Markets | Steven J. Davis, Anil Kashyap | Hoover Institution
Steven Davis asks Anil Kashyap to unpack recent US interventions in the Treasury bond market and the Yen-Dollar FX market and whether they can meaningfully influence borrowing costs. They also examine...
18 Sep 21min
The Promises and Risks of Digital Finance | Steven J. Davis, Kristalina Georgieva | Hoover Institution
How can we reap the benefits of financial innovation while ensuring a sound, trustworthy financial system? Steven Davis asks IMF head Kristalina Georgieva at Jackson Hole. Their conversation touches o...
16 Sep 19min
Can Central Banks Rescue Us from High Interest Rates and Rising Debt? | Steven J. Davis, Raghuram Rajan | Hoover Institution
Raghuram Rajan, former Reserve Bank of India governor, joins Steve Davis at the Jackson Hole Symposium to offer his take on Fed chairman Kevin Warsh’s speech and Treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s rec...
9 Sep 15min
The Fiscal Outlook and Housing Affordability | Steven J. Davis, Tom Barkin | Hoover Institution
Tom Barkin, president and CEO of the Richmond Fed, chats with Steve about Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium. They also discuss Ken Rogoff’s lunchtime remarks about the end o...
4 Sep 23min
Kevin Warsh, the Fed, and the Future of Payments | Steven J. Davis, Jeffrey Schmid | Hoover Institution
Jeffrey Schmid sits down with Steven Davis at the 49th edition of the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. They chat about Kevin Warsh’s keynote speech, innovations in the payments system, digital ...
2 Sep 21min
An Economic and Moral Case for Capitalism | Steven J. Davis, Ross Levine | Hoover Institution
Steven Davis chats with Ross Levine about how the rule of law and competition foster prosperity and freedom in a system of market-based capitalism. They highlight the moral dimensions of the case for ...
19 Aug 44min
AI-Powered Business Formation | Steven J. Davis, Liya Palagashvili | Hoover Institution
Steven Davis chats with Liya Palagashvili about her new paper on “Artificial Intelligence and the Rise of Independent Work.” They start with a discussion of why, as a matter of economics, it’s plausib...
5 Aug 45min
AI for Hearing-Impaired Workers: A Good-News Story | Steven J. Davis, Yanyou Chen, Mitchell Hoffman | Hoover Institution
Hundreds of millions of people around the world are deaf or hard of hearing, which can impair job performance. Can AI tools help? Steven Davis speaks to two researchers who study the effects of a new ...
22 Juli 44min
