Lukasz Rachel is a former Bank of England economist and currently is an assistant professor of economics at the University College of London. In Lukasz's first appearance on the show he discusses his big career breaks, the implications of secular stagnation in the industrialized world, what is next for R-star, what non-Ricardian macro policy looks like, his policy prescriptions for the US, and much more.

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Recorded on October 29th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:42 - Lukasz's Career

00:07:30 - Secular Stagnation in the Industrialized World

00:21:08 - What Next for R-Star?

00:36:11 - Brothers in Arms: Monetary-Fiscal Interactions

00:49:53 - Policy Recommendations

00:51:03 - Outro

Tara Sinclair is a professor and chair of the economics department at George Washington University. Tara returns to the show to discuss her ambitious paper simulating an FOMC meeting before it happens with LLM models, the process of building sim FOMC members, the importance of publicly funding economic data, the future of AI and macroeconomics, and much more.

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Recorded on October 27th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:44 - Data and Policymaking

00:05:28 - Federal Forecasters Conference

00:08:01 - FOMC in Silico

00:32:56 - Future Applications

00:38:29 - Broader Implications

00:42:57 - Central Bank Governance and AI

00:51:40 - Outro

Bryan Cutsinger is a monetary historian and an assistant professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University. Bryan returns to the show to discuss how we think about deflation, the history of growth driven deflation, the connection between the postbellum period and today, the potential of rapid productivity growth from AI, and much more.

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Recorded on September 23rd, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:41 - Rethinking Deflation

00:35:48 - Rapid Productivity Growth from AI

00:46:35 - Tolerating Deflation

00:55:28 - Outro

Will Roberds is an economist emeritus of the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Steve Quinn is a professor of economics at Texas Christian University. In Will and Steve's first appearance on the show they discuss the historical significance of the Bank of Amsterdam, The use of ledger at the Bank of Amsterdam, It's use of repo and open market operations, it's connection to central banking today, and much more.

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Recorded on September 23rd, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:53 - Bank of Amsterdam

00:10:31 - Bank of Amsterdam's Ledger

00:32:09 - Motivations

00:36:49 - Seven Years' War

00:40:53 - The Repo Versus the Open Market

00:56:30 - Outro

Jim Clouse is a veteran of the Federal Reserve System and is currently a fellow at the Andersen Institute. In Jim's first appearance on the show, he discusses the evolution of monetary rules at the Fed, what happened at the Fed during Y2K, 9/11, the Great Financial Crisis, and the COVID Pandemic, the ever changing stigma of the discount window, Ted Cruz's calls to end interest on reserves, and much more.

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Recorded on September 11th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:16 - Jim's Career

00:05:38 - Monetary Rules at the Fed

00:09:12 - Increasing Transparency at the Fed

00:17:25 - Y2K and the Fed

00:26:19 - Discount Window

00:32:21 - Global Financial Crisis

00:39:10 - Covid Pandemic

00:46:10 - Jim's Current Research

01:00:31 - Outro

Manmohan Singh is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Financial Markets Infrastructure. Manmohan returns to the show to discuss whether money still matters, the impacts of the GENIUS ACT, the lobbying show down over stablecoins in the US, stablecoins impact on the Eurodollar market, and much more.

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Recorded on September 10th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:12 - Does Money Still Matter?

00:10:33 - Stablecoins

00:37:53 - Stablecoins and the Eurodollar Market

00:53:15 - Outro

Raphael Bostic is the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. In President Bostic's first appearance on the show, he discusses his love of birding, what that teaches him about central banking, the unique role of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, switching for FIT to FAIT back to FIT, what to do about inflation, the importance of globalization, rising fiscal pressures, and much more.

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Recorded on September 23rd, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:34 - Birding

00:06:07 - Birding's Connection to Central Banking

00:09:05 - Atlanta Fed

00:15:27 - Fed Framework Revisions

00:24:31 - Inflation

00:32:23 - Forecasted Long-Run Federal Funds Rate

00:37:43 - Globalization

00:39:13 - Fiscal Pressures

01:03:39 - Outro

Jon Hartley is a macroeconomist and affiliated scholar at the Mercatus Center. Jon returns to the show to discuss the most recent Hoover Monetary Conference, the legacy of John Taylor, why central banks should be using his new measure of r-star, the status of debt management at the US Treasury, and much more.

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Recorded on August 26th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:56 - John Taylor's Contributions to Economics

00:34:10 - Better Measure of R-Star

00:48:11 - The Government's Debt Management Policy

01:03:39 - Outro