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.

The Long And Short Of Bubbles

Jan 29th, 2021 34m 43s

John Cochrane speaks with Wellington Management’s Owen Lamont on the recent attempts to influence the stock market and damage the liquidity of hedge funds by day traders using social media to coordinate their efforts.

A Free Market in … Vaccines?

Jan 20th, 2021 24m 48s

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.

The Future Of Cities. A Conversation With Harvard’s Ed Glaeser

Oct 29th, 2020 40m 15s

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

The Urban Future

Sep 16th, 2020 29m 9s

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

Slouching Towards a Debt Crisis

Sep 12th, 2020 27m 29s

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.

Dealing with Debt: Ideas from the Ridiculous to the Sublime

Jun 13th, 2020 25m 24s

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.

Welcome to the ‘Careful’ Economy

May 29th, 2020 22m 55s

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.

Stop Parties, Not Production

May 7th, 2020 21m 19s

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 e

COVID on Campus

May 1st, 2020 20m 3s

John Cochrane looks at how the coronavirus pandemic may alter American higher education, both in 2020 and beyond.

COVID Quandaries

Apr 17th, 2020 19m 27s

John Cochrane guides listeners through some of the toughest questions around the coronavirus: Just how deep will unemployment actually go? What kind of recovery are we in store for? How much do civil liberties have to be sacrificed to restore e

Thinking Through Phase II

Apr 9th, 2020 23m 17s

John Cochrane looks at the economic and public health complications that will arise from trying to restart the American economy in the wake of COVID-19

The Road to (Partially) Reopening America

Apr 1st, 2020 23m 41s

John Cochrane discusses the fertile middle ground between a complete shutdown of the American economy and a premature return to business as normal.

Coronavirus and the Road to Recovery

Mar 27th, 2020 19m 42s

John Cochrane describes the kind of economic policies that can help America return to normal — and the kind that could impede a recovery.

Econ in the Time of Coronavirus

Mar 19th, 2020 18m 58s

John Cochrane explains how to contain the economic fallout from the Coronavirus while avoiding fiscal profligacy — and explains how to insulate markets from similar disruptions in the future.

How We Broke (and May be Fixing) Housing

Mar 18th, 2020 18m 40s

John Cochrane examines the government’s role in housing, from restricting development to subsidizing low-income options to giving preferential treatment to homeowners. The good news? Some of the more extreme distortions are generating a backlas

The Economics of a Pandemic

Mar 12th, 2020 16m 41s

John Cochrane looks at the many economic dimensions of the coronavirus pandemic, from the Federal Reserve’s rate cut to proposed stimulus measures to the possible need for bailouts.

The Inequality Obsession

Feb 13th, 2020 19m 48s

In the inaugural installment of The Grumpy Economist podcast, John Cochrane explains why concerns over economic inequality in America are vastly overblown, why a wealth tax is an especially pernicious form of taxation, and why anxiety over the

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