1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Scott Sumner is the Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair Emeritus of Monetary Policy and the founder of the Monetary Policy Program at Mercatus. Scott returns to the show, to discuss his life post Mercatus, nominal GDP counterfactuals of the pandemic and the Great Financial Crisis, the role of QE in inflation, the fears about Fed independence, and much more. Check out the&amp;nbsp;transcript&amp;nbsp;for this week’s episode, now with links. Recorded on January 15th, 2025 Subscribe to David's Substack:&amp;nbsp;Macroeconomic Policy Nexus Follow David Beckworth on X:&amp;nbsp;@DavidBeckworth Follow the show on X: @Macro_Musings Check out our Macro Musings&amp;nbsp;merch! Subscribe&amp;nbsp;to David's new BTS YouTube Channel&amp;nbsp; Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:34 - Scott’s Life Post Mercatus 00:05:28 - Nominal GDP Targeting 00:19:53 - Quantitative Easing 00:38:28 - Fed Framework Review 00:42:36 - Fed Independence 01:04:33 - Outro Macro Musings with David Beckworth http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/39939890/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/198060955