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

Mar 30, 2026

Ruth Judson is a monetary economist, economic historian, and veteran of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. In Ruth’s first appearance on the show she discusses her career at the Fed, field trips tracking counterfeit dollars around the global, how we know how much currency is held overseas, why money doesn’t...


Mar 23, 2026

Bill Nelson is a chief research officer and chief economist at the Bank Policy Institute. In Bill’s 10th appearance on the show he discusses his infamous email list, the ratchet effect from QE, his congressional testimony, the BPI’s Bank Treasurers Survey, how he thinks the Fed should shrink the balance sheet,...


Mar 16, 2026

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Neha Narula is the director of the Digital Currency Initiative which is based out of the Media Lab at MIT. Anders Brownworth is veteran software engineer in the crypto space and is a Senior Research Advisor at DCI. Daniel Aronoff is Research Affiliate in the MIT...


Mar 9, 2026

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Jesús Fernández-Villaverde is a professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Jesús returns to the show to discuss his rise on X, how to frame global demographic decline, the three accelerants of demographic decline, the role of housing in...


Mar 2, 2026

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Chris Meissner is a professor of economics at University of California at Davis and is the author of the recent book One from the Many: The Global Economy Since 1850. In Chris’s first appearance on the podcast he discusses the historical bend towards greater...