Hugh Rockoff on Optimal Currency Areas, "Yellowbacks," and Free Banking
Hugh Rockoff is a professor of economics at Rutgers University and has done extensive work in U.S. monetary history. He joins the show to discuss the criteria for an ideal monetary union and argues th...
28 Nov 202243min
Patrick Horan and David Beckworth on *The Fate of FAIT* and the Future of the Fed's Monetary Framework
In this special episode of Macro Musings, David Beckworth and Patrick Horan join guest host Carola Binder to discuss their newest paper, *The Fate of FAIT: Salvaging the Fed's Framework.* Patrick Hora...
21 Nov 202251min
Ethan Ilzetzki on the International Implications of Fed Policy, Business Cycle Theory, and the UK Crisis
Ethan Ilzetzki is an associate professor of economics at the London School of Economics and a research fellow with the Center for Economic Policy Research. Ethan is also a returning guest to the show,...
14 Nov 202257min
Megan Greene on the UK's Recent Market Turmoil and What it Means for the Future of the Global Economy
Megan Greene is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and is the global chief economist at Kroll. Megan is also a contributing editor and col...
7 Nov 202246min
Yesha Yadav on Treasury Market Turmoil and Potential Solutions for Reform
Yesha Yadav is a law professor and associate dean of Vanderbilt Law School. Yesha works on banking and financial regulation, securities regulation, the law of money and payment system, and is a return...
31 Okt 202254min
Peter Ganong on the Dynamism and Resiliency of the US Economy
Peter Ganong is an associate professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. He joins David on Macro Musings to talk about his work on the dynamism and resiliency of the ...
24 Okt 202252min
Bill Nelson on How Bank Examiner Preferences are Obstructing Monetary Policy
Bill Nelson is the chief economist and executive vice president at the Bank Policy Institute. He previously worked as a deputy director of the Division of Monetary Affairs at the Federal Reserve Board...
17 Okt 202249min
BONUS: George Selgin on *False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery*
George Selgin is a senior fellow and director emeritus of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute and is also a long-time returning guest of Macro Musings. In this bon...
12 Okt 202234min
