Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Hosted by David Beckworth of the Mercatus Center, Macro Musings pulls back the curtain on the important macroeconomic issues of the past, present, and future.

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Every guest on Macro Musings with David Beckworth

365 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Douglas Irwin

   82 - Doug Irwin on the History of US Trade Policy · 2 episodes

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   Tyler Cowen

   Tyler Cowen on the Greatest Economist of All Time and Other Macro Awards · 3 episodes

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   Lyman Stone

   Lyman Stone on Demographic and Marriage Decline · Mar 2025

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   Matthew Yglesias

   Matt Yglesias on *One Billion Americans*: New Ideas to Revitalize the American Economy · 2 episodes

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   Alex Tabarrok

   Alex Tabarrok on COVID-19 Response Efforts, Proposals for Continued Recovery, and Lessons for the Future · 2 episodes

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   Caleb Watney

   Caleb Watney on *Cracks in the Great Stagnation* and How to Boost Economic Growth · Jan 2021

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   Betsey Stevenson

   71 – Betsey Stevenson on Challenges in the U.S. Labor Market · Aug 2017

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   Catherine Pakaluk

   Catherine Pakaluk on *Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth* · Sep 2024

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   Eric Hilt

   74 - Eric Hilt on Debates in Economic History and the Cliometric Revolution · Sep 2017

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    Kyla Scanlon

    Kyla Scanlon on the "Vibecession", the Vibe Economy, and the Path to Growing American Wealth · Aug 2024

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    David French

    David French on Political Polarization in America and Its Impact on the 2020 Elections · Nov 2020

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    Noah Smith

    BONUS: Noah Smith on the State of Macroeconomics · 3 episodes

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    Larry Summers

    75 - Larry Summers on Secular Stagnation, Fiscal Policy, and Fed Policy · Sep 2017

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    Mark Carney

    Mark Carney on *Value(s): Building a Better World for All* · May 2021

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    Chris Hughes

    Chris Hughes on the Legacy of Arthur Burns and its Implications for Macro Policy Today · Jun 2023

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    Eswar Prasad

    43 – Eswar Prasad on Chinese Monetary Policy – Past and Present · Feb 2017

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    Felix Salmon

    138 – Felix Salmon on Charitable Giving and Sovereign Debt · Dec 2018

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    Jim Tankersley

    Jim Tankersley on the State of the Middle Class and How to Boost Economic Growth · Aug 2020

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    Kevin Hassett

    97 - Kevin Hassett on Growth, Technological Change, and the Trump Administration's Economic Policies · Mar 2018

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    Mark Blyth

    Mark Blyth on the Winners and Losers from Inflation · Jun 2025

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    Mary Daly

    Mary Daly on Fed Policy, the Economic Impacts of AI, and the Future of the Fed's Framework · May 2024

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    Neil Irwin

    134 – Neil Irwin on the Invisible Recession, Monetary Regimes, and the Current Issues Facing the Fed · Nov 2018

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    Nicholas Bloom

    Nicholas Bloom on Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in the Short-run and Long-run · 2 episodes

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    Paul Krugman

    Paul Krugman on the Year of Inflation Infamy · 2 episodes

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    Raghuram Rajan

    Raghuram Rajan on the Impact of the Ratcheting Effect of The Fed's QE Program · Feb 2026

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    Sebastian Mallaby

    44 - Sebastian Mallaby on Alan Greenspan's Legacy · Feb 2017

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    Steve Hanke

    50 - Steve Hanke on Hyperinflations · Mar 2017

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    Adam Ozimek

    Adam Ozimek on Reforming the High-Skilled Immigration Process · 3 episodes

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    Adam Tooze

    Adam Tooze on Dollar Dominance, the Eurozone, and the Future of Global Finance · Jun 2020

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    Allan Meltzer

    39 - Allan Meltzer on the Monetarist Counterrevolution and Economic Reforms · Jan 2017

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    Anat Admati

    Anat Admati on the US Banking System and the Basel III Endgame · 3 episodes

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    Barry Eichengreen

    Barry Eichengreen, Paul Blustein, and Brendan Greeley on Dollar Dominance · 2 episodes

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    Binyamin Appelbaum

    Binyamin Appelbaum on *The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society* · 2 episodes

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    Brad DeLong

    17 - Brad DeLong on Hamiltonian Political Economy and American Economic History · Aug 2016

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    Brink Lindsey

    96 – Brink Lindsey and Steven Teles on Rent-Seeking and the Twin Melees Afflicting the U.S. Economy · Feb 2018

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    Dean Ball

    Dean Ball on the Past, Present, and Future of AI · Mar 2025

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    Don Boudreaux

    130 – Don Boudreaux on Free Trade, Protectionism, and the China Shock · Oct 2018

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    George Selgin

    George Selgin on the New Deal and the History of Banking Crises · 21 episodes

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    Greg Ip

    08 - Greg Ip on Risks, Financial Disasters, and Helicopter Money · May 2016

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    Greg Mankiw

    70 - Greg Mankiw on Macroeconomists as Scientists and Engineers · Aug 2017

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