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15 - Robert Hall on GDP Measurement and the Long Slump
Robert Hall, professor of economics at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, has written on macroeconomic issues since the…
10 years, 1 month ago
14 - Mark Thoma on Fiscal Policy, Econometrics, and Political Business Cycles
In this week's episode, David speaks with Mark Thoma, professor of economics at the University of Oregon and author of the popular blog, "Economist's…
10 years, 1 month ago
13 - Joseph Gagnon on Quantitative Easing in the United States and Abroad
As a Federal Reserve official, Joseph Gagnon played a critical role in providing the intellectual justification for the Fed's quantitative easing (QE…
10 years, 1 month ago
12 - Will Luther on Bitcoin, Vodka, and the Emergence of Money
What is money and where does it come from? Will Luther, assistant professor of economics at Kenyon College, joins the show and explains the two compe…
10 years, 2 months ago
11 - Robert Hetzel on Milton Friedman, the Monetarist-Keynesian Debate, and the 2008 Crisis
Robert Hetzel is a senior economist and research advisor at the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank where he has worked since 1975. He joins the show to di…
10 years, 2 months ago
10 - Lars Christensen on the Eurozone Crisis and International Monetary Policy
Lars Christensen, an internationally renowned Danish economist and Senior Fellow at London's Adam Smith Institute, discusses the poor monetary policy…
10 years, 2 months ago
09 - Josh Hendrickson on Measuring Money in the Economy
Josh Hendrickson, assistant professor of economics at the University of Mississippi, joins the show to discuss whether money matters anymore. It may …
10 years, 2 months ago
08 - Greg Ip on Risks, Financial Disasters, and Helicopter Money
Can trying to be safe actually be dangerous? Greg Ip, chief economics commentator of the Wall Street Journal, says yes in his new book, Foolproof: Ho…
10 years, 3 months ago
07 - George Selgin on the Productivity Norm, Deflation, and Monetary History
George Selgin, director of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, makes the case that central banks, rather than focusi…
10 years, 3 months ago
06 - Ramesh Ponnuru on the Politics of Monetary Policy
National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru discusses his adventure into monetary economics. He shares his thoughts on some of the current-day misco…
10 years, 3 months ago