Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde joins Jon Hartley to discuss the economic history and the future of economic growth, business cycles, drivers of the early 2020s inflation, dynamic stochastic general equilibrium and vector autoregressive models.

Jon Hartley and David Malpass discuss David’s career in business and government, his leadership of the World Bank Group during the COVID-19 crisis, China’s role in international finance, and the impact of 2020s inflation on developing countries, economic growth, and climate policy.

Jon Hartley and Richard Clarida discuss pandemic monetary policy making, inflation, as well as Clarida’s career, academic contributions and government service, including his time as vice chair of the Federal Reserve.