{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"George Selgin on Average Inflation Targeting and *The Menace of Fiscal QE*","description":"George Selgin is the director of the Cato Institute\u2019s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and is a returning guest to Macro Musings. He joins again to talk about his views on the Fed\u2019s new framework and his recent book titled, *The Menace of Fiscal QE.* Specifically, David and George discuss the Fed\u2019s quantitative easing evolution, and how the move to a floor system helped pave the way for fiscal QE to become a more popular policy in the present. &amp;nbsp; Transcript for the episode can be found  here. &amp;nbsp; George\u2019s Twitter: @GeorgeSelgin George\u2019s Cato Institute profile: https:\/\/www.cato.org\/people\/george-selgin &amp;nbsp; Related Links: &amp;nbsp; *The Menace of Fiscal QE* by George Selgin https:\/\/www.cato.org\/books\/menace-fiscal-qe &amp;nbsp; *Mission Creep at the Fed* by Greg Ip  https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/mission-creep-at-the-fed-11598461446 &amp;nbsp; David\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth David\u2019s blog: http:\/\/macromarketmusings.blogspot.com\/ ","author_name":"Macro Musings with David Beckworth","author_url":"http:\/\/macromarketmusings.blogspot.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/15891257\/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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/82777814"}