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Noah Smith on the Future of the Chinese Economy and the Climate of Social Change in the US

Release Date: 12/05/2022

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

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

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 the show, she discusses how central bankers’ relationships in the 1920’s impacted the global economy, how the ending of those relationships played a part in the Great Depression, how we can apply those principles to the Great Recession and the present, and much more. Check out the for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on July 30th, 2025 Subscribe to David's...

Will Luther and Josh Hendrickson on the Future of Bitcoin

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

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 economics department at the University of Mississippi. Josh is also a fellow at BPI. Will and Josh return to the show to defend the idea of a strategic Bitcoin reserve, discuss the future of Bitcoin, and contend with the problem of Bitcoiners, and much more. Check out the for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on June 25th, 2025 Subscribe to David's Substack: Follow David...

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

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

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 Rashad’s first appearance on the show, he discusses the real-world impacts of the GENIUS Act, what US stablecoin regulation means for the rest of the world, the state of crypto adoption, and much more. Check out the for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on June 27th, 2025 Subscribe to David's Substack: Follow David Beckworth on X: Follow Rashad Ahmed on X: ...

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

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

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 Fed’s balance sheet, Ted Cruz’s call to end interest on reserves, and much more. Check out the for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on June 24th, 2025 Subscribe to David's Substack: Follow David Beckworth on X: Follow the show on X: Check out our Macro Musings to David's new BTS YouTube Channel Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro...

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

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Check out David's Substack: for a special 500th episode post! George Hall is a professor of economics at Brandeis University and formerly worked as an economist at the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. George returns to the show to discuss the current fiscal status of the US, how the Big Beautiful Bill will impact the fiscal outlook going forward, the history of running deficits in the US, and much more. Check out the for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on June 24th, 2025 Subscribe to David's Substack: Follow David Beckworth on X: Follow George on X:...

Ben Harris on the Fiscal Health of the US Government

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Ben Harris served in numerous high-ranking roles as a public sector economist and is now the vice president and director of economic studies at the Brooking Institution. In Ben’s first appearance on the show, he discusses the fiscal health of the US government, including the rising primary deficient, the impact of the Big Beautiful Bill, the proposition of stablecoins and AI as a solution to our debt, his love of basketball and much more. Check out the for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on June 18th, 2025 Subscribe to David's Substack: Follow David...

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

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Luis Garicano is a former member of the European Parliament and a professor at the London School of Economics. In Luis’s first appearance on the show he discusses his new book, Crisis Cycle: Challenges, Evolution, and the future of the Euro, the ever-changing landscape of digital money, his suggested reforms to the Euro, and much more. Check out the for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on June 18th, 2025 Subscribe to David's Substack: Follow David Beckworth on X: Follow Luis on X: Follow the show on X: Check out our Macro Musings to...

Mark Blyth on the Winners and Losers from Inflation

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Mark Blyth is a professor of international economics at Brown University. In Mark’s first appearance on the show, he discusses his new book Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers, the concept of angrynomics, a new way to look at price controls, demographic decline, and much more. Check out the for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on June 4th, 2025 Subscribe to David's Substack: Follow David Beckworth on X: Follow Mark on X: Follow the show on X: Check out our Macro Musings to David's new BTS YouTube Channel Timestamps 00:00:00...

Sam Schulhofer-Wohl on Reforms in the Treasury Market and Developments with Central Bank Operating Systems

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Sam Schulhofer-Wohl is a senior vice president and the senior advisor to President Lorie Logan of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Sam returns to the show to discuss recent macroeconomic conferences in the context of changes in the Treasury market and with central bank operating systems around the globe. Check out the for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on May 27th, 2025 Subscribe to David's Substack: Follow David Beckworth on X: Follow the show on X: Check out our Macro Musings to David's new BTS YouTube Channel Timestamps...

Andy Levin on the Importance of an Independent Inspector General at the Federal Reserve - BONUS

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Andy Levin is an advisor to many central banks around the world and professor of economics at Dartmouth College. Andy returns to the show for a special bonus episode to discuss his pervious appearance and accompanying policy brief where he calls for an independent inspector general at the Federal Reserve. Check out the for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on June 10th, 2025 Subscribe to David's Substack: Follow David Beckworth on X: Follow the show on X: Join the new Macro Musings ! Join the Macro Musings Check out our Macro Musings to David's...

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Noah Smith is a former columnist for Bloomberg and is now a popular writer at his own Noahpinion Substack. Noah is also a returning guest to the podcast, and rejoins Macro Musings for a wide ranging discussion on some of the recent issues he’s been covering on his Substack, including China, social change in the US, recent macro developments, and much more. Noah and David also discuss the façade of Xi Jinping’s leadership, the elite overproduction hypothesis, how Fukuyama’s *End of History* thesis can be applied today, and more.

Transcript for the episode can be found here.

Noah’s Substack: Noahpinion

Noah’s Bloomberg archive

Noah’s Twitter: @Noahpinion

David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

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