Eric Leeper on *A Fiscal Accounting of COVID Inflation*
Eric Leeper is a professor of economics at the University of Virginia, a former advisor to central banks around the world, and a distinguished visiting scholar at the Mercatus Center. Eric is also a r...
19 Feb 20241h 1min
Jeffrey Lacker on Governance at the Federal Reserve
Jeffrey Lacker is a former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, where he served as its head from 2004 to 2017. Jeffrey is now a senior affiliated scholar at the Mercatus Center and is al...
12 Feb 202456min
Mark Koyama on *How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth*
Mark Koyama is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and is a senior fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercat...
5 Feb 202455min
Gauti Eggertsson on the Post-Pandemic Inflation Surge and its Implications for Monetary Policy
Gauti Eggertsson is a professor of economics at Brown University and is the author of several recent papers on the causes of the 2021-22 inflation surge and the lessons to be drawn from it for monetar...
29 Jan 202459min
Jonathon Hazell on Phillips Curves, Wage Rigidity, and How to Measure R-Star
Jonathon Hazell is an assistant professor of economics at the London School of Economics. Jonathon joins Macro Musings to talk about Phillips curves, R-stars, and nominal wage rigidity. Specifically, ...
22 Jan 20241h 10min
Skanda Amarnath and Preston Mui on the Tribal Transitory Debate and the Future of the Fed's Framework
Skanda Amarnath is the executive director of Employ America, a think tank that promotes full employment in the American economy, and Preston Mui is also a senior economist at Employ America. Skanda an...
15 Jan 20241h 5min
Claudio Borio on the Future of Central Bank Operating Systems
Claudio Borio is the head of the Monetary and Economic Department at the Bank for International Settlements, or BIS. Claudio is also a returning guest to the podcast, and he rejoins Macro Musings to t...
8 Jan 202450min
Colby Smith, Steven Kelly, and Gerard DiPippo on the Highlights of 2023 and Looking Ahead to the Future
Colby Smith is the US economics editor for the Financial Times, Steven Kelly is the Associate Director of Research at the Yale Program on Financial Stability, and Gerard DiPippo is the Senior Geoecono...
1 Jan 202454min
