Sam Schulhofer-Wohl is a senior vice president and the senior advisor to President Lorie Logan of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Sam returns to the show to discuss recent macroeconomic conferences in the context of changes in the Treasury market and with central bank operating systems around the globe.

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Recorded on May 27th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Bumper

00:00:20 - Intro

00:01:19 - Monetary Policy Conferences

00:03:15 - Role of Nonbank Institutions in the Treasury and Money Markets

00:07:48 - Central Clearing

00:33:19 - Operating Systems in Central Banks

00:49:52 - Outro

Andy Levin is an advisor to many central banks around the world and professor of economics at Dartmouth College. Andy returns to the show for a special bonus episode to discuss his pervious appearance and accompanying policy brief where he calls for an independent inspector general at the Federal Reserve.

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Recorded on June 10th, 2025

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:48) – Federal Reserve and an Independent Inspector General

(00:06:50) – Palace of Versailles on the Mall

(00:16:20) – Accountability of the Fed

(00:19:21) – Outro

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Matthew Pines is the executive director of the Bitcoin Policy institute. Matthew returns to the show to discuss the future of Bitcoin as a strategic reserve, US stablecoin regulation, geopolitics under Trump, monetary policy at the Fed, and much more.

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Recorded on May 16th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:54 - Matthew’s Career Path and BPI

00:03:28 - Bitcoin and National Security

00:06:41 - Bitcoin Policy Summit

00:09:24 - State of Crypto Legislation

00:13:13 - Geoeconomics

00:24:17 - The Dollar’s Future

00:31:56 - Stablecoin Use Cases

00:39:29 - Future of Money

00:45:50 - Future of Monetary Policy

00:52:27 - Outro