Robert Hall: Podcast Interviews

Robert Hall, PhD

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Economist, Author

3 Interviews

Robert Hall's Interviews

Stephanie Flanders & Robert Hall • 04 Jan 2018 • EN

How a Secretive Conclave Decides When U.S. Recessions Happen

Whether the U.S. tips into recession this year or not, chances are you won't hear about it until well after it happens. That's because the decision on whether the economy is in a serious slump or merely having a bad day rests with a little-known group of academics who deliberate behind the scenes. Ten years after the e

Russ Roberts & Robert Hall • 09 Jan 2017 • EN

Robert Hall on Recession, Stagnation, and Monetary Policy

Economist Robert Hall of Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the current state of the U.S. economy and what we know and don't know about the recovery from the Great Recession. Much of the conversation focuses on the choices facing the Federal Reserve and the policy instruments the Fed has av

David Beckworth & Robert Hall • 18 Jul 2016 • EN

15 - Robert Hall on GDP Measurement and the Long Slump

Robert Hall, professor of economics at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, has written on macroeconomic issues since the 1960s. Bob is also the chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Committee on Business Cycle Dating, which maintains the chronology of U.S. business cycles.