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145 – George Selgin on *Floored!*
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George Selgin is the director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Georgia, and a returning guest to show. For this special live episode, George joins Macro Musings to talk about his new book, *Floored: How a Misguided Fed Experiment Deepened and Prolonged the Great Recession.* David and George also discuss the liquidity coverage ratio, the Fed’s transition from a corridor to a floor system, and the arguments for and against such an operating system.
Transcript for the episode: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/02252019/floors-and-corridors
George’s Twitter: @GeorgeSelgin
George’s Cato Institute profile: https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin
Related Links:
*The Fed Marches On* by George Selgin
https://www.alt-m.org/2019/01/31/the-fed-marches-on/
*Balance Sheet News* blog post by Stephen Williamson
http://newmonetarism.blogspot.com/2019/02/balance-sheet-news_21.html
David Beckworth’s Twitter thread on the Fed’s decision to stick with a floor system:
https://twitter.com/DavidBeckworth/status/1098956723501576192
David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth
463 episodes
Manage episode 227987079 series 166390
George Selgin is the director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Georgia, and a returning guest to show. For this special live episode, George joins Macro Musings to talk about his new book, *Floored: How a Misguided Fed Experiment Deepened and Prolonged the Great Recession.* David and George also discuss the liquidity coverage ratio, the Fed’s transition from a corridor to a floor system, and the arguments for and against such an operating system.
Transcript for the episode: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/02252019/floors-and-corridors
George’s Twitter: @GeorgeSelgin
George’s Cato Institute profile: https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin
Related Links:
*The Fed Marches On* by George Selgin
https://www.alt-m.org/2019/01/31/the-fed-marches-on/
*Balance Sheet News* blog post by Stephen Williamson
http://newmonetarism.blogspot.com/2019/02/balance-sheet-news_21.html
David Beckworth’s Twitter thread on the Fed’s decision to stick with a floor system:
https://twitter.com/DavidBeckworth/status/1098956723501576192
David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth
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