Steve Hanke is a professor of applied economics and co-director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He is also a senior fellow and director of the Troubled Currencies Project at the Cato Institute. Steve joins the show to discuss his work on the history of h ... Show More
Oct 6
Raphael Bostic on Life as a Regional Fed President, the Responsibilities of a Dual Mandate, and the Results of the 2025 Framework Review
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 At ... Show More
42m 44s
Sep 29
Jon Hartley on the Legacy of John Taylor and his New Measure of R-Star
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 t ... Show More
1h 4m
Sep 22
Marc Giannoni on the Fed’s Framework Review, it’s Independence, and the Future of R-Star
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, h ... Show More
56m 29s
Nov 2021
Is inflation making a comeback?
Inflation has hardly been seen in the developed world economies for the last three decades. But now some economists are warning it could be returning with a vengeance, because of supply chain problems, post-Covid exuberance, and higher wage demands. What is going on, and should w ... Show More
18m 24s
May 2023
105: America’s Largest Wealth Transfer Has Begun, Are You Ready? w/Chris Martenson
The most significant wealth transfer in American history could be upon us. As money-printing mania continues worldwide, dollars (and most other currencies) are worth less and less, while tangible assets, like real estate, are worth more. This is bad news for the average American, ... Show More
56m 25s
Aug 2022
Inflation and the cost of living
A compilation of witness accounts from when inflation and the cost of living were seriously affecting people's lives, among other topics.
In 1971, inflation was a huge problem in the USA so the President, Richard Nixon, made one of the most drastic moves in economic history; aban ... Show More
51m 7s
Mar 2021
Billionaire CEO Leadership Philosophy w/ David Rubenstein
Nobody ever won a Nobel prize hating what they did! David Rubenstein is a BILLIONAIRE businessman, author, show host, and has accomplished more things in his life so far than I could possibly mention! With a net worth of over $3 Billion, he’s the Co-Founder of The Carlyle Group, ... Show More
38m 20s
Oct 2021
238: Finance Friday: 250x-ing His Salary from Employee to Business Owner
Over at BiggerPockets, we all have much love and respect for our trusted video editor, Joel Esparza. He brings phenomenal work quality, timing, and communication to every project he’s on, but many of us don’t know his inspiring and truly impressive backstory.
Joel is originally f ... Show More
1h 15m