Episodes
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
What’s in the reconciliation bill? A conversation with Casey Mulligan
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Hoover Institution fellow John Cochrane talks with Casey Mulligan about what’s in the reconciliation bill. They focus on how the programs will work, or fail to work as well as what incentives and disincentives do they give.
Friday Jan 29, 2021
The Long And Short Of Bubbles
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
A Free Market in … Vaccines?
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
John Cochrane analyzes how a lack of market forces have impeded everything from the development of a COVID vaccine, to its distribution, to efforts to get the economy reopened.
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
The Future Of Cities. A Conversation With Harvard’s Ed Glaeser
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Does Zoom mean we all work from home? Will cities bounce back? Will San Francisco and New York fade and smaller cities grow? What problems are the policies causing and can cities reverse downward spirals? How to help unfortunate people who live in cities? Join us for a fast paced discussion with a leader in the field.
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
The Urban Future
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
John Cochrane examines the headwinds facing American cities in light of the COVID pandemic, urban riots, and economic hardships. Are these the leading indicators of a post-urban future? Or are our cities more resilient than we give them credit for
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Slouching Towards a Debt Crisis
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Federal debt has now hit 100% of GDP. With no sign that spending will be reined in anytime soon, John Cochrane looks at the possible consequences — and potential fixes for — an economy headed for a reckoning.
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Dealing with Debt: Ideas from the Ridiculous to the Sublime
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
John Cochrane provides a critical examination of Modern Monetary Theory — and explains why an innovative financial instrument known as a perpetual bond may improve America’s ability to manage its debt load.
Thursday May 28, 2020
Welcome to the ‘Careful’ Economy
Thursday May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
John Cochrane analyzes the difficulties of reopening the American economy with restrictive new protocols, argues that the enthusiasm for bringing industry back from China is overwrought, and warns that the risk of future inflation is real.
Thursday May 07, 2020
Stop Parties, Not Production
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
John Cochrane looks at the prospects that we’ll successfully reopen the economy without setting off another round of coronavirus outbreaks, explains what’s behind the models that got the virus’s trajectory so wrong, and explains how emergency economic measures could come back to haunt us in the future.
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
COVID on Campus
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
John Cochrane looks at how the coronavirus pandemic may alter American higher education, both in 2020 and beyond.