Jay Shambaugh's Interviews
The high and rising inflation of the 1970s caused widespread economic insecurity, raised fundamental questions about the government's ability to manage the economy, and caused macro-economists to doubt many of their theories. Now, as inflation rises after a decades-long lull, economists and policy-makers are faced with
Understanding Economic Recovery Policies in the COVID-19 Era
The geography of prosperity: How to help the areas lagging behind
Jay Shambaugh, a senior fellow at Brookings and director of the Hamilton Project, joins David Dollar to discuss why economic prosperity is concentrated in certain regions of the United States while other areas are left behind. Their conversation draws from “Place-based policies for shared economic growth,” a recent boo
59 - Jay Shambaugh on the Macroeconomic Trilemma (“The Impossible Trinity”)
Jay Shambaugh is a professor of economics and international affairs at The George Washington University and a former member on the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Today, he joins the show to discuss his work on the “Macroeconomic Trilemma” (or “Impossible Trinity”): the problem that a country cannot maintain a fixe
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