{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"BONUS: George Selgin on the Fed Taper and Shrinking the Fed\u2019s Balance Sheet","description":"George Selgin is a senior fellow and director emeritus of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute and is also a long-time returning guest of Macro Musings. In this bonus segment from the previous conversation, George rejoins the podcast to talk about the Fed\u2019s near-term plans to shrink its balance sheet, the impact of the standing repo facility on demand for reserves, the potential benefits of returning to a corridor operating system, and more. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Check out Ideas of India: https:\/\/www.discoursemagazine.com\/tag\/ideas-of-india-podcast\/  Subscribe to Ideas of India on your favorite podcast app. &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; *Floored!* by George Selgin https:\/\/www.cato.org\/working-paper\/floored &amp;nbsp; *The Menace of Fiscal QE* by George Selgin https:\/\/www.cato.org\/books\/menace-fiscal-qe &amp;nbsp; *Churning at the Fed* by Milton Friedman  https:\/\/miltonfriedman.hoover.org\/internal\/media\/dispatcher\/214260\/full &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\/21897149\/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\/57141323"}