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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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    John Rolle

    John Rolle on The Bahamas' Fixed Exchange Rate and the First Nationwide Central Bank Digital Currency · Oct 2026

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    Jon Hartley

    Jon Hartley on the Legacy of John Taylor and his New Measure of R-Star · 2 episodes

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    Jon Sindreu

    Jon Sindreu on Global Financial Flows and the Balance of Trade · Aug 2020

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    Jonathon Hazell

    Jonathon Hazell on the Costs and Causes of Inflation and the Phillips Curve Debate · 2 episodes

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    Joseph Gagnon

    Joseph Gagnon on the Trinity of COVID-era Inflation and the Upcoming Fed Framework Review · 3 episodes

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    Josh Galper

    Josh Galper on Dealing with Climate Risk and Its Potential Impact on US Financial Markets · 3 episodes

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    Josh Hendrickson

    Josh Hendrickson on the Treasury Standard and Global Dollar Dominance · 4 episodes

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    Josh Lipsky

    Josh Lipsky on Financial Statecraft, Cross-border Payments, and the Global Status of the Dollar · Jul 2024

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    Josh Zumbrun

    54 – Josh Zumbrun on Challenges and Angst Facing the Economics Profession · Apr 2017

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    Julie Hill

    Julie Hill on the History and Recent Developments of Fed Master Accounts · Feb 2023

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    Kaleb Nygaard

    Kaleb Nygaard on the Governance of the Federal Reserve System · Mar 2022

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    Karl Smith

    80 – Karl Smith on Market Power, the Great Variation, and Choices for Fed Chair · Oct 2017

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    Kathryn Judge

    Kathryn Judge on the Importance of Emergency Lending Facilities at the Federal Reserve · 4 episodes

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    Kathy Bostjancic

    Kathy Bostjancic on Priorities for the Fed in 2021 and Beyond · Feb 2021

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    Kathy Jones

    Kathy Jones on the Current Economic Slowdown, Quantitative Tightening, and the Fed's New Framework · Jul 2022

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    Kris Mitchener

    Kris Mitchener on What Actually Anchors the Price Level · Apr 2026

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    Larry Ball

    112 – Larry Ball on the Lehman Brothers Collapse and Its Role in the Great Recession · Jun 2018

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    Lars Christensen

    Lars Christensen on AI and its Impact on Monetary Policy and the Broader Field of Economics · 2 episodes

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    Laura Birg

    BONUS: Laura Birg and Anna Goeddeke on Christmas Economics · 2 episodes

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    Laurence Bristow

    Laurence Bristow on What the Fed can Learn from the Reserve Bank of Australia · Dec 2025

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    Liya Palagashvili

    Liya Palagashvili on the Gig Economy, Portable Benefits, and Changing Labor Regulations · Mar 2025

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    Loretta Mester

    Loretta Mester on How to Improve the Fed's Operating Framework · Nov 2024

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    Lorie Logan

    Lorie Logan on Monetary Policy Operations, the Fed's New Standing Repo Facility, and the Future of the Fed's Balance Sheet · Jan 2022

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    Lubos Pastor

    Lubos Pastor and Elisabeth Kempf on *Fifty Shades of QE* and the Implications of QE Research · Jan 2022

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    Luca Fornaro

    Luca Fornaro on Hysteresis, Endogenous Growth, and Aggregate Demand Policies · May 2025

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    Lukasz Rachel

    Lukasz Rachel on Non-Ricardian Macroeconomic Policy and Its Implications for Inflation · Nov 2025

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    Manmohan Singh

    Manmohan Singh on the Meaning of Money after the GENIUS Act · 2 episodes

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    Marc Giannoni

    Marc Giannoni on the Fed's Framework Review, it's Independence, and the Future of R-Star · Sep 2025

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    Marc Goldwein

    Marc Goldwein on the US Government Budget: Structure, Challenges, and Reform Strategies · Oct 2023

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    Marc Lavoie

    Marc Lavoie on Canadian Central Bank Policy, Real-time Payments, and the Post-Keynesian Tradition · Feb 2020

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    Marijn Bolhuis

    Marijn Bolhuis on Fiscal R-star and its Implications for Macroeconomic Policy · Jan 2025

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    Mark Calabria

    Mark Calabria on *Shelter From the Storm: How a COVID Mortgage Meltdown Was Averted* · 2 episodes

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    Mark Copelovitch

    114 - Mark Copelovitch on the Political Economy of the Global Recession and the Eurozone Crisis · Jul 2018

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    Mark Thoma

    14 - Mark Thoma on Fiscal Policy, Econometrics, and Political Business Cycles · Jul 2016

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    Markus Brunnermeier

    Markus Brunnermeier on *The Resilient Society* · Nov 2021

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    Martha Gimbel

    Martha Gimbel on the Impact of AI and the Trade War on Labor Markets · Dec 2025

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    Martin Hellwig

    Martin Hellwig on the Recent German Constitutional Court Ruling and Its Potential Eurozone Implications · May 2020

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    Matt Mitchell

    137 – Matt Mitchell on Rent-Seeking and Public Choice · Dec 2018

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