Best David Beckworth Podcasts (2025)

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Marc Giannoni on the Fed’s Framework Review, it’s Independence, and the Future of R-Star 56:29

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Marc Giannoni is a managing director and the chief US economist at Barclays Capital. In Marc’s first appearance on the show he discusses working on the 2020 Fed Framework Review, the troubling issues of Fed independence and fiscal dominance, the future of long rates and r-star, his influential 2006 paper about what good monetary policy looks like, …

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Samim Ghamami on the Treasury Markets Impact on the Future Path of Interest Rates and Inflation 48:46

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Samim Ghamami is former SEC economist. Samim returns to the show to discuss the fiscal trajectory of the US, the outlook of interest rates, the US Treasury market’s impact on inflation, potential reforms to the Treasury market and much more. Check out the transcript for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on August 5th, 2025 Subscribe to …

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Jerry Dwyer on the History of Free Banking and the Future of Bitcoin 56:25

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Jerry Dwyer is a professor emeritus of economics at Clemson, a vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and is currently a senior fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. In Jerry’s first appearance on the show, he discusses what it was like having Milton Friedman as a mentor, the history of free banking, the status of cryptocurrencies …

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Hester Peirce on the role of the SEC, Financial Surveillance, and Crypto 47:45

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Hester Peirce is a current commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission and serves on its crypto task force. Hester returns to the show to discuss her time and role at the SEC, the SEC evolving role in the regulation landscape, the problems with our current state of the financial surveillance, the state of crypto for a regulator’s perspec…

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Robin Brooks on the Dollar, Fiscal Dominance, and Geoeconomics 56:04

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Robin Brooks is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Robin returns to the show to discuss his previous appearance in March of 2020, life at a think tank, the changing or not-so-much status of the dollar, Trump’s trade war, the current landscape of geoeconomics and much more. Check out the transcript for this week’s episode, now with links.…

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Aditi Sahasrabuddhe on the Role Central Banker Relationships Play in Economic Crises 59:04

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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 par…

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Will Luther and Josh Hendrickson on the Future of Bitcoin 51:26

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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 Bitc…

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Rashad Ahmed on the Global Impact of US Stablecoin Regulation and Crypto Adoption 57:33

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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,…

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Paul Kupiec on Problems with the Fed’s Balance Sheet and Calls to End Interest on Reserves 50:50

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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 transcript for this week’s episode, now with links. Recor…

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George Hall on the Fiscal Consequences of the US War on COVID 52:51

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Check out David's Substack: Macroeconomic Policy Nexus 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 …

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Ben Harris on the Fiscal Health of the US Government 55:39

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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 propos…

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Luis Garicano on the Future of Digital Money and Lessons Learned from the History of the Euro 56:46

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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 th…

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Mark Blyth on the Winners and Losers from Inflation 1:02:41

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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 transcript for this week’s episode, now with links. Re…

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Sam Schulhofer-Wohl on Reforms in the Treasury Market and Developments with Central Bank Operating Systems 50:34

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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 transcript for this week’s …

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Andy Levin on the Importance of an Independent Inspector General at the Federal Reserve - BONUS 20:02

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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 transcript for this week’s ep…

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Matthew Pines on the Future of Money, AI, and Monetary Policy 53:08

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Sign up for the Bitcoin Policy Summit with our special Macro Musings Discount Code! Matthew Pines is the executive director of the Bitcoin Policy institute. Matthew returns to the show to discuss the future of Bitcoin as a strategic reserve, US stablecoin regulation, geopolitics under Trump, monetary policy at the Fed, and much more. Check out the …

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Peter Conti-Brown and Sean Vanatta on the History of Bank Supervision in America 1:03:28

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Peter Conti-Brown is a historian and legal scholar of the Federal Reserve System, and an associate professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Sean Vanatta is a senior lecturer in financial history and policy at the University of Glasgow. Peter and Sean join the show to discuss their new book titled: Private Finan…

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Marc Giannoni on the Fed’s Framework Review, it’s Independence, and the Future of R-Star 56:29

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Samim Ghamami on the Treasury Markets Impact on the Future Path of Interest Rates and Inflation 48:46

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Jerry Dwyer on the History of Free Banking and the Future of Bitcoin 56:25

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Hester Peirce on the role of the SEC, Financial Surveillance, and Crypto 47:45

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Robin Brooks on the Dollar, Fiscal Dominance, and Geoeconomics 56:04

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Aditi Sahasrabuddhe on the Role Central Banker Relationships Play in Economic Crises 59:04

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Will Luther and Josh Hendrickson on the Future of Bitcoin 51:26

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Rashad Ahmed on the Global Impact of US Stablecoin Regulation and Crypto Adoption 57:33

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Paul Kupiec on Problems with the Fed’s Balance Sheet and Calls to End Interest on Reserves 50:50

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George Hall on the Fiscal Consequences of the US War on COVID 52:51

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Ben Harris on the Fiscal Health of the US Government 55:39

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Luis Garicano on the Future of Digital Money and Lessons Learned from the History of the Euro 56:46

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Mark Blyth on the Winners and Losers from Inflation 1:02:41

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Sam Schulhofer-Wohl on Reforms in the Treasury Market and Developments with Central Bank Operating Systems 50:34

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Andy Levin on the Importance of an Independent Inspector General at the Federal Reserve - BONUS 20:02

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Matthew Pines on the Future of Money, AI, and Monetary Policy 53:08

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Peter Conti-Brown and Sean Vanatta on the History of Bank Supervision in America 1:03:28