1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde is a professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania, a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, a research affiliate with the Center for Economic Policy Research, and a returning guest to the podcast. Jesus specializes in macroeconomic modeling and economic history among other topics, and he joins Macro Musings to talk about COVID-19, central bank digital currency, and developments in the Eurozone. David and Jesus also discuss the history of central banks and the interacting public, how threatening inflation could become a useful tool for a central bank, and the value economic modeling could add to the epidemiological field. &amp;nbsp; Transcript for the episode can be found here. &amp;nbsp; Jesus’s UPenn profile: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/ Jesus’s NBER archive: https://www.nber.org/people/jesus_fernandez-villaverde &amp;nbsp; Related Links: &amp;nbsp; Bonus segment with Jesus: https://youtu.be/CA6y9LqjDwQ &amp;nbsp; *Estimating and Simulating a SIRD Model of COVID-19 for Many Countries, States, and Cities* by Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde &amp; Charles Jones https://web.stanford.edu/~chadj/sird-paper.pdf &amp;nbsp; *Central Bank Digital Currency: Central Banking For All?* by Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, Daniel Sanches, Linda Schilling, &amp; Harald Uhlig https://bfi.uchicago.edu/working-paper/central-bank-digital-currency-central-banking-for-all/ &amp;nbsp; *Central Bank Digital Currency in a Nominal World* by Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, Daniel Sanches, Linda Schilling, &amp; Harald Uhlig https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/CBDC_Nominal.pdf &amp;nbsp; David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth Macro Musings with David Beckworth http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14195045/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/71353520