David Beckworth On The Problems With The Fed And How To Fix It

Macro Hive Conversations With Bilal Hafeez · Aug 28, 2020 · 44m

In this episode, I talk with David Beckworth. David is the host of one of my favourite economics podcasts, Macro Musings. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a former international economist at the US Treasury. He is the author of Boom and Bust Banking: The Causes and Cures of the Great Recession. His research focuses on monetary policy, and he has advised congressional staffers on policy. In this podcast we discuss:

1. What did the Fed do right and wrong in its COVID response

2. How the Fed is losing independence

3. The advantages of…