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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   Jason Furman

   Jason Furman on Overheating, Inflation, and Fiscal Policy in an Era of Low Interest Rates · 2 episodes

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   Jeanna Smialek

   Jeanna Smialek on *Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis* · 2 episodes

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   Jerusalem Demsas

   Jerusalem Demsas on Problems in the US Housing Market and How to Fix Them · Jul 2021

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   Jesús Fernández-Villaverde

   Jesús Fernández-Villaverde on the Quandary of Global Demographic Decline · 4 episodes

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   John Cochrane

   03 - John Cochrane on Finance, the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level, and Blogging · Apr 2016

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   Larry White

   Larry White on Gold, Fiat, and Bitcoin: Determining the Ideal Monetary Standard · 3 episodes

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   Lisa Cook

   67 – Lisa Cook on Households in the Great Recession, Economic Growth in Africa, & Patents · Jul 2017

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   Luis Garicano

   Luis Garicano on the Future of Digital Money and Lessons Learned from the History of the Euro · Jul 2025

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   Mark Koyama

   Mark Koyama on *How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth* · 2 episodes

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    Ricardo Reis

    Ricardo Reis on the Macroeconomics of Financial Crises and the Recent Inflation Surge · 3 episodes

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    Robert Hall

    15 - Robert Hall on GDP Measurement and the Long Slump · Jul 2016

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    Ryan Avent

    Ryan Avent on Hyperinflation and the Fed's New Dovish Direction · 3 episodes

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    Scott Lincicome

    Scott Lincicome on the Trump Trade War · 2 episodes

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    Scott Sumner

    Scott Sumner on Monetary Policy Confusion in Our Current Policy Debates · 10 episodes

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    Shruti Rajagopalan

    Shruti Rajagopalan on the Past, Present, and Future of the Indian Economy · Oct 2020

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    Skanda Amarnath

    Skanda Amarnath on the Future of the Federal Reserve and its Framework · 4 episodes

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    Steven Teles
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    Adam Posen

    Adam Posen on *The Price of Nostalgia: America's Self-Defeating Economic Retreat* · 2 episodes

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    Ajmal Ahmady

    Ajmal Ahmady on the Afghan Economy and the Challenges Facing the Nation's Future · Nov 2021

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    Austin Campbell

    Austin Campbell on the Rise and Regulation of Dollar Backed Stablecoins · Dec 2025

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    Bill Beach

    Bill Beach on the Future of United States' Economic Statistics and Fiscal Position · May 2026

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    Bill Nelson

    Bill Nelson on Shrinking the Fed's Balance Sheet and Reviving Interbank Markets · 11 episodes

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    Brad Setser

    Brad Setser on Addressing the Global Dollar Shortage and COVID-19's Implications for Worldwide Trade Imbalances · 2 episodes

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    Brendan Greeley

    Brendan Greeley on the 500 Year History of the Dollar · Jun 2026

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    Claudia Sahm

    Claudia Sahm on Direct Payments to Individuals and Other Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis · 2 episodes

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    Dan Alpert

    Dan Alpert on Current Trends and Tensions in the US Economy · Feb 2022

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    Daniela Gabor

    Daniela Gabor on Financial Globalization, Capital Controls, and the Critical Macrofinance Framework · 2 episodes

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    Darrell Duffie

    Darrell Duffie on the Fed's Balance Sheet and the Changing Financial System · 2 episodes

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    Edward Harrison

    69 – Edward Harrison on the Political Economy of the Eurozone · Aug 2017

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    Eric Lonergan

    Eric Lonergan on Helicopter Drops and How to Improve Monetary Policy · Apr 2019

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    Gerard DiPippo

    BONUS: Gerard DiPippo on China's Attempts to Infiltrate the Fed · 2 episodes

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    Ioana Marinescu

    101 – Ioana Marinescu on Universal Basic Income · Apr 2018

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    Jared Bernstein

    127 – Jared Bernstein on Fiscal Reform, Trade, and the Financial Crisis · Oct 2018

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    Jim Bianco

    Jim Bianco on Policy Responses to the Coronavirus: Details, Implications, and Concerns Moving Forward · 2 episodes

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    Joseph Wang

    Joseph Wang on the Fed's Impact on Money Markets · Sep 2021

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    Josh Younger

    Joshua Younger on the Treasury Market: Structure, Stressors, and Potential Reforms · Aug 2022

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    Julia Coronado

    Julia Coronado on Productivity, Commercial Real Estate, and the Fed's Soft Landing · 2 episodes

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    Kevin Erdmann

    RE-AIR - Kevin Erdmann on Housing Shortages and Their Role in the Great Recession · 2 episodes

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    Lev Menand

    Lev Menand and Josh Younger on *Money and the Public Debt: Treasury Market Liquidity as a Legal Phenomenon* · 3 episodes

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    Matt Klein

    Matthew Klein on the Economic Fallout from the Russia-Ukraine War · 4 episodes

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