Podcast Episodes

Marc Giannoni on the Fed’s Framework Review, it’s Independence, and the Future of R-Star

Episode 509

Marc Giannoni is a managing director and the chief US economist at Barclays Capital. In Marc’s first appearance on the show he discusses working on the 2020 Fed Framework Review, the troubling issue…

Published on 8 hours ago

Samim Ghamami on the Treasury Markets Impact on the Future Path of Interest Rates and Inflation

Episode 508

Samim Ghamami is former SEC economist. Samim returns to the show to discuss the fiscal trajectory of the US, the outlook of interest rates, the US Treasury market’s impact on inflation, potential re…

Published on 1 week ago

Jerry Dwyer on the History of Free Banking and the Future of Bitcoin

Episode 507

Jerry Dwyer is a professor emeritus of economics at Clemson, a vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and is currently a senior fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. In Jerry’s firs…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Hester Peirce on the role of the SEC, Financial Surveillance, and Crypto

Episode 506

Hester Peirce is a current commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission and serves on its crypto task force. Hester returns to the show to discuss her time and role at the SEC, the SEC evo…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Robin Brooks on the Dollar, Fiscal Dominance, and Geoeconomics

Episode 505

Robin Brooks is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Robin returns to the show to discuss his previous appearance in March of 2020, life at a think tank, the changing or not-so-much status …

Published on 4 weeks ago

Aditi Sahasrabuddhe on the Role Central Banker Relationships Play in Economic Crises

Episode 504

Aditi Sahasrabuddhe is a political scientist at Brown University and the author of the new book, Banker’s Trust: How Social Relations Avert Global Financial Collapse. In Aditi’s first appearance on …

Published on 1 month ago

Will Luther and Josh Hendrickson on the Future of Bitcoin

Episode 503

Will Luther is an associate professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University and a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Josh Hendrickson is a professor of economics and the chair of the econ…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Rashad Ahmed on the Global Impact of US Stablecoin Regulation and Crypto Adoption

Episode 502

Rashad Ahmed is a former Treasury and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency financial economist and is currently an economist at the upstart Andresen Institute for Finance and Economics. In Rash…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Paul Kupiec on Problems with the Fed’s Balance Sheet and Calls to End Interest on Reserves

Episode 501

Paul Kupiec is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In Paul’s first appearance on the show, he discusses life at a think tank, the insolvency of the Fed, theories on how to fix the …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

George Hall on the Fiscal Consequences of the US War on COVID

Episode 500

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George Hall is a professor of economics at Brandeis University and formerly worked as an economist at the Ch…

Published on 2 months ago